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News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1151
Washington's Worries Grow Over Saudi Ties
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (IPS) - As the administration of President Barack Obama continues wrestling with how to react to the military coup in Egypt and its bloody aftermath, officials and independent analysts are increasingly worried about the crisis's effect on U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia.
Hard to Stay, Harder to Return
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Aug 22 (IPS) - After working in Thailand legally for four years, many Myanmar migrant workers are facing an uncertain future in the coming weeks as their visas expire. Tired of the lack of security, they want the Myanmar government to improve the current labour agreement with Thailand.
Angry Birds Skip Polluted Delhi
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (IPS) - Every winter the Okhla wetlands, a charmed haven in the heart of India's bustling capital city, play host to Greater Flamingoes, Greylag Geese, Tufted Pochards, Northern Shovelers and other exotic, feathered visitors winging in from colder climes as far away as Siberia.
OP-ED: Rising Temperature, Rising Food Prices
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (IPS) - Agriculture as it exists today developed over 11,000 years of rather remarkable climate stability. It has evolved to maximize production within that climate system. Now, suddenly, the climate is changing. With each passing year, the agricultural system is becoming more out of sync with the climate system.
Musical Toilets for a Few While 2.5 Billion Lack Basics
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - Even as the United Nations laments the fact that more than 2.5 billion people in the developing world are still without adequate sanitation, both Japan and South Korea have gone upscale: offering automated toilets and piped-in classical music.
Water Dispute Pits Communities Against Brewing Giant
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 21 (IPS) - Josefina Escamilla was in the Salvadoran capital to protest against UK brewing giant SABMiller, whose local subsidiary plans to drill a new water well on land alongside her community that, she says, will cause water scarcity for local residents.
The World Trade Organisation after Eight Transformational Years
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 21 (IPS) - On Aug. 31, I will be stepping down after eight years as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
U.S., China Talk Peace but Still Frenemies
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel welcomed Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan to the Pentagon Monday as part of Chang's four-day tour of U.S. defence compounds.
More Countries Turn to Faltering U.S. Prison Privatisation Model
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (IPS) - Countries in nearly every region of the world are continuing to turn to a U.S.-led model of prison privatisation despite mounting evidence that such systems are often neither cost-efficient nor able to provide adequate services.
Poor and Disabled When Disaster Strikes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (IPS) - Upon first glance, the emergency checklist distributed in Haiti after the 2010 earthquakelooks like any other. Organised into key categories like water, sanitation and hygiene, and psychosocial support, the information is typical of the kind circulated for emergency response.
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