News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 924
CAMBODIA: Premier Hun Sen Profits from Suppression and Aid
- Inter Press Service
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is savouring another victory. His latest triumph: a string of verdicts against an opposition lawmaker that has guaranteed him the liberty to insult women and get away with it.
ARGENTINA: Football Referee School Offers Way Out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
A new school to train football referees to work amateur-level tournaments in Argentina aims at providing skills and a legitimate source of income for young people from poor homes.
SRI LANKA: Build Better Infrastructure or Expect More Floods — Experts
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lankans should be ready for more urban flash flooding, like those experienced in May, unless proper infrastructure is built to allow the onrushing waters to flow unhindered, experts warn.
TRADE: 'Cotton Dossier' Will Make or Break WTO’s Doha Round
- Inter Press Service
The 'cotton dossier' has become a litmus test for the 'development dimension' of the languishing Doha Round trade negotiations, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Pascal Lamy admitted.
SUDAN: Oil Consortium Behind War Crimes - Aid Agencies
- Inter Press Service
The entry of a Swedish-led oil consortium into southern Sudan in 1997 triggered civil war and crimes against humanity, claims a European coalition of aid agencies.
BRAZIL: Thirst for Energy Drives Construction of More Dams in Amazon
- Inter Press Service
Electricity consumption in Brazil will rise by 5.9 percent a year until 2019, and hydroelectric plants will continue to be the main source of power because they generate it at a lower cost, the government announced.
RWANDA: Women Win by Formalising Businesses
- Inter Press Service
The vast majority of businesses in Rwanda - like elsewhere in Africa - are informal. Government expects that a drive to register an estimated 900,000 informal enterprises will both strengthen these businesses and improve tax revenues.
Distrust Hinders Disarmament in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
Peru's proposal to curb military spending in Latin America is weakening as the 40th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) comes to an end, undermined by wariness on the part of some governments and by nationalist interests, according to experts.
MALAYSIA: Planned Subsidy Cut Draws Fire, Seen to Hurt the Poor
- Inter Press Service
The government’s proposal to remove and rationalise subsidies on essential goods and services continues to provoke a storm of criticism from ordinary Malaysians.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Restoring Trust After 'Horrible' Copenhagen Conference
- Inter Press Service
Six months after failing to reach a binding agreement on climate change, negotiators are meeting in Bonn to try to get the process back on track. But deep disagreement over measuring developing countries' emissions and finding funds for adaptation to climate change remain unresolved.
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