Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1446
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'.
Mozambique Prepares for Dangerous Cyclone Giovanna
- Inter Press Service
Over 100,000 people in Mozambique are still recovering from losing their homes and crops, and from being cut off from schools and shops after a tropical storm and cyclone hit the southern African country in January. But the worst may not be over as another dangerous cyclone is expected to make landfall Friday evening as emergency stocks run low.
CHINA: Radio Keeps Tibetans Tuned In
- Inter Press Service
No road leads to Motuo County. There is no post office or newspaper. But, for the 10,000 residents of one of the planet’s remotest corners, a local radio station serves as the vital link to the outside world.
LATIN AMERICA: Research Decodes Dialogue Between Rainforest and Water
- Inter Press Service
An alteration of the relationship between the Amazon rainforest and the billions of cubic metres of water transported by air from the equatorial Atlantic Ocean to the Andes Mountains could endanger the resilience of a biome that is crucial for the global climate, warns a recently concluded two-decade research project.
PAKISTAN: Political Scandals Rock the Polio Eradication Boat
- Inter Press Service
A knock on her front door throws Beenish, a 28-year-old housewife from Lahore, into a fix: should she allow the female volunteer vaccinators to administer the oral polio vaccine (OPV) to her two-year-old son, or not?
NGOs Urge Open Selection Process for Next World Bank Chief
- Inter Press Service
A global coalition of development activists and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) is calling on the World Bank's governors to ensure that Bank President Robert Zoellick's successor is chosen in an 'open and merit-based process' that will give borrowing countries a major say in the selection.
Finland Joins Call for Financial Market Tax
- Inter Press Service
In the midst of the debt and financial crises plaguing key European countries, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has joined a growing international chorus calling for the introduction of a global financial market tax and the shutting down of tax havens, saying all that is needed is the political will to do it.
GUATEMALA: 'Only the Mayor Will Benefit from the Mine'
- Inter Press Service
'No one will pay for the damages when work at the mine has finished,' says María del Rosario Velásquez, who lives in a town near the Oasis mine 100 km southeast of the Guatemalan capital.
Bangladesh Braves Climate Change With Community Radio
- Inter Press Service
'Welcome to Krishi (farming) Radio. You are listening to FM 98.8 megahertz and I am your hostess Shahnaz Parvin,' the local community radio crackles over the mobile phones and transistors of residents in coastal Barguna district.
Somali Women Say 'Consider Us for the Country’s Leadership'
- Inter Press Service
As Somalia’s transitional government and various stakeholders meet Wednesday to discuss the inclusion of the country’s clans in the new government, women politicians have called for a greater role in the leadership of this East African nation.
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