Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 397
Advocates Cheer Tightening of Extractives Transparency Standards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 23 (IPS) - Development groups and corruption watchdogs are applauding landmark new standards adopted Wednesday by an international initiative focused on ensuring greater transparency among oil and mining companies operating particularly in developing countries.
Indian Gov’t on Collision Course With Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 23 (IPS) - For years India's pro-liberalisation, Congress party-led coalition government chafed at civil society groups getting in the way of grand plans to boost growth through the setting up of mega nuclear power parks, opening up the vast mineral-rich tribal lands to foreign investment and selling off public assets.
Groaning Under Power Cuts, Scorching Temps in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 23 (IPS) - Raheel Tauseef is feeling quite powerless this summer. Frequent power outages in the industrial city of Faisalabad in the Punjab province of eastern Pakistan, where the 29-year-old and his family run three hosiery factories, are taking a heavy toll on their business.
Water Debt and Leaks Plague the Poor
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 23 (IPS) - Nokuzola Bulana has a problem with leaks. The water that drips from the pipes of the toilet outside her home in Khayelitsha, a large semi-informal township on the fringes of Cape Town, South Africa goes to waste and drives up her water bill.
U.S. Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 23 (IPS) - The U.S. Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear programme in self-defence.
New Effort Targets the Leading Killers of Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) - PATH, a Seattle-based global health development organisation, is aiming to save two million lives by 2015 by jointly tackling diarrhea and pneumonia, the leading killers of children globally.
Chilean Development Still Tied to Copper Mining
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, May 22 (IPS) - Chile's position as the world's top producer of copper is not under threat, but the country faces the challenge of transforming its copper mining industry into social capital for the long term, and addressing high energy costs, which have grown seven-fold over the last decade, experts told IPS.
Eating Peas and Greens to Maximise Water Usage
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 22 (IPS) - Amid warnings that Kenya's agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely affecting food security, biodiversity researchers say that agrobiodiversity should be considered as a vital tool to combat this.
Can South Africa Help Nigeria to Industrialise?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 22 (IPS) - The lack of economic diversification throughout sub-Saharan Africa means that despite South Africa's pledges to help Nigeria make the automotive sector the West African nation's flagship industrial target, it may be difficult to do so, experts say.
Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, May 21 (IPS) - For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital Harare.
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