News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 618
Sacrificing the Reef for Industrial Development
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, May 14 (IPS) - Mining and port development coupled with decreasing water quality along Australia's north-eastern coast are threatening the continent's World Heritage-listed tourist drawcard, the Great Barrier Reef.
A Federation Could Strengthen Europe’s Magnetism
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 14 (IPS) - The recent agreement for the normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo has confirmed that the European Union (EU) is still acting as a "magnet", attracting its external neighbours and transforming and integrating them. Thanks to its prospects for EU membership, the whole Balkan area has become more stable and secure. Unfortunately, this virtuous magnetism no longer exerts the same force of attraction on our own citizens.
U.S. Relationship with Pakistani Military Must “Broaden”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IPS) - With this weekend's national election in Pakistan seeing historic high turnout resulting in an overwhelming vote for a single party, foreign policy observers here are suggesting that the United States will need to finally redefine its longstanding relationship with the Pakistan Army.
Giving Paraplegic Women a New Lease on Life
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, May 13 (IPS) - Gul Shada thought it was the end of the road for her when she and her husband met with a road accident last year in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Not only did the mishap leave Shada widowed at the relatively young age of 37, she also sustained an injury to her back that immobilised her.
Pakistan Marks Historic Election
- Inter Press Service
LAHORE, May 13 (IPS) - Flanked by loyalists, friends, journalists and excited family members, former Pakistani premier Mian Nawaz Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), seemed relaxed on the night of the May 11 general elections.
Female Garment Workers Bear Brunt of Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, May 10 (IPS) - Last month, 18-year-old Shapla was just another one of thousands of garment workers employed in a factory in Savar, a suburb of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
Egypt's Political Instability Taking Toll on Its Economy
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, May 10 (IPS) - Regardless of who is responsible for Egypt's current political impasse – be it the administration of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi or an aggressive secular opposition – local experts are certain of at least one fact: Egypt's dire economic circumstances will not improve without political stability.
Obama Issues Landmark “Open Government” Rules
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 09 (IPS) - President Barack Obama has initiated a potential sea change in U.S government accountability, unveiling Thursday an executive order mandating all federal agencies to make openness and public accessibility the default methods for handling official data.
Toxic Waste on Par with Malaria as a Global Killer
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 09 (IPS) - Toxic waste sites in 31 countries are damaging the brains of nearly 800,000 children and impairing the health of millions of people in the developing world, two new studies have found.
Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, May 09 (IPS) - "I was displaced here by mining a month ago. Illegal miners forced me out of my municipality. No, don't write down where I'm from, let alone my name," said a 40-year-old black man frightened for his safety. IPS agreed to say only that he is from Colombia's southern Pacific coast region.
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