News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 584
Africa’s Largest Hydroelectric Project May Hit the Rocks
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG/LUBUMBASHI, Aug 17 (IPS) - There are big aspirations for Africa's largest hydroelectric project, the Inga III that is set to be built in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But analysts are sceptical that such an ambitious project will ever be realised.
Revenge Rises From Sinai
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 17 (IPS) - The violence in Cairo came amidst firm indications that Muslim Brotherhood members hit back after a brutal crackdown this week that left many hundreds dead. And the winds of retaliation have blowing in from the Sinai peninsula, the desert to the east.
Critics Push to Stall New Obama “Social Cost of Carbon” Calculations
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (IPS) - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced it is accepting a petition from a conservative advocacy group critical of a recent substantial increase to official calculations of the so-called "social cost of carbon".
Protests in Portugal Going Grey
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Aug 16 (IPS) - The elderly have taken to the streets in Portugal to protest drastic public sector pension cuts announced this week by the government of conservative Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
U.S. Arms Industry Would Lose Big from Egypt Aid Cut-Off
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - The United States, which has refused to cut off its hefty 1.3 billion dollars in annual military aid to Egypt, continues to argue that depriving arms to the 438,500-strong security forces will only "destabilise" the crisis-ridden country.
One Recipe for the Homeless
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Aug 16 (IPS) - Following the death of his parents when he was just four, Samlain Chey, now 22, found himself living on the streets along the river near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Until he met a social worker from Mith Samlanh.
Kashmiri Farmers Unprepared for Drought
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Aug 16 (IPS) - Zareena Bano has had to skip school 17 times this year to help out on her family's farm in Tangchekh village in the northern Indian state of Kashmir.
Building the Future Enterprise by Enterprise in Rural Peru
- Inter Press Service
QUEQUEÑA, Peru, Aug 15 (IPS) - Women and young people are central players in dozens of small businesses and environmental protection plans that are changing the lives of poor rural families in the Andes highlands of southern Peru.
Tanzanian Traders Seek Rescue From Chinese
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 15 (IPS) - The Chinese characters boldly painted on a supermarket poster in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam say a lot about the growing influence of China on this east African nation.
Linking Fair and SQUAR in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Aug 15 (IPS) - What's less than two months old, has hit the headlines globally, and has more than 79,000 ‘likes' and over 16,000 people talking about it?
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