Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – Once every two weeks, 45-year-old Perween Riaz enters a place with a sign outside that says "Ghazi Medical Centre" where she gets injections for headache and nausea from someone people know is not a real doctor. He checks her [...]
INDIA: Hindus Flock to Temples of Death
February 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By K. S. Harikrishnan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – Disasters caused by overcrowded pilgrim centres are as old as the religious festivals themselves, but a dramatic increase in stampedes in recent years has caused national concern. The latest tragedy occurred at the popular hill shrine of [...]
PHILIPPINES: Building Schools From Soda Bottles
February 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kara Santos MANILA, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – It takes roughly three to five centuries for the average plastic bottle to biodegrade. But some environmentalists have found new uses for it, turning it into durable material for building classrooms. "What used to be a problem in the [...]
INDIA & THE INDIAN OCEAN
February 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN ( Based on a talk delivered by me at a seminar on the Indian Ocean at Bangalore on February 26,2010. It was jointly organized by the Asia Centre, Bangalore, and the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi ) The main security threats to Indian interests in the Indian [...]
Trade Solutions That Won’t Work
February 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy Ian Fletcher Americans in recent decades have not, of course, been entirely unaware that America has a trade problem. This has drawn into public debate a long list of proposed solutions. Unfortunately, many will not work, some are based on analytical confusions, and a few are outright nonsense. If we [...]
The South Sudan and Eritrean Precedents
February 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Eskinder Nega IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis ADDIS ABABA (IDN) – If there is solace for the injured pride of the northern Sudanese, who have to grapple with the unambiguous rejection of the southern Sudanese, it lies, ironically, in the exceptionally high percentage, 98.8%, who voted for independence. In neighbouring [...]
MIDEAST: Gaza Protesters Prepare for March 15
February 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pam Bailey GAZA CITY, Feb 27, 2011 (IPS) – A look at the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings that succeeded in ousting long- entrenched dictators confirms a universal truth: it is the youth who are leading the way in forcing reform in the Middle East. In the Occupied [...]
JAPAN: Whaling Policy in Choppy Waters
February 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Feb 27, 2011 (IPS) – After years of stiff resistance, the Japanese government has announced a temporary halt to its controversial research whaling programme in the Antarctic Ocean, a decision that will finally stir the debate to promote sustainable fishing, say conservationists here. "We [...]
Time to Drag Sextortion into the Light
February 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Cléo Fatoorehchi UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27, 2011 (IPS) – In their 2010 book "Half the Sky", Pulitzer Prize-winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn write about a disturbing but not uncommon problem in Southern Africa – male teachers who trade good grades for sex with students. The authors [...]
