News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 935
WORLD: North Should Pay South Reparations for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The North should pay reparations to the South for the effects of climate change.
RiGHTS: Villagers Pay Dearly for India’s War with Maoists
- Inter Press Service
Almost a year on, Dipali Sahu still recalls with horror the day an operation by the policemen and paramilitary troopers began here in June last year to take back control of the vast swathes of eastern India captured by the Maoist rebels.
CARIBBEAN: Verdict Still Out on Trade Pact with Europe
- Inter Press Service
A year and a half after Caribbean leaders inked a controversial and sweeping free trade pact with the European Union, concerns are emerging that the region is lagging in accessing some of its benefits.
BIODIVERSITY: Developers Stalk the Carpathians
- Inter Press Service
When the Slovakian government moved to open Tatra National Park to developers, last month, it did not consult experts or the public. Other protected sites across Central and Eastern Europe are said to be equally vulnerable.
INDIA: One Woman’s Entrepreneurial Venture Now Employs Thousands
- Inter Press Service
Shameema Wani, 40, never imagined a simple venture, begun from a scratch, would grow into the 2,000-strong business enterprise, employing mainly women, that it is today in this capital city of India’s disputed Jammu and Kashmir state.
WORLD: 'Poor Countries Should Have a Seat at G20 Table'
- Inter Press Service
The global economic crisis highlighted the necessity of transforming global economic governance. But least developed countries (LDCs) have little voice in this process. It is time they are allowed a seat at the meetings of the Group of 20 industrialised and emerging economies.
BIODIVERSITY: Prized Bluefin Tuna Adrift in a Sea of Conflicting Interests
- Inter Press Service
Mounting international criticism against Japan’s Atlantic bluefin tuna imports linked closely to the extinction of the species has turned the spotlight, once again, on the lack of a viable means of protecting most of the world’s fast- depleting natural resources.
World Bank Boosts Commitment to Lower Maternal Mortality
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank intends to ramp up spending on family-planning and related initiatives to reduce maternal mortality, improve reproductive health, and reduce fertility rates in nearly 60 developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new five-year plan released by the Bank here this week.
US: Court Reins in Govt Powers to Shut Down Charities
- Inter Press Service
In a major decision overturning a George W. Bush-era policy that has been continued by the administration of President Barack Obama, a federal court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the U.S. Treasury Department to freeze a charity's assets - effectively putting it out of business with virtually no due process.
ICELAND: Int'l Arrest Warrant Against Top Bank Official
- Inter Press Service
Vigorously pursuing those allegedly responsible for Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis, investigators have got issued an international arrest warrant against Sigurdur Einarsson, chairman of the board of governors of the failed Kaupthing Bank.
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