Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1445
ENVIRONMENT: Weed Threatens Indian Rhino's Last Refuge
- Inter Press Service
While shoot-at-sight orders are now effectively keeping rhinoceros poachers at bay, an aggressive weed is threatening the one-horned ungulate in one of its last retreats - the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in eastern Assam state.
MIDEAST: After 25 Years, Cinema Comes to Divided Town
- Inter Press Service
Palestinians in East Jerusalem can once again go to the movies, after Al Quds Cinema reopened its doors this week after being closed for 25 years. Organisers say this signals the rebirth for Palestinian arts and culture in the city.
MALAYSIA: ‘Cowgate’ Turns Opposition Fodder
- Inter Press Service
With the 83-million-dollar ‘cowgate’ scam refusing to die down, a shadow hangs over Prime Minister Najib Razak’s plans to call elections ahead of April 2013, when they are due.
RUSSIA-HEALTH: Censorship and Dirty Needles Fuel HIV/AIDS Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
A recent government crackdown on Russian media, particularly online information portals specialising in health tips and harm reduction methods for drug users, has sparked widespread public opposition, with critics claiming that the 'draconian silencing' of public health advocates could worsen an already perilous health situation in the country.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Barbados Looks to Beaches as First Line of Defence
- Inter Press Service
Like most of its neighbours in the English-speaking Caribbean, Barbados's main economic asset is its coastal zone.
ARGENTINA: Paraná River Not What It Used to Be
- Inter Press Service
Lower water levels and increasing pressure from overfishing in the Paraná river are causing an unprecedented decline in fish stocks in the river that is regarded as the second most biodiverse in South America after the Amazon river.
Greeks Discover the Politics of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
According to European mainstream economists and politicians, the solution to the Greek debt crisis, and the only option for returning the country to a path of progress, is 'fiscal consolidation'.
CUBA: Oil Drilling Opens Up New Possibilities
- Inter Press Service
The search for oil in Cuba’s Gulf of Mexico waters, launched by the Spanish firm Repsol, has triggered speculation about future prospects for Cuba and the possibility of this country one day making the transition from importer to exporter of crude.
BALKANS-ECONOMY: One-Dollar Steel Mill Exposes Cracks in Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
For the first time in its history, Serbia has bought back a company sold to a foreign investor almost ten years ago, for the symbolic price of a single dollar. But while the purchase has stirred a sense of national pride, it is hardly a success story for the Balkan economy; rather, it has exposed the failure of a decade-long effort to privatise the national economy.
Washington's Man in China?
- Inter Press Service
When Hu Jintao took over as the leader of China in 2002, U.S. companies welcomed his accession as a 'good sign for American business'.' Political analysts described Hu as a member of the fourth generation of Communist party leadership who might very well turn out to be a 'closet liberal'.
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