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News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1224
Eternal Energy Revolution Picking Up Steam
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Apr 15 (IPS) - "Be a climate-protection hero, not a climate victim" is the message energy experts from around the world are bringing to San Francisco Tuesday.
Senegal's Leader Urged to Save Sardinella
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 15 (IPS) - Hours after President Macky Sall of Senegal met in Washington with President Barack Obama late last month, he stepped into a brightly lit hotel meeting room to accept the Peter Benchley Award for National Stewardship of the Ocean, the only prize for ocean conservation given to heads of state.
As West Falters, Arms Spending Rises in Developing World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - The spreading economic crisis is taking a bite out of Western military spending - even as the world's developing nations, along with Russia and China, boosted their arms expenditures last year.
Q&A: Innovation Key to Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Apr 15 (IPS) - Innovation, as the fruit of science and technology, will play a fundamental role in the Sustainable Development Goals that could go into effect in 2015, says Néstor Osorio, president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Pakistan Poll Campaign Advances by Degrees
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Apr 15 (IPS) - Former parliamentarian Jamshed Dasti, known in his hometown of Muzaffargarh as Rescue 1122, Pakistan's equivalent of an emergency number, is now a dubious hero. On Apr. 4, a district court served him a three-year prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 rupees (50 dollars) for presenting a fake degree to become eligible for a seat in parliament. He filed an appeal in the Lahore High Court which has overturned his conviction and acquitted him.
Storm in a Teacup Between the EU and South Africa?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) - A trademark system which is used to protect Europe's finest wines, cheeses and hams could soon brew up benefits for a humble tea from a remote region of South Africa.
Commodities Trade Haven Faces Protests
- Inter Press Service
ZUG, Switzerland, Apr 14 (IPS) - The powerful Swiss commodity sector is under fire here, as citizens fed up with government inaction on charges of corporate corruption, tax evasion and lack of transparency gear up for major protests.
U.S.: Occupy Affiliate Aims at Abolishing Consumer Debt
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 14 (IPS) - Strike Debt, an affiliate of the Occupy movement, has devised a legal and what some consider ingenious way to abolish millions of dollars in consumer debt.
High Stakes for Engaging Morsi's Egypt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 13 (IPS) - Women and minorities should be a top priority in U.S. policy toward Egypt and its Muslim Brotherhood government leaders, experts here said on Friday, despite increasingly unfavourable public views towards Egypt.
Global Health Plan Aims to End a Third of Childhood Deaths
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 13 (IPS) - The United Nations has unveiled a major framework aimed at, for the first time, coordinating worldwide efforts to work simultaneously to end childhood pneumonia- and diarrhoea-related deaths by 2025.
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