News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 607
Economic Issues Murky As Iranians Go To Polls
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, Iran, Jun 12 (IPS) - Talking to ordinary people in Neishabour and Tehran about Iran's June 14 presidential election, economic issues seem foremost on their minds. But whom they will vote for is based on vague promises to pull the economy out of its deep crisis rather than well-defined economic programs.
"Carbon Farming" Makes Waves at Stalled Bonn Talks
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 12 (IPS) - U.N. climate talks have largely stalled with the suspension of one of three negotiating tracks at a key mid-year session in Bonn, Germany.
Cairo’s Poor Convert Kitchen Waste Into Fuel Savings
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jun 12 (IPS) - The bio-gas digester on the roof of Hussein Farag's apartment in one of Cairo's poorest districts provides a daily supply of cooking gas produced from the kitchen waste his family would otherwise discard in plastic bags or empty into the clogged sewer below his building.
U.S. Regulatory System “Stymied by Special Interests”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (IPS) - A broad-based alliance of public interest and other groups is warning that years of attacks by business interests has made the U.S. regulatory so inefficient that public safety is being put at risk.
Labour Violations Under Tight Wraps in Thailand
- Inter Press Service
MAHACHAI, Thailand, Jun 11 (IPS) - Next time you visit Walmart and throw that packet of frozen shrimp in your shopping cart, pause a moment.
When the Train Passes, But Never Arrives
- Inter Press Service
TUCURINCA, Colombia, Jun 11 (IPS) - José "Goyo" Hernández has never been given a mask to keep him from breathing in the coal dust blowing off the 13 trains that pass daily through this village in the municipality of Zona Bananera in the northern Colombian department of Magdalena, during his 12-hour shift at the railway crossing.
How to Close Latin America's Rich-Poor Chasm
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 11 (IPS) - Latin American governments have increasingly been working to lessen inequality in the region, but new data suggests their efforts vary widely in quality and impact.
U.S., Malaysia Lead Worldwide "Land Grabs"
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 10 (IPS) - Africa is the main target for "land grabs" by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released Monday.
Q&A: Women Hardest Hit by Growing New Austerity Measures
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - The widespread financial crisis in Europe, and its negative fallout in the developing world, has triggered severe austerity measures worldwide.
Behind the Climate Finance Headlines
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Jun 10 (IPS) - Developed countries report that they delivered more than 33 billion dollars in Fast Start Finance (known as FSF), beyond the pledges they made at COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009. Recent analysis suggests that the funding delivered may have exceeded 38 billion dollars. But that is not the whole story.
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