News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 630
Incomplete Justice in Killings of Amazon Activists
- Inter Press Service
MARABÁ, Brazil, Apr 05 (IPS) - Peasants and human rights defenders in Brazil are indignant over the acquittal of the man accused of ordering the May 2011 murders of two prominent Amazon activists, José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife Maria do Espírito Santo.
Talk of Presidential Run by Khatami Elicits Hope and Anger in Iran
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, Apr 05 (IPS) - With just over two months before the Jun. 14 presidential election, Iranians remain unclear about which candidates will be approved by the Guardian Council to compete, let alone who has the best chance of winning.
Q&A: A Healthy Verdict from India
- Inter Press Service
Getting Past Aid to Develop
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Apr 05 (IPS) - With the level of Western aid to the world's poorest countries declining amid the global financial crisis, economists are calling for "innovative" means of development that range from proper taxation of multinationals to laws that ensure gender equality.
Women Take the Stage Against Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 05 (IPS) - The Taliban may have placed a ban on theatre, but women in Pakistan's northern provinces won't allow the threat of the militants' reprisals to keep them off the stage.
U.S. Banks Too Big to Fail, or Just Too Big?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 05 (IPS) - Following last week's approval of U.S. Senate bills that critics say would weaken a major financial reform law known as Dodd-Frank, watchdog groups here are cautioning that banks deemed "too big to fail" still pose a risk to U.S. and international economic security.
Report Calls to Engage Iran’s People While Preventing Nuke
- Inter Press Service
Solar Energy and Briquettes Make Headway in Haiti
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Apr 04 (IPS) - While Jean Reniteau mulls over the idea of using solar panels to light his house, Frantz Fanfan is wondering how to expand production of biomass briquettes to replace the use of charcoal in the cooking stoves of most of the Haitian people, who lack electricity.
For Climate Action, 2013 “Good as It’ll Get”: Nicholas Stern
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - A confluence of factors could make 2013 the most fruitful opportunity in years – and for years – for potentially major action on climate change, according to a leading voice on climate change policy, the British economist Nicholas Stern.
Building a Better Somali Region
- Inter Press Service
JIJIGA, Ethiopia, Apr 03 (IPS) - For over two decades Somali Region, in eastern Ethiopia, has been devastated by a grueling insurgency. Trapped in a time warp, it has been forgotten and underdeveloped. But in the last few years, thanks to the increased security here, a five-star hotel, eco-tourism ventures and even a large abattoir are being built by the former diaspora community.
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