Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Nguyen Nam HO CHI MINH CITY, Nov 25 (IPS) – While much of the world is busy chatting with friends or posting photos via Facebook, Internet users in Vietnam are worried that government restrictions on access to this popular social networking site could soon evolve into a total blackout, [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Latin America’s Perpetual Fever
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Diana Cariboni* – Tierramérica MONTEVIDEO, Nov 25 (IPS) – ”To use a soccer metaphor, which Brazilian politicians like so much, the Kyoto Protocol was the 10-minute warm-up before the real game begins,” said scientist Carlos Nobre in reference to global climate change treaties. ”The real game should begin now, [...]
26/11: QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE POSED & ANSWERED
November 25, 2009 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 581 Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN The 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai left many important questions unanswered, if not unposed. What kind of intelligence was available—-from the Indian as well as foreign agencies? How and by whom were the reports analysed, assessed and disseminated? Were the gaps in the available intelligence [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Morocco, Egypt Greet OECD-MENA Declaration
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY JEROME MWANDA IDN-InDepthNews Service MARRAKESH (IDN) – Morocco and Egypt have welcomed a new ‘Declaration on Governance and Investment’, adopted at a ministerial conference titled ‘beyond the crisis: business and citizens at the centre of policy responses’ in the Moroccan capital. The declaration emerging from two-day talks between [...]
CENTRAL AMERICA: A Masquerade Crowns the Honduran Putsch
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY JULIO GODOY IDN-InDepthNews Service BERLIN (IDN) – On Nov 29, the Honduran people are called upon to go to the polls to elect a new president and a new parliament. So far, so good. Until the mid 1980s, the small Central American country used to be ruled by [...]
INDIA, A TRADITIONAL PARTNER OF AFGHANISTAN
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN ( Written at the request of an Italian journal) Historically, India has had close relations with the rulers of Afghanistan and its people as well as with the Pashtuns on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border. The Pashtuns of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan under the leadership of [...]
POLITICS: Singh State Visit Cements US-India Ties
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (IPS) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama met in Washington Tuesday as both leaders sought to reinvigorate the U.S.-India bilateral relationship. The meetings are notable in that they occur a week after Obama visited Beijing, where the White House [...]
YEMEN: U.S. Urged to Increase Aid and Involvement
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (IPS) – As President Barack Obama ponders escalating Washington’s military and political investment in Afghanistan, a think tank close to his administration is urging Washington to ramp up U.S. aid and involvement in strife-torn Yemen, as well. In a report released late last week, [...]
ENVIRONMENT-GUATEMALA: SOS from Lake Atitlán
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 24 (IPS) – A thick, chocolate-coloured scum floats on the normally clear blue waters of Lake Atitlán, in the southwestern Guatemalan province of Sololá, caused by agricultural fertilisers and untreated sewage from surrounding villages and farms. Scientists identified the microorganism responsible as Lyngbya, a [...]
DEVELOPMENT: China, India Lead South-South Cooperation
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 (IPS) – China and India have been singled out as two countries that have established vibrant economic and financial links with the developing world and played key roles in strengthening South-South cooperation over the last 10 years. The two Asian economic powerhouses are [...]
