Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1328
New Alternative in Senegal After Wade Defeat
- Inter Press Service
Analysts say that Senegal’s outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly arising from the high cost of basic commodities, a lengthy strike by teachers, and high youth unemployment, by loosing his bid for a third term of office.
OP-ED: Narcotics Watchdog Turns Blind Eye to Rights Abuses
- Inter Press Service
In a world where drug offences are punishable with the death penalty, torture or arbitrary detention, we must ask how far States can go to enforce the global prohibition on drugs.
OP-ED: Tunisia's Youth and Their Fight for Freedom of Expression
- Inter Press Service
In Tunisia, a new debate is taking shape. Long suppressed by the authoritarian regime of former President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's free expression movement for many years existed on the fringe, comprised of bloggers, software developers, media aficionados and expats whose frustration at Tunisia's Internet censorship and surveillance regime — in place for over a decade — fomented their activism.
Neighbours to Confront Mali Coup Leaders
- Inter Press Service
Mali's neighbours have threatened to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge those behind last week's coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to civilian rulers.
Women Lead Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
Kalpana Rani Pal’s pottery business is modest by any yardstick but it is small enterprises like these that are helping reduce poverty levels in Bangladesh.
Learning Lessons From the Khmer Rouge
- Inter Press Service
For four years, Wan Preung toiled in the fields under the Khmer Rouge, unable to speak his mind. But after the regime fell in 1979, there was still one sensitive subject the teacher could seldom broach with his students: the Khmer Rouge.
Pope Strikes Moderate Tone in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
On his three-day visit to Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI has so far struck a moderate tone, although he called on Catholics in this country to fight with the 'weapons' of peace and understanding for an 'open, renewed society.'
Rio+ 20 Suffers Leadership Void Weeks Ahead of Summit
- Inter Press Service
When a landmark U.N conference on sustainable development kicks off in Brazil mid-June, more than 120 world leaders are expected to participate in the much-ballyhooed talkfest on the future of the global environment.
Argentine Baby Theft Trial Nears End
- Inter Press Service
The trial for the theft of babies of political prisoners during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship is nearing its end after more than three decades of work by the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who have so far tracked down 105 of an estimated 500 missing children.
Pro-Peace Jewish Lobby Stresses Return to Stalled Talks
- Inter Press Service
At the third annual conference of J Street, the 'pro-Israel, pro-peace' lobby group that is widely seen as a counterweight to the more right-wing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Israel-Palestine conflict took the focus back from the ongoing tension with Iran.
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