News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 625
Wind Brings Light to Somaliland
- Inter Press Service
HARGEISA, Apr 22 (IPS) - A wind turbine, situated some 20 kilometres outside of Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, has become a significant totem of the country's changing energy landscape.
Poachers Close in on Last Rhino Retreat
- Inter Press Service
GUWAHATI, India, Apr 21 (IPS) - The year 2013 opened on a disastrous note for the one-horned rhinoceros of the northeastern Indian state of Assam. At the beginning of April, officials in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), one of the last retreats left in South Asia for these endangered creatures, reported that 17 rhinos had been poached.
Learn From the Children
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 20 (IPS) - "Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him."
Insecurity the “Achilles’ Heel of Development” in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 19 (IPS) - Development experts here are warning that widespread, unchecked violence against citizens in Latin America is posing a threat to the development of the entire region.
Major Trade Deal Between EU and Southern Africa Expected
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 (IPS) - There is growing optimism that the countries of Southern Africa are within months of concluding negotiations with the European Union on a major new trade deal, after years of hesitant progress and frustration.
U.S. Immigration Reforms Prioritise Labour over Families
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 18 (IPS) - A long-awaited legislative proposal to reform the United States' immigration system is sparking frustration on both the left and right here, but is widely being seen as a centrist compromise bill that will now energise all sides as debate in Congress begins Friday.
Activist Shareholders Slam Brazilian Mining Giant
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 18 (IPS) - Representatives of social movements and communities affected by Brazilian mining company Vale's operations have bought shares in the company, to make their voices heard.
Mexico Lacks Water to Frack for Shale Gas
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 18 (IPS) - Mexico plans to expand shale gas exploration this year, but it could run into a shortage of water, which is essential to hydraulic fracturing or fracking, the method used to capture natural gas from shale rocks.
World Bank, IMF Link Urbanisation with Development
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 18 (IPS) - Two of the world's largest multilateral institutions have released new data linking greater urbanisation with higher levels of human development, and are announcing that they will place greater priority on issues of urbanisation in coming decades.
Time to Decolonise the World Social Forum
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Apr 17 (IPS) - When participants at the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, received word that former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down, swept away by a wave of popular resistance that brought millions of Egyptians into the streets, few could contain their joy.
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