Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1311
Millennium Goals Mock Nepal’s Slave Girls
- Inter Press Service
Five years after Nepal abolished Kamalari, a system of girl slavery, thousands of young women are still awaiting promised rehabilitation and support from the new democratic republic.
U.S. Patriot Act Kept Somalia Starving
- Inter Press Service
When war-torn Somalia was also ravaged by a drought-induced famine last year, which killed tens of thousands and displaced over a million people, international media was quick to blame the Islamist Al-Shabaab for blocking humanitarian assistance from reaching its zone of control in southern Somalia.
Protest Time in Tunisia Again
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of centre-left demonstrators violently clashed with police in street battles that completely shut down central Tunis last week, left scores seriously injured and underlined the persistent divisions in Tunisian society.
Malaysia’s New Security Act Spares Politicians
- Inter Press Service
Malaysia’s new internal security law is as draconian as the colonial law it has replaced, but has the saving grace that it will not target political opponents of the government, say critics.
U.S.-Mexico Border Build-Up Found Excessive
- Inter Press Service
While Republican politicians and other 'border hawks' call for ever-tougher measures to secure the U.S.-Mexican border against drug trafficking and illegal immigration, a one-year bi-national study released here Thursday suggests that current efforts may be excessive.
Business20 Makes Its Weight Felt at G20 Meeting
- Inter Press Service
The concerns of the business community basically monopolised the first day of the meeting of trade and economy ministers of the G20 group of industrialised and emerging countries in this Mexican resort city Thursday.
Indonesia Knocks at BRICS' Door
- Inter Press Service
Indonesia’s keen interest in becoming the newest member of BRICS — a bloc of emerging-market nations comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has sparked off a round of debate on the future and efficacy of South-South groupings.
U.N. in Last Ditch Bid to Finalise Rio+20 Action Plan
- Inter Press Service
The Rio+20 sustainable development summit, scheduled to take place in Brazil in June, is billed as a key meeting of world leaders who are expected to renew their political commitment and approve a wide-ranging plan for a greener future.
In Mali - Civilians Govern, the Junta Rules
- Inter Press Service
Cheick Modibo Diarra has been named interim prime minister of Mali as a transitional administration takes shape, to guide the country back to full constitutional government. But despite agreeing to hand power back to civilians, the military junta intends to retain an oversight role in the transition.
Europe Loses Billions to Tax Evasion
- Inter Press Service
Swiss banks are facing prosecution in several European countries, accused of complicity in tax evasion and money laundering schemes, especially with French, German, and wealthy Greek citizens.
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