Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1404
Morocco Clamours for Justice
- Inter Press Service
A government plan to reform Morocco’s dilapidated justice system, the details of which are still a mystery to the general public, has become the subject of much scepticism, especially from justice professionals around the country.
Taking Refuge in Hell Camp
- Inter Press Service
'We have been spending sleepless nights without electricity and clean water. This place is not worth living in but we have no option and will remain here as long as the military operation continues in our area,' said Gul Rahim, a former resident of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, currently languishing in the Jallozai refugee camp in the Nowshera district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
U.S.: Trekking for Wild Florida
- Inter Press Service
There was a time when big, yellow cats freely roamed the length of a wild Florida. Today, three medium-sized humans are trekking the length of this southeastern U.S. state - 1,000 miles of swamp, forest, ranchland and blistered feet - in hopes that panthers may one day be able to safely tread the same path.
ARGENTINA-SPAIN: Business Must Go On
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of Spanish companies continue to do business in Argentina, despite Madrid’s campaign in defence of Repsol, which controls YPF — the oil company that the government of Cristina Fernández plans to renationalise.
Food Security Slipping Ever Further Away
- Inter Press Service
Continuing near-record high food prices around the world are highlighting international inattention to a looming threat, observers here warned on Friday.
Papua New Guinea's ‘Missing Mothers’ Prompt Rural Healthcare Overhaul
- Inter Press Service
While the number of women dying in childbirth globally declined by 34 percent between 1990 and 2008, that number doubled in Papua New Guinea over the same time period.
Brazil Must Do More for Rio+20, Former Ministers Say
- Inter Press Service
Former ministers, lawmakers and environmental experts in Brazil are urging the government to take a more proactive stance to prevent the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development the country will host in June from falling short of the standard set by the preceding summit.
CARIBBEAN: Turning Landfills into Energy
- Inter Press Service
The tourist brochure shows pictures of lovely white sandy beaches, tall coconut trees and rolling mountains. Welcome to the Caribbean.
Millennium Goals Mock Nepal’s Slave Girls
- Inter Press Service
Five years after Nepal abolished Kamalari, a system of girl slavery, thousands of young women are still awaiting promised rehabilitation and support from the new democratic republic.
South African Township Desperate for Safe Drinking Water
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of residents in Diepsloot, a large township north of Johannesburg, South Africa, are queuing for hours to access clean, safe water a week after their supply was contaminated by sewage.
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