Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1275
Indian Ocean Rim Countries Battered by Disasters — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
The heat wave in the Indian state of Orissa, which saw a 10-degree Celsius increase in summer temperatures last month, claimed 21 lives, according to government sources; unofficial estimates counted 87 deaths.
Waking Up to the Price of Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Weeks ahead of a national election in Papua New Guinea, 3000 people gathered in the capital, Port Moresby, for the sixth annual Sir Anthony Siaguru Walk against Corruption organised by Transparency International, PNG, to peacefully protest about an issue that affects every aspect of citizens’ lives.
Malawi Businesses Lose Out after AU Summit Cancelled
- Inter Press Service
Small and large businesses in Malawi are counting their losses following the cabinet’s decision not to host the African Union summit in July.
Cambodian Opposition Plans to Wake Up
- Inter Press Service
Cambodia’s fragmented opposition parties are promising to work together, rather than compete against each other for votes in the next election. All it took was another crushing victory at the polls by the country’s ruling party.
Asylum Seekers Protest in Silence
- Inter Press Service
Terrible images are filtering in from the German Bavarian city of Wuerzburg, where one woman and six men have sewn their mouths shut, threading fishing wire through their lips to symbolise a point of no return in their hunger strike.
CDs Become Weapon in Political Armoury
- Inter Press Service
Kunasekaran Krishnan (43) is a member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) who hopes his newly released CD of 10 'revolutionary songs' will help convince voters to back the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Alliance) in the general election that is widely expected to be held this year.
Private Interests Infiltrate G20 Summit
- Inter Press Service
Business will push for the freeing up of trade in green goods and services, at the upcoming summit of heads of state of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialised and emerging countries in Mexico.
Pakistanis Blame CIA for Fresh Polio Cases
- Inter Press Service
Pakistan’s efforts to contain polio in areas bordering Afghanistan may have received a setback following the conviction of a doctor who allegedly ran a fake vaccine programme to locate Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Setting Goals to Protect Half the Planet
- Inter Press Service
The high seas, crucial regions of the world's oceans that are beyond national jurisdiction, account for 45 percent of the planet, but are today under severe threat from overfishing and pollution.
Indigenous Message to Rio+20: Leave Everything Beneath Mother Earth
- Inter Press Service
Indigenous leaders from all over South America are making their way by foot, canoe and eventually on buses to be part of the Kari-Oca Caravan to Rio de Janeiro, to talk to world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20.
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