Global IssuesArgentina: Progress in River Clean-Up Praised - With Reservations
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
For the first time in over 200 years, visible progress is being made in cleaning up the Matanza-Riachuelo River basin, the most highly polluted in Argentina, although improvements remain largely superficial so far.
Eu Pledges Strong Support For Earth Summit
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
European leaders have mapped out a bold agenda ahead of the Rio summit, vowing to transform development aid, help provide renewable electricity to the world’s neediest people, and bulk up the United Nations environment body.
Swaziland’S Cooperatives No Threat To Banks
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu, Buhle Betfu Credit and Savings Cooperatives waiting to apply for a loan to pay for her children’s school fees.
'raining Bombs' Causing Hundreds To Flee Northern Nigeria
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
'I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe,' said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria’s northern state with her five-year-old daughter.
Ngo Prosecution Puts U.S.-Egyptian Ties At Risk
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The ongoing controversy over the activities of U.S. and other foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Egypt appears to be bringing ties between the two countries to their lowest point in nearly 40 years.
Cuba On The Road To Clean Energy Development
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best options available to develop sustainable energy across the island.
Paraguayan Radio Station Buses Internet To The Barrios
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
'I want my own computer so that I can talk to my cousins who live in Italy,' says eight-year-old Camila Ojeda, sitting in front of a computer monitor on a bus that acts as a mobile cybercafé in the Paraguayan capital.
Books: A Global Empire, Yet a 'United States of Fear'
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
By the end of 2011, the United States had elite special operations forces in around 120 of the 192 countries recognised by the United Nations, with U.S. military bases in more than half of the world's nation-states.
800,000 Kashmiris Haunted By Horror
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Maheen was nine years old when she witnessed the death of her elder brother. At the age of 10 she saw the dead body of her neighbour, killed in the crossfire between Kashmiri rebels and Indian security forces, his guts spilled out on the road.
Bahrain Braces For More Shia Protests
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
It is far from Pearl Roundabout, the scene of last year’s crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, but for now Mughsha, a village in the northern district of Bahrain, serves as the centre of the country’s ‘Arab Spring’ movement.
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