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News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 449
OPINION: Sabotaging U.S.-Cuba Détente in the Kennedy Era
- Inter Press Service
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Jan 06 (IPS) - I grew up in Hickory Hill, my family's home in Virginia which was often filled with veterans of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
OPINION: Doubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 05 (IPS) - For a moment, four years ago, it seemed that dictators in the Middle East would soon be a thing of the past.
OPINION: Tensions Rise as Sri Lankans Prepare for Historic Polls
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jan 05 (IPS) - These days, the national greeting in Sri Lanka is a simple question: "So, what do you think?"
Everyone from van drivers waiting to pick kids up from school, to mechanics repairing vehicles, to barbers cutting your hair have only this question on their lips.
OPINION: JFK’s Secret Negotiations with Fidel
- Inter Press Service
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Jan 05 (IPS) - On the day of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, one of his emissaries was secretly meeting with Fidel Castro at Varadero Beach in Cuba to discuss terms for ending the U.S. embargo against the island and beginning the process of détente between the two countries.
Children Starving to Death in Pakistan's Drought-Struck Tharparkar District
- Inter Press Service
MITHI, Pakistan, Jan 03 (IPS) - The main entrance to the Civil Hospital in Mithi, headquarters of the Tharparkar district in Pakistan's southern Sindh Province, is blocked by a couple of men clad in traditional dress and turbans. They are trying to console a woman who is sobbing so heavily she has to gasp for breath.
Oil Price Plunge Could Take a Bite from Arms Budgets
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 02 (IPS) - In a satirical piece titled 'An Unserious Look at the Year Ahead' in the Wall Street Journal last week, Hugo Rifkind predicts the price of a barrel of oil will fall so low that people across the world would start buying oil for the barrel - and throw the oil out.
Pakistan’s Tribal Areas Demand Repatriation of Afghan Refugees
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 01 (IPS) - They number between two and three million; some have lived in makeshift shelters for just a few months, while others have roots that stretch much further back into history. Most fled to escape war, others simply ran away from joblessness.
Sri Lanka Still in Search of a Comprehensive Disaster Management Plan
- Inter Press Service
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka, Dec 31 (IPS) - About six months after a massive tsunami slammed the island nation of Sri Lanka on Dec. 26, 2004, large plumes of smoke could be frequently seen snaking skywards from the beach near the village of Sainathimaruthu, just east of Kalmunai town, about 300 km from the capital, Colombo.
OPINION: Understanding Education for Global Citizenship
- Inter Press Service
AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 30 (IPS) - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) brings together concerns about the environment, economic development and social aspects. Since 1972, when the first U.N. Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, there has been increasing awareness of the intricate link between conserving the environment and human development.
OPINION: We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba
- Inter Press Service
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec 30 (IPS) - Earlier this month, President Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba after more than five decades of a misguided policy which my uncle, John F. Kennedy, and my father, Robert F. Kennedy, had been responsible for enforcing after the U.S. embargo against the country was first implemented in October 1960 by the Eisenhower administration.
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