News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 599
Dreaming Big - But Who Will Fund Southern Africa's Infrastructure Plans?
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Jun 28 (IPS) - Mounds of sand and rubble are what are left of sections of Maputo's beachfront road as bulldozers, manned by Chinese construction workers, tear up the road that is being rebuilt. Southern Africa is under construction and the reminders are everywhere.
Obama Suspends Bangladesh's Trade Benefits Over Labour Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 28 (IPS) - Citing Bangladesh's alleged failure to respect international labour rights, U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday suspended trade benefits for the South Asian country's exports under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).
Cultural Engagement Key to Improving U.S.-Iran Relations – Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 27 (IPS) - Increasing U.S.-Iran cultural exchanges could lay the groundwork for better relations between the two countries, believes a prominent think tank here, despite the prevalence of stereotypical memes of the United States as the "Great Satan" and Iran as part of the "Axis of Evil".
Afghan Refugees Dig Their Heels into Pakistani Soil
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 27 (IPS) - Muhammad Shakoor, 42, calls Pakistan home.
Born in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, he was bundled across the border during the Soviet invasion of his country in 1979 by his family fleeing the chaos of war.
Presidential Hopefuls in Chile Speak Out Against Wilderness Dam
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 27 (IPS) - Diversifying the energy mix and the spectre of energy shortages in Chile are central issues in the campaign for the primary elections this Sunday Jun. 30, when presidential candidates will be nominated for the Nov. 17 elections.
Activists See U.S. Nuclear Industry Starting to Crumble
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 27 (IPS) - With the announced closures of four nuclear reactors in the United States so far this year and the cancellation of proposed facilities elsewhere in the country, some activists believe the U.S. nuclear industry is beginning to crumble.
A Man-Made Himalayan Tsunami?
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 27 (IPS) - On the outskirts of Rudraprayag, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand whose many temples draw tourists and Hindu pilgrims with magnetic force, visitors often stop for a meal at a popular hotel built right on the river Alakananda.
Locals Risk Their Lives Fighting Mining in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
CUERNAVACA, Mexico, Jun 27 (IPS) - "They brutally repressed us. The mining company buys off people's consciences, it divides the community, but we'll keep fighting it. Some people have had to flee the community," Rosalinda Dionisio, a Zapoteca indigenous woman in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, told IPS, sobbing.
Agriculture Leans on Japanese Women
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Jun 26 (IPS) - Yukako Harada, an energetic 29-year-old, is part of a small but determined band of women farmers working hard to revitalise Japan's moribund agricultural sector, which is feeling the crunch of an ageing population and a flood of cheap imports.
Q&A: Empower Indigenous Women to Assert Their Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - Women around the world are exposed to domestic violence, sexual and economic exploitation, gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and child marriage. For indigenous women and girls, however, the risk of being victims of such issues are especially high.
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