News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 2014
Libyan Rebels Facing Tough Fight for Sirte
- Inter Press Service
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are resisting an advance by Libyan rebels towards the embattled Libyan leader's hometown of Sirte in the fiercest clashes since the start of a sweeping offensive that has brought a string of coastal towns under opposition control.
CAMBODIA: Convicted Khmer Rouge Prison Chief Appeals Sentence
- Inter Press Service
The only Khmer Rouge figure to be prosecuted by a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal here is arguing that his conviction should be overturned.
BRAZIL: Women Workers Determined to Ride the Wave of Mechanisation
- Inter Press Service
'She's crazy' said most of the husbands and other family members of the 34 women who decided to become operators of sugarcane harvesters in the southern Brazilian state of São Paulo, attracted by the opportunity of better pay and encouraged by the growing mechanisation of the industry.
Death Sentence Looms for Filipino Drug Mules in China
- Inter Press Service
Time is running short for three Filipino workers in China. Ramon Credo, Elizabeth Batain and Sally Villanueva - who were convicted of smuggling heroin in 2008 - are set to be executed by lethal injection Mar. 30.
MADAGASCAR: Applying Local Resources to Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
'We're calling on all citizens,' said Riovoarilala Rakotondrabe, putting the final touches on a giant poster announcing a massive community clean-up for the coming Sunday.
LIBERIA-COTE D'IVOIRE: Border Villages Sharing The Little They Have
- Inter Press Service
This Butuo man only knows one phrase in French: Viens manger. Come eat.
That's what they said to him years ago, when he was one of hundreds of thousands who fled to Côte d'Ivoire to escape the brutal 14-year civil war in Liberia.
SOUTH AFRICA: Who Says Research Can't Be Dramatic?
- Inter Press Service
In the early 1990s, a group of researchers set off for a small rural village in the eastern part of South Africa. Their intention was simple: teach the community how to rehydrate sick babies.
TAIWAN: Opposition Urges Nuclear Phase-out By 2025
- Inter Press Service
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman and former Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen has announced a proposal for a '2025 Non-Nuclear Home Plan' that will allow Taiwan to eliminate reliance on nuclear power by the end of 2025.
Ghana Border Town Braced for Influx of Ivorian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
As many as a million people have fled Côte d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, due to intensified fighting. Many people are fleeing to areas in the north, centre and east of the country as thousands of youth answered a call to join forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo; others are trying to leave the country.
Netanyahu Caught Between Status Quo And Power Vacuum
- Inter Press Service
Disregarding the old adage that politics like nature abhors a vacuum, Benjamin Netanyahu could until now sing his own praise and declare that Israel under his premiership was an anchor of political stability whereas the wider Middle East was fast sinking into a power vacuum.
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