News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 367

  1. Major New Andes Tunnel Turns Back on Volcano

    - Inter Press Service

    FINCA GALICIA, Cordillera Central, Colombia, Oct 26 (IPS) - A new system of tunnels at the Alto de La Línea mountain pass in Colombia's central Cordillera mountain range will open up a key logistics route for this country and neighbouring Venezuela. But it could be overcome by disaster if the Machín volcano erupts.

  2. Cuba’s Dual Currency System: A Death Foretold

    - Inter Press Service

    HAVANA, Oct 25 (IPS) - An end to the country's dual-currency system is one of the reforms most anxiously-awaited by Cubans, who nevertheless reacted with scepticism and doubt to the announcement of a timeline for eliminating the system, blamed for exacerbating social inequalities in the country.

  3. Power Struggle Rises Over Tanzania’s Pangani River

    - Inter Press Service

    PANGANI, Tanzania, Oct 24 (IPS) - As farmers and herders fight over dwindling water levels in the Pangani River Basin in northeastern Tanzania, a new dispute is emerging between farmers and the state-run power utility firm over this precious resource.

  4. India Illegal Mining Enquiry Cut Short

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (IPS) - A nationwide enquiry into illegal mining in India was aborted before it completed its investigation into the failings of the country's mining industry. The study had prompted the government to ban mining in two states and arrest high-ranking politicians.

  5. 'Civil War' Breaks Out Within Al-Shabaab

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Oct 22 (IPS) - For years the Islamist extremist group Al-Shabaab was seen as the most cohesive, united and powerful force in the failed state of Somalia. But it is now disintegrating like a house of cards because of internal divisions and power struggles within its leadership, according to Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, a history and political science professor at Kenya's Kenyatta University.

  6. Tanzania’s Costal Communities Forced to Drink Seawater

    - Inter Press Service

    PANGANI, Tanzania, Oct 22 (IPS) - The freshwater drinking supply of the coastal town of Pangani in northeast Tanzania is becoming increasingly contaminated as salt water steadily seeps in from the Indian Ocean.

  7. Al-Shabaab Takes ‘Last Gasps’ in Ethiopia

    - Inter Press Service

    ADDIS ABABA, Oct 21 (IPS) - The explosion went off at 2:40 on a Sunday afternoon, on a tree-lined side street in Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa. The area was a quiet one - home to foreign diplomats, domestic civil servants and several embassies - and the blast was strong enough to kill two men, startle the neighbours, and demolish a small home.

  8. OP-ED: Women’s Empowerment Builds International Peace and Security

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - When war erupts, women are often the first to experience the harsh brutality and the last to be called to the peace table. A resolution adopted Friday by the U.N. Security Council moves us one step closer to the full participation of women as leaders for peace and security.

  9. Conflicts Over Water Rise in Tanzania

    - Inter Press Service

    PANGANI, Tanzania, Oct 18 (IPS) - Conflicts over water are increasing in the sprawling Pangani River Basin in northeastern Tanzania as farmers and herders jostle for dwindling water resources in the face of climate change.

  10. When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe

    - Inter Press Service

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