Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1192
U.N.'s Dollar-a-Year Jobs Under Critical Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 05 (IPS) - The 132-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing nations, is challenging the longstanding prerogative of successive U.N. secretaries-general to appoint "special envoys" whose services are deemed gratis - and who are on nominal "one-dollar-a-year" employment contracts.
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
Libya Intervention More Questionable in Rear View Mirror
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 05 (IPS) - While the tenth anniversary last month of Washington's invasion of Iraq provoked overwhelmingly negative reviews of the adventure except among its most die-hard neo-conservative proponents, a more recent - albeit far less dramatic and costly - intervention has faded almost completely from public notice.
Universities “Not Living up to Missions” on Global Health Research
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 04 (IPS) - A first-time ranking of 54 top research universities in the United States and Canada has found that a miniscule percentage of funding goes to neglected diseases, despite the outsized influence that public universities play in developing medicines for illnesses often ignored by the private sector.
Guarded Optimism Over Iran Nuclear Talks
- Inter Press Service
ALMATY, Apr 04 (IPS) - With talks over Iran's nuclear ambitions set to resume Apr. 5 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, there is guarded optimism that negotiators can build on the moderate breakthroughs made in discussions held earlier this year.
Report Calls to Engage Iran’s People While Preventing Nuke
- Inter Press Service
Social Forum Spawns a New Form of Solidarity
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Apr 04 (IPS) - The conference drew both supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; conflicting opinions about the Polisario Front and the politics of Western Sahara; Palestinian activists and the Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. In short, the 13th edition of the World Social Forum, held in Tunis on Mar. 26-30, was a melting pot of struggles and a search for common ground.
As Iraq Becomes 'Iran-Like'
- Inter Press Service
MOSUL, Iraq, Apr 04 (IPS) - Armoured vehicles and thousands of soldiers masked in black balaclavas guard the entrance to the city of Mosul, 350 kilometres northwest of Baghdad. Arriving here gives one the unmistakable feeling of entering a territory that is still under occupation – only this time, the Iraqi Federal soldiers, not the U.S. military, play the role of the occupying army, locals tell IPS.
Libyans ‘Fighting Drug Dealers for Our Country’
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Apr 04 (IPS) - In Libya, a dose of LSD or the painkiller tramadol costs 78 cents, and a joint of cannabis is 7.80 dollars. Here, drugs are affordable to the poor for a simple reason. "Slashing prices is a way to create demand and open up a market," a Western diplomat tells IPS in Tripoli, the capital.
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