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POLITICS: Japan-U.S. Pact Crucial to Balance of Power in East Asia
- Inter Press Service
A clumsy and failed attempt by Japan’s nine-month-old coalition government to change the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, a post World War II landmark in bilateral relations after the Japanese defeat and often referred to as the lynchpin in Asian regional defence, has shaken domestic politics and fueled East Asian anxiety.
Latin America Urges More South-South Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
The governments of Latin America and the Caribbean asked ECLAC Tuesday to come up with a new set of criteria so middle-income countries are not excluded from official development assistance. They also called for greater South-South cooperation.
AFRICA: Climate Change Assistance so Near and Yet so Far
- Inter Press Service
Technology transfer and aid for trade could assist least developed countries (LDCs) suffering the effects of climate change. But negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are not helping to make this a reality, while aid for trade lands up at the wrong institutions, such as the World Bank.
INDIA: Mangroves Face Severe Threat from Human Activities
- Inter Press Service
When a super cyclone devastated the coastal districts of Orissa state in 1999, the government pledged to regenerate 3,000 hectares of mangrove. Or so forest official Chandra Sekhar Kar thought.
INDONESIA: Natural Fertiliser from Microbes Boosts Crop Yields
- Inter Press Service
Ten years after an Indonesian agriculturist discovered microbes capable of producing natural fertilisers, farmers attest that they have boosted agricultural production.
North-South Conservation Divide: 'Show Me the Money'
- Inter Press Service
Developing countries rich in plants and animals but poor in financial and technical resources refused to make binding commitments to halt the unraveling of the planet's biological infrastructure at the close of a major meeting Friday at the U.N.'s African headquarters in Nairobi.
ECONOMY: 'G20 Meeting Should Address Plight of Poorest States'
- Inter Press Service
The Group of 20 should show its concern about those that the global economic crisis 'is leaving behind' by putting the plight of least developed countries on the agenda at its meeting later this month.
ITALY: Daring to Put Mafia Assets to Social Utility
- Inter Press Service
In the small town of Corleone in central Sicily, 13 people, five of whom suffer from psychiatric distress, run a farm on lands confiscated from the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian mafia.
Difficult Times Call for Dangerous Jobs
- Inter Press Service
Life can be hard working in these tunnels, and it is always at risk. But many have no choice but to work in them, particularly since mid-2007, when Israel and Egypt, with the help of the international community, imposed a siege of staggering severity on the 1.5 million humans in the Gaza Strip.
Millennium Goals Need Development, Not Charity
- Inter Press Service
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) came into existence in the right place, the United Nations, but at a most unpropitious time, in September 2000, when ideas about the invincibility of market forces still held sway in the world.
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