News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 586
OP-ED: Political Prisoners a Strong Voice in Iranian Politics
- Inter Press Service
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug 11 (IPS) - In a historic letter to President Barack Obama, 52 Iranian political prisoners describe the effect of the crippling sanctions regime on the Iranian people and plead for a new approach to the nuclear issue. They write:
India and China Oil Palms Dangerously
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, India, Aug 11 (IPS) - When there is feasting in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, there could just be a connection between the celebrations and the fires on Indonesia's Sumatra Island that trigger frequent transboundary smog.
Corruption Scandal Fuels Calls for Strict Party Funding Rules
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Aug 09 (IPS) - The corruption scandal enveloping the governing conservative People's Party in Spain and its leader, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, calls into question the funding model for political parties and points towards the need for strict controls, experts say.
Rescue Sinks Greece Further
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Aug 09 (IPS) - Greece has started unravelling its civil sector further in an attempt to persuade the Troika - the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission - to commit more bailout money by next October.
Cameroonians See REDD
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Aug 08 (IPS) - Uncertainty over property rights and access to forest land is potentially a major stumbling block for implementing the United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in Cameroon.
Ancient Kings Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 08 (IPS) - Life for a widow with young children in Sri Lanka's poor agrarian areas can be harsh. Families in remote areas like Anuradhapura in the North Central Province barely eke out a living through paddy cultivation or through vegetable and other crops planted in cleared jungle shrub - Chena cultivation as it is called.
Tapping Rural Culture for Development Potential
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Aug 07 (IPS) - "I was a hunter. I killed many animals," said Rosalino Ortiz, a representative of Mashiramo, a campesino organisation that monitors biodiversity in Colombia's Massif range in the southern department of Huila.
Environmentalists Alarmed at Tourism Plans for Small Islands in Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Aug 07 (IPS) - The Venezuelan government's plans to develop tourism infrastructure on virtually uninhabited highly biodiverse small islands in the southern Caribbean have triggered warnings from environmentalists.
Seeking More Indian Business, With Chinese Help
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 07 (IPS) - As he stood on the westernmost edge of Colombo's new harbour expansion, it was hard for Priyath Bandu Wickrema - the man tasked with reinventing the port as a regional giant - to cap his enthusiasm.
Supporting Rural Community Self-Management in Southern Peru
- Inter Press Service
QUEQUEÑA, Peru, Aug 07 (IPS) - Some 40 multicoloured tents were set up to showcase the fruits of community-based rural development projects in the main square of this village in southern Peru during a visit by IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze.
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