News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 906
KENYA: Herbal Contraceptives Under the Radar
- Inter Press Service
An arrow points the way from a busy street along a rough pathway; visitors clutch their bags more closely. The door is open: sachets are displayed on the table with labels indicating treatment for ulcers, diabetes, hypertension, fibroids. But not the contraceptive pill IPS is looking for.
INDIA: Trade Talks with EU Put Drug Manufacturers on Edge
- Inter Press Service
Their ongoing negotiations remain shrouded in secrecy, but there are already reports that India and the European Union (EU) will have a free-trade agreement ready by the end of August, and that they will be putting signatures to it before the end of 2010.
TRADE-NAMIBIA: Africa Might Ditch Asian Rice if Prices Increase
- Inter Press Service
Thailand and other major rice exporting countries are at risk of losing Africa as an important trading partner if they raise their rice prices. Half of the 10 million tons of rice exported by Thailand last year went to Africa. Nigeria, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and South Africa were among the main buyers of rice in Africa.
CUBA: Government Set to Cut Inflated Payrolls
- Inter Press Service
Cuban President Raúl Castro announced a series of measures to gradually reduce the 'considerably bulky' payrolls in the government sector, with excess estimated at around one-fifth of the economically active population.
MEXICO: Craftswomen Weave a Better Future Out of Recycled Garbage
- Inter Press Service
Women's laughter fills the rectangular room on the ground floor of a building that houses a school for 250 local children, on the southern edge of Mexico City's sprawling metropolitan area.
HUNGARY: Austerity Fatigue sends IMF Home
- Inter Press Service
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has slapped IMF in the face, shocking an international community used to news of economic difficulties coming from this small Central European nation. But most Hungarians have welcomed it, at least so far.
U.S.: Controversy Highlights Plight of Black, and White, Farmers
- Inter Press Service
The controversial firing of an African-American federal government employee over comments misconstrued to be racist has refocused attention on the plight of black farmers in the U.S. South.
Families of Dead U.S. Vets Accuse Insurer of Massive Scam
- Inter Press Service
Prudential cheated the families of dead U.S. soldiers and Marines out of more than 100 million dollars in interest on their life-insurance policies, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in a Massachusetts federal court.
Haitian Immigrant Street Peddlers Try to Get a Leg Up
- Inter Press Service
Gaston Dorelus has little education, no vocational training, no extrinsic qualifications to make his way through life any easier.
BURKINA FASO: Race to Achieve Goals on Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
The government of Burkina Faso has embarked on the construction of 55,000 latrines each year to improve access to proper sanitation for the population from the present 10 percent to 54 percent by 2015.
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