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News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 446
The Bahamas' New Motto: "Sand, Surf and Solar"
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 21 (IPS) - When it comes to tourism in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), The Bahamas -- 700 islands sprinkled over 100,000 square miles of ocean starting just 50 miles off Florida -- is a heavyweight.
OPINION-CUBA/US: Catching a Glimpse of the Possible Future
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 21 (IPS) - All Cubans, on either side of the Florida Straits, but in places like Spain, France or Greenland – where there must be a couple of Cubans - as well felt it was a historic moment that included each and every one of us, when U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Dec. 17 the normalisation of relations after half a century of hostility.
Final Push to Launch U.N. Negotiations on High Seas Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (IPS) - The United Nations will make its third - and perhaps final - attempt at reaching an agreement to launch negotiations for an international biodiversity treaty governing the high seas.
From Bullets to Ballots: The Face of Sri Lanka’s Former War Zone
- Inter Press Service
VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka, Jan 20 (IPS) - In four months' time, Sri Lanka will mark the sixth anniversary of the end of its bloody civil conflict. Ever since government armed forces declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on May 19, 2009, the country has savored peace after a generation of war.
Caribbean Youth Ready to Lead on Climate Issues
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Jan 19 (IPS) - At 24 years old, Stefan Knights has never been on the side of those who are sceptical about the reality and severity of climate change.
Cuban Diplomacy Looks Towards Both Brussels and Washington
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 19 (IPS) - Cuba has decided to move ahead in its talks with the European Union towards an agreement on cooperation parallel to the negotiations aimed at normalising relations with the United States after more than half a century of hostility.
In India’s Western Gujarat State, Sustainable Energy Starts With the Sun
- Inter Press Service
BARODA, India, Jan 19 (IPS) - It began with an experiment to install photovoltaic cells over an irrigation canal that forms part of the Sardar Sarovar canal network – a massive hydel power project across the River Narmada that irrigates some 1.8 million hectares of arable land in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
Pacific Islands Call for New Thinking to Implement Post-2015 Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 19 (IPS) - As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of poverty-alleviation targets set by the United Nations, come to a close this year, countries around the world are taking stock of their successes and failures in tackling key developmental issues.
OPINION: A New Era of Hemispheric Cooperation Is Possible
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Jan 18 (IPS) - Two decades after the first Summit of the Americas, a lot has changed in the continent and it has been for the good. Today, a renewed hemispheric dialogue without exclusions is possible.
Battle Heats Up Over Legalisation of Sex Work in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (IPS) - Thirty-six-year-old Chameli Devi, a sex worker operating out of New Delhi's G.B. Road - Asia's largest red-light district, housing an estimated 12,000 of India's three million sex workers – is an unhappy woman these days.
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