News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 579
Squatting on Kenya’s Mineral Wealth
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Zeinab Mohamed is a 70-year-old squatter in Kwale County, in Kenya's Coast Province. Like many other Coast Province residents, for decades, Mohamed has lived in what squatters call "floating houses".
Mobile Phones Big Hit in Rural Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Sep 04 (IPS) - Prosper Muripo rents a small space in a general dealer's shop at the Gotora shopping centre in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province. He is one of the many people in rural Zimbabwe who earn a living selling recharge vouchers and charging mobile phone batteries on solar-powered chargers.
Broad Coalition Pledges to Cut "Super Greenhouse Gases"
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 04 (IPS) - An international coalition has agreed to begin working towards domestic regulation aimed at reducing the use of HFCs, compounds commonly used as refrigerants but referred to as "super greenhouse gases" for their particularly negative impact on global warming.
Brazilian Hydroelectricity Giant Promotes Biogas
- Inter Press Service
FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil, Sep 03 (IPS) - The massive Itaipú hydroelectric dam, shared by Brazil and Paraguay, has now become a model for the micro-scale production of an energy source that is not only clean, but also helps to reduce pollution and promote local development: biogas.
Water Scarcity Could Drive Conflict or Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 02 (IPS) - When the General Assembly declared 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation (IYWC) three years ago, the U.N.'s highest policy-making body was conscious of the perennial conflicts triggered by competition over one of the world's most critical finite resources.
Disarmament Deal Takes Two Steps Back
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Sep 02 (IPS) - A Kremlin compromise on nuclear disarmament looks as far away as ever as Russian president Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama use their countries' strained relations to bolster their own domestic political agendas, experts say.
Tourism Deserts Egypt
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 02 (IPS) - It is Anna Betanova's second visit to Egypt and very different from the last time. The 26-year-old accountant from St Petersburg, Russia, is in Hurghada, the prominent resort destination on the Red Sea coast, some 400 km southeast of capital Cairo. "The beaches are almost empty," she told IPS, "and we spend most of the day watching TV."
Native Americans Take Lead in Tar Sands Resistance
- Inter Press Service
SPOKANE, Washington, Sep 01 (IPS) - Native American tribes in the United States have taken the lead in opposing the expansion of the Athabasca Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada, engaging in civil disobedience to the point of arrest and attempting to physically block shipments of construction equipment from passing through their native lands.
Pink Dollars Emerge as New Currency
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Sep 01 (IPS) - Naomi Fontanos is seeing a change from when she went holidaying in 2002. Then she had run into ignorance about transgender people or worse at hotels, restaurants and other business establishments in Boracay, the popular tourist destination south of Manila.
Revised U.S. Stance on Marijuana Will Be Felt Beyond Borders
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (IPS) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday issued surprise guidance directing its attorneys not to sue states that have moved to de-criminalise the recreational use of marijuana, so long as those states implement strict regulatory regimes.
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