Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stefania Milan interviews MAURIZIO GUBBIOTTI of Legambiente Maurizio Gubbiotti FLORENCE, May 31 (IPS) – Millions of people will soon have to leave their homeland as a result of global warming, says a report on environmental refugees by the Italian environmental association Legambiente. Half of them will move due to [...]
MIDEAST: Bloody New Battles Suit Israel
May 31, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 31 (IPS) – The inevitable has happened. Simmering tensions between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have left six Palestinians dead, in the bloodiest confrontation between the two groups since Hamas ousted Fatah from Gaza in June 2007. A bloody gun battle broke out [...]
VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN IRANIAN BALOCHISTAN
May 31, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Sunday, May 31, 2009 B.RAMAN A report received on May 31,2009, from a source believed to be based in Zahidan, the capital of the Iranian province of Sistan-Balochistan, speaks of an exchange of fire between groups of Shias and Sunnis in different parts of Zahidan following an unsuccessful attempt by unidentified [...]
SRI LANKA: INDIA’S ROLE
May 31, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Sunday, May 31, 2009 B.RAMAN Many Sri Lankan Tamils were killed during the anti-Tamil riots in Colombo in 1983. In their anxiety to suppress details of the exact number of fatalities from being known to the international community, the Sri Lankan authorities allegedly decided to secretly burn the dead bodies of [...]
Everyone Should See “Torturing Democracy”
May 30, 2009 By
Republished on Global Geopolitics Net Sites Saturday 30 May 2009 Read the article in its original form on Truthout.org by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | Perspective In all the recent debate over torture, many of our Beltway pundits and politicians have twisted themselves into verbal contortions [...]
Sri Lanka’s challenge: winning the peace
May 30, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Read this article in its original form on OpenDemocracy.net Rohan Gunaratna The end of Sri Lanka’s long war creates a new political landscape in the torn country. Rohan Gunaratna assesses what must be done to build a lasting settlement. 27 – 05 – 2009 The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers [...]
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Tourism Threatens Natural Treasure
May 30, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Valeria Vilardo* – Tierramérica PEDERNALES, Dominican Republic, May 30 (IPS) – Jaragua National Park, famous for housing the world’s tiniest reptile, will itself be in danger if the green light is given to mega-hotel projects instead of ecotourism and sustainable development initiatives, say Dominican ecologists. Tourism interests, focused on [...]
TRADE: Russia Joining, Joining…
May 30, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, May 30 (IPS) – After years of negotiations on joining the WTO, Russia is still far from meeting the requirements set forth by the organisation. Russia has been negotiating entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) the global trade institution that regulates trade, for [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness
May 30, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matthew Cardinale* – IPS/IFEJ ATLANTA, Georgia, May 30 (IPS) – In the face of an economic system which seems to be premised on environmental harm and profit-driven growth, a handful of communities across the U.S. and the globe have begun experimenting with alternative forms of local currency as a [...]
