News headlines for “Third World Debt Undermines Development”, page 1336
Keeping the Pressure on to Invest in Women's Health
- Inter Press Service
Men, women, NGOs, governments, the Gates Foundation. Everyone agrees — women are awesome. More importantly, protecting the health of the people that make up more than half of the human population and do far more than half of the work to sustain it should be everyone's priority.
ZIMBABWE: Learning to Survive the Mean Streets
- Inter Press Service
Twelve-year-old Tapuwa Bakare* darts through the traffic as irate motorists hoot at him and the tyres of speeding vehicles screech to a halt to avoid hitting him. Miraculously, the box filled with sweets and chewing gum that he carries does not fall from his grasp.
As 'Temporary' Camps Linger, Tensions Rise with Haitian Landowners
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of victims of the January earthquake in Haiti are at risk of being displaced for a second time as private landowners throughout the nation's capital city grow impatient with makeshift tent camps on their properties.
AMERICAS: OAS Debates Same Old Problems, Few New Solutions
- Inter Press Service
The 40th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States, held in the Peruvian capital this week, failed to issue a decision on the reinstatement of Honduras, and instead served as a forum for Argentina, which seeks sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, and for Bolivia, in its fight for access to the Pacific Ocean.
CAMBODIA: Premier Hun Sen Profits from Suppression and Aid
- Inter Press Service
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is savouring another victory. His latest triumph: a string of verdicts against an opposition lawmaker that has guaranteed him the liberty to insult women and get away with it.
ARGENTINA: Football Referee School Offers Way Out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
A new school to train football referees to work amateur-level tournaments in Argentina aims at providing skills and a legitimate source of income for young people from poor homes.
SRI LANKA: Build Better Infrastructure or Expect More Floods — Experts
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lankans should be ready for more urban flash flooding, like those experienced in May, unless proper infrastructure is built to allow the onrushing waters to flow unhindered, experts warn.
TRADE: 'Cotton Dossier' Will Make or Break WTO’s Doha Round
- Inter Press Service
The 'cotton dossier' has become a litmus test for the 'development dimension' of the languishing Doha Round trade negotiations, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Pascal Lamy admitted.
SUDAN: Oil Consortium Behind War Crimes - Aid Agencies
- Inter Press Service
The entry of a Swedish-led oil consortium into southern Sudan in 1997 triggered civil war and crimes against humanity, claims a European coalition of aid agencies.
NEPAL: Under-Five Deaths Show Robust Decline But Hurdles Remain
- Inter Press Service
With still five years left before the expiry of the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) 2015 deadline to reduce under-five mortality rate by two-thirds from the 1990 level, a mid-term survey of Nepal Family Health Program (NFHP) II shows the country has already achieved the target.
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