Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1454
LAOS-CULTURE: ASEAN Attempts to Build on a Shared Language: Music
- Inter Press Service
A landmark concert featuring artistes from eight of the ten South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) took place here on Jan. 21, in an effort to build a regional community through the common language of music.
BANGLADESH: Coup Bid Reveals Extremism Within the Army
- Inter Press Service
Bangladesh’s army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.
Kenyan Chief Tweets His Way to Reducing Crime
- Inter Press Service
Using 140 characters or less, Chief Francis Kariuki in Kenya, has tweeted his way to reducing crime in his and surrounding villages.
Brazil Deploys 'Junior Firefighters' to Snuff Out Dengue
- Inter Press Service
The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro is unveiling a battery of creative tactics to engage the population in the battle against dengue fever, which is threatening to reach unprecedented epidemic proportions as a new virus strain hits Brazil.
'Kitchen Nightmares' Alleged at World's Largest Restaurant Group
- Inter Press Service
An organisation of restaurant workers is suing Darden Restaurants, the largest full-service restaurant group in the world, in U.S. federal court, alleging widespread racial discrimination and illegal labour practices.
POLITICS-SENEGAL: Violence After Validation of Wade Candidacy
- Inter Press Service
It was stones against tear gas in the Senegalese capital this morning as students protested the killing of one of their own on Tuesday evening. At least four people have died since Jan. 27, in wider demonstrations against the controversial validation of President Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy for re-election for a third term.
2011 - A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come
- Inter Press Service
The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation pattern and relatively low solar irradiance.
RUSSIA: Putin Remains Leading Candidate in Presidential Elections
- Inter Press Service
Election season in Russia promises to be stormy, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin emerges as the leading candidate in the presidential race scheduled for March 4 and unresolved issues of voting fraud and voter manipulation spark massive protests amongst opposition groups.
Radio Static for Ghana’s Community Stations
- Inter Press Service
There is a tension resonating through Ghana’s airwaves, an electric current fueled by rivaling interests between community radio advocates and Ghana’s National Communications Authority.
UGANDA: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War
- Inter Press Service
Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord’s Resistance Army’s destruction of northern Uganda.
Powered by
