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U.S.: Court Overturns Limits on Corporate Election Money

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (IPS) – In a decision with profound implications for the U.S. political system, a bare majority of the Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the government cannot limit spending by corporations on advertisements in support of individual political candidates in federal elections. The 5-4 decision in ‘Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission’, which drew immediate criticism from the White House, found that such limits violated the Constitution’s First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech.... [Read the full story]

Africa

ZIMBABWE: Water Scarcity No Obstacle To Bulawayo Farmers

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Jan 22 (IPS) – A project in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, is creatively using ”marginal water” to ease water scarcity while helping residents provide food and earn a living. Water scarcity has led urban farmers to turn to treated waste water to grow food within the city limits. Bulawayo’s water woes stem from both periodic droughts in the Matabeleland region and from the collapse of the aged, poorly-maintained municipality infrastructure serving this city of more than one million. But the shortage... [Read the full story]

Americas

MIGRATION-US: Haitians Welcome TPS Status

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Ron Howell* NEW YORK, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) – Throughout the New York region, but especially in Brooklyn and Queens, there is measured relief that the U.S. is finally addressing a longstanding issue: that of thousands of Haitians who have been living and – in so many cases – working and paying taxes, but are undocumented. Immigration expert Ronald Aubourg said he welcomed the news earlier this week that the Barack Obama administration will give temporary protected status to Haitians who came to the United States before the devastating earthquake hit... [Read the full story]

Asia

RIGHTS-INDIA: Shelter for the Homeless amid Big Chill

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) – Happiness for Alok and Saddam is the bare canvas tent set up in the middle of a grassy traffic island close to Delhi Gate, the entrance to the old quarter of India’s capital. "For warmth we have each other," said the grinning homeless youth, tucked up under a pile of coarse blankets provided by a non-government organisation. The boys, in their late teens, should soon benefit from court rulings which will ensure the tent – set up by the Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (AAA) or Shelter Rights Campaign,... [Read the full story]

Europe

MEDIA: Slovakia Tightens the Gag

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Pavol Stracansky BRATISLAVA, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) – Fears are growing for media freedom in Slovakia amid warnings that the country’s public television station has become a propaganda tool for the government ahead of elections this year. Media monitoring groups say that public broadcaster STV has abandoned unbiased reporting on the coalition government and is muzzling investigative journalism and any reporting that could be seen as critical of the government. Rastislav Kuzel, a media analyst for the MEMO98, an NGO in Bratislava, told IPS: "Recent... [Read the full story]

Middle East

MIDEAST: U.S. Policy in Gaza Remains Unchanged

January 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Charles Fromm and Ellen Massey WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (IPS) – One year ago Thursday, the last Israeli tanks were lumbering out of the Gaza Strip, ending the 22-day Gaza War and leaving in their wake a decimated landscape and population. A year later, the humanitarian and security situation in the devastated coastal enclave remains dire, yet the Barack Obama administration continues to overlook the crisis in Gaza, an approach which some experts say is an extension of the previous administration’s policy. This policy has also done little... [Read the full story]

Statement on Ben Bernanke’s Re-Approval

Center for Economic and Policy Research, CEPR Press Release For Immediate Release: January 28, 2010 Washington, D.C.- The following statement by economist and CEPR co-director Dean Baker was released following Ben Bernanke’s confirmation hearing: The Senate approval of a second term for Ben Bernanke...

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OBAMA ENDS HIS FIRST YEAR: Pushing Back Against a Snub

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY ERNEST COREA IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – Cool and collected “Nodrama Obama” received a dramatic snub from the voters of traditionally liberal Massachusetts at the approach of his second year in office. On Jan. 19, the eve of the first anniversary...

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MEDIA: Slovakia Tightens the Gag

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COSTA RICA: Last-Ditch Leftwing Alliance to ‘Save’ the Country

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Daniel Zueras SAN JOSÉ, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) – Political forces on the left in Costa Rica have formed a partial last-minute alliance to support Ottón Solís, the presidential candidate for the centre-left Citizens’ Action Party (PAC), in a bid to counter the conservative...

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RIGHTS-INDIA: Shelter for the Homeless amid Big Chill

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News & Analysis

MIGRATION-US: Haitians Welcome TPS Status

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Ron Howell* NEW YORK, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS)...

RIGHTS: Whistleblower Challenges Guantanamo ”Suicides”

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS William Fisher NEW YORK, Jan 22 (IPS) ...

MIDEAST: U.S. Policy in Gaza Remains Unchanged

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Charles Fromm and Ellen Massey WASHINGTON, Jan...

U.S.: Clinton Criticises China over Internet Censorship

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (IPS) ...

DEVELOPMENT: Hunger Feeds More Hunger

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Paul Virgo ROME, Jan 22, 2010 (IPS) –...

ZIMBABWE: Water Scarcity No Obstacle To Bulawayo Farmers

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Jan 22 (IPS) ...

POLITICS-UGANDA: Sharing the National Cake

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA, Jan 22 ...

ASIA: World Bank Aims to Earn Stripes Through Tiger Summit

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Jan 22 (IPS) ...

ENVIRONMENT-NEPAL: Slowly, Vulture Numbers Picking Up

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Mallika Aryal KATHMANDU, Jan 22 (IPS) ...

HAITI: Desperate Residents Flee Capital, But with Hopes of Return

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Rachel Pratt and Garry Pierre-Pierre* PORT-AU-PRINCE,...

GUINEA: Transition Plan Agreed

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Saliou Samb CONAKRY, Jan 21 (IPS) ...

HAITI: Humanitarian Aid or Military Occupation?

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY ASHLEY SMITH* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis...

GATES’ VISIT TO DELHI: STRATEGIC COURSE-CORRECTION

Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN The contours of the strategic course correction...

INDIA: Stalled Korean Mining Operations Face Fresh Protests

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Keya Acharya NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (IPS) ...

BANGLADESH: No End in Sight for Extrajudicial Killings

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Farid Ahmed DHAKA, Jan 21 (IPS) ...

BOLIVIA: More Women in Parliament, With Their Own Agenda

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Franz Chávez LA PAZ, Jan 20 (IPS) ...

PERU: Victims of Military Rapists Wait for Justice 25 Years On

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS LIMA Ángel Páez, Jan 20 (IPS) ...

LABOUR-ICELAND: Centre Gives Leg Up to Listless Youth

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Lowana Veal REYKJAVIC, Jan 20 (IPS) ...

BALKANS: Seized Cars, Property Say Crime Does Not Pay

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Vesna Peric Zimonjic BELGRADE, Jan 20 ...

SOUTH SUDAN: Changing of the Guard

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Skye Wheeler TORIT, south Sudan, Jan 20 ...

CLIMATE CHANGE: Polluters Dragging EU Back

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By David Cronin BRUSSELS, Jan 20, 2010 (IPS)...

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Aftershock in Haiti panics locals and aid groups

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January 20, 2010

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UN reveals Afghan corruption woes

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January 20, 2010

A recent United Nations report has Afghanistan as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has just published a report that says half of all Afghans have h…