Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Nov 30 (IPS) – Stories of Thai men getting into fatal fights during a night of drinking are common in the local press. But the killing of Somchai, a 37-year-old man, reveals something more ominous. The murder justified the fears of some Thai analysts that the [...]
Middle East Concerns About India – Pakistan Tensions
November 30, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Read the Article as Originally Published on Middle East Analyst By: Meir Javedanfar 30/11/2008 The recent terrorist attacks in India should be viewed with major concern in the Middle East. After the weekend’s events, its a question of when, not if India retaliates against Pakistan. However such an attack will force [...]
POLITICS-KENYA: Taking Up a Women’s Agenda
November 29, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Najum Mushtaq NAIROBI, Nov 29 (IPS) – The first woman from the Muslim majority island constituency of East Lamu to contest for a seat in Kenyan parliament, Shakila Abdalla is determined to give voice to the country’s poor and marginalised. ”My decision to come into politics was inspired by [...]
ECONOMY-US: Past Crises Could Inform or Haunt Team Obama
November 29, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, NOv 29 (IPS) – Faced with the worst crisis since the Great Depression, President-elect Barack Obama ditched tradition this week, naming his economic team before anointing a secretary of state — by custom the first and senior-most cabinet appointment. His choices will marshal an unprecedented government [...]
MUMBAI: LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE
November 29, 2008 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO.462 Global Geopolitics Net Sites By B.Raman While the picture of what happened in Mumbai between 9-21 PM on Wednesday and 8 AM on Saturday, when the terrorist situation was finally terminated, is still incomplete and confusing, certain facts available should give an attitude of the magnitude of the strikes, the like [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Journalists Plant a Seed
November 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Franz Chávez LA PAZ, Nov 28 (IPS) – Journalists from indigenous communities in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala and Bolivia came together in La Paz to take the first step towards creating a network to work together and support each other. Some 20 professionals from radio stations that cover [...]
RUSSIA-LATIN AMERICA: Economic Manoeuvres Overshadow Naval Ones
November 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Nov 28 (IPS) – Aboard the Russian submarine destroyer Admiral Chabanenko, docked at the port of La Guaira, 20 km north of Caracas, Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela announced the start of joint naval manoeuvres Thursday in the Caribbean. The week-long [...]
BRAZIL: War Against Child Pornography on the Internet
November 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 28 (IPS) – The Brazilian government has announced the creation of a web site to centralise the reception of complaints about child pornography on the Internet, as a further step towards fighting the phenomenon which is growing globally, alongside child trafficking and sex [...]
TRADE: Cote d’Ivoire Succumbs to EU
November 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS David Cronin BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (IPS) – Cote d’Ivoire became the first country in Africa to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union this week, prompting fears that the accord will prevent the country from developing closer ties with its neighbours. More than 80 percent of [...]
Q&A: ”Less Funding Could Lead to Millions of AIDS Deaths”
November 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen interviews BERTIL LINDBLAD, director, UNAIDS Office in New York UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) – The global economic crisis is threatening to undermine yet another key development goal set by the United Nations: reversing by 2015 the AIDS epidemic still devastating millions of people worldwide. The continued [...]
