Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 429
Developing World to Overshadow the West by 2030, Study Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 10 (IPS) - A major new long-range report by the U.S. intelligence community suggests that the U.S. economy, currently the world's largest, could be eclipsed by China's by 2030.
Brazilian Firms Bring Water and Power to Angolans
- Inter Press Service
CAMBAMBE, Angola, Dic 10 (IPS) - The Kwanza river in the heart of Angola will be a symbol of Brazilian partnership in African development when power stations along the country's main source of water are fully operational.
Q&A: Making Toilets Fashionable
- Inter Press Service
Bumper Grain Harvest Expected in Southern Senegal
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Dic 07 (IPS) - Farmers in Médina Yoro Foula, in Senegal's southern Kolda region, are expecting a good grain harvest this year, and hope to sell thousands of tonnes of grain in the local and regional markets.
Investments Into, Out of Developing Countries at Record Levels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 06 (IPS) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) both into and out of developing countries is at or nearing record levels, an arm of the World Bank reported on Thursday.
Q&A: "The Israeli Boycott Movement Is Not Anti-Semitic"
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 06 (IPS) - Rabbi Brant Rosen leads a congregation in Evanston, Illinois and is author of the new book, Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi's Path to Palestinian Solidarity.
Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill Spreads Fear
- Inter Press Service
, Dic 06 (IPS) - Gay activist Gerald Ssentongo of Uganda is afraid to talk openly about his cause. Not only that, but he is terrified of being "caught" socialising with gay people and only meets his friends at night in out-of-reach places.
Artificial Insemination Means More Milk in Mauritania
- Inter Press Service
NOUAKCHOTT, Dic 06 (IPS) - Cattle herder Mohamed Ould Bouthiah has seen the future, and he likes what he sees. "Five of my cows are crossbreeds with a European variety, and those five together produce 80 litres of milk a day."
Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Law Squelches Opposition, Activists Say
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Dic 06 (IPS) - Ethiopia's Anti-Terrorism Proclamation is once again stirring debate in this Horn of Africa nation as lawyer Temam Ababulga challenges the 2009 law in the highly-publicised "Muslim terrorism" case.
IMF Shift on Capital Controls Belies “Pro-Liberalisation Bias”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 06 (IPS) - Economists and development experts are applauding a new policy by the International Monetary Fund supporting government attempts to control the cross-border flow of money, a major ideological shift for the institution.
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