Global Issues News Headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”

Wages Stuck In Slow Lane On Chile's Growth Speedway:

2012-02-10T15:24:00-08:00

Despite much government fanfare, the drop in Chile's unemployment rate is not enough to satisfy experts or workers, who point to the deeper problems of sporadic work, underemployment and low wages that are aggravating the country's endemic inequality.

Anti-Drug Vaccines Hold Promise - But Little Profit:

2012-02-10T12:05:00-08:00

Vaccines against drug addiction appear to be a better strategy than the repressive worldwide 'war on drugs', but first they must overcome resistance from pharmaceutical laboratories and secure financial backing, scientists say.

Economic And Climate Vulnerabilities Converge In The Caribbean:

2012-02-10T09:06:00-08:00

Caribbean islands are doubly exposed by the convergence of weak economies heavily dependent on foreign imports and greater vulnerability to climate change, according to ECLAC Executive Director Alicia Bárcena.

Q&A: U.S. Women's Commissions Under the Budget Axe

2012-02-10T08:34:00-08:00

State and local Commissions on the Status of Women (CSW) are facing shrinking budgets and even total elimination at a time when women are some of the hardest hit by the financial crisis, says Susan Rose, vice chair of Human Rights Watch's Santa Barbara Committee.

Russian, Chinese Arms Fuel Conflict In Sudan, Says Amnesty:

2012-02-09T11:56:00-08:00

Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described as key arms suppliers to the embattled regime in Syria, are now accused of supplying weapons and fuelling an ongoing conflict in another military hotspot: Sudan.

Books: In the Shadow World, Only Blood, Gold and Gunpowder

2012-02-09T07:13:00-08:00

They called themselves the 'cut hands commandos' because they lopped off their victims' hands with machetes; the 'burn house unit', for the thousands of families who were locked into their homes and roasted alive; the 'born naked squad', in reference to the hapless hundreds who were stripped naked and raped before being bludgeoned or burned to death.

Swaziland’S Cooperatives No Threat To Banks:

2012-02-08T01:43:00-08:00

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:

2012-02-08T01:07:00-08:00

'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.

Turmoil Heightens Bleak Winter In Tehran:

2012-02-07T11:40:00-08:00

It's miserable this time of year in Tehran. The short days are darkened further by the annual submersion of the city under a thick layer of exhaust and smoke. With the surrounding mountains and weak wind and winter sun, the pollution hovers for days, prompting the government to issue regular warnings to the elderly, pregnant and those with heart conditions not to go outside.

Anger Boils Over As Ranks Of Jobless Youth Swell:

2012-02-07T07:00:00-08:00

When images of North London's gutted and burning buildings, broken shop windows and refuse-lined streets appeared on TV screens and front-page headlines during the four-day Tottenham riots last August, many dismissed the damage as the work of 'hoodlums' and 'delinquents'.