The Microfinance Crisis
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By Dr. Peter Wolff*
IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint
BONN (IDN) – Microfinance has in recent years evolved into a popular instrument of poverty reduction. At the latest since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in 2006, even the broad public has [...]
‘Peace Dividend’ Gives Way To Combat Aircraft
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By Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
BERLIN (IDN) – ‘Peace dividend’ – a buzzword in early 1990s – has long been consigned to oblivion, presumably because there were no peace dealers willing to convince both democratic and autocratic regimes around the world of the economic benefit of a [...]
TAVIS SMILEY | Guest: Michael Moore | PBS
PBS
March 15, 2010
Documentarian explains his anger over the lack of banking reform.
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MOORE.
SRI LANKA: Managing Overseas Workers A Tough Balancing Act
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By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO, Mar 16 , 2010 (IPS) – The extent of Sri Lanka’s dependence on its one million citizens who work abroad can be gauged from officials who gleefully count the dollars that come in to sustain the country’s economy.
"Last year Sri Lankan workers remitted 3.3 [...]
POLITICS: Afghanistan Spy Contract Goes Sour for Pentagon
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Pratap Chatterjee*
WASHINGTON, Mar 16 (IPS) – Mike Furlong, a top Pentagon official, is alleged to have run a covert network of contractors to supply information for drone strikes and assassinations in Afghanistan and Pakistan for the U.S. government.
The contract built upon his decade-long experience in running propaganda [...]
MIDEAST: Israeli Raids Target Children
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By Nora Barrows-Friedman
SILWAN, EAST JERUSALEM, Mar 16, 2010 (IPS) – Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the [...]
AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says
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Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON, Mar 16 (IPS) – Poverty is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and various forms of corruption threaten to undermine the impact of investments made to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the continent, said the World Bank in a report released Monday [...]
THAILAND: With Blood Spilt, Political Wounds Far from Healed
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Analysis – By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK, Mar 16 , 2010 (IPS) – A nearly four-kilometre arc of road that cuts through the historic part of the Thai capital, the site of the largest anti-government protests the country has seen in years, has brought into sharp relief a political wound [...]
CHILE: Cracks Exposed in Readiness Plan
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Daniela Estrada* – Tierramérica
SANTIAGO, Mar 16 (IPS) – Inadequacies in technical equipment, specialised human resources, institutional coordination, land zoning and citizen awareness were all laid bare by the major earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Feb. 27 in central and southern Chile.
”Unfortunately the bridges of communication between the [...]
BALKANS: Farming Prospers as Farmers Suffer
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Vesna Peric Zimonjic
BELGRADE, Mar 16 (IPS) – Official statistics put Serbian agriculture as the single most productive branch of the economy and one that not only survived the financial meltdown but chalked up a record trade surplus of almost a billion US dollars in 2009.
With the start [...]
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: Weak Laws Let Rapists Off the Hook
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By Suad Hamada
MANAMA, Mar 16 , 2010 (IPS) – Cunning rapists in Bahrain can avoid victimising virgins so they could escape the maximum penalty provided by law, and those who force themselves on young girls can evade punishment by promising to marry their victims.
These are two of [...]
ICELAND: They Also Serve Who Wait For a Prison Seat
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Lowana Veal
REYKJAVIK, Mar 16 (IPS) – After a nail-biting wait of more than a year Jon Palsson (not real name) is happy to have secured a place in the city jail and get an early enough chance to serve out a four-month sentence for drunk driving.
Iceland is [...]
Today 100 Children Will Die In Zimbabwe
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By Babukar Kashka
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
NAIROBI (IDN) – For those who are fond of statistics, please take note that today, tomorrow, the day after and so on, around 100 children under the age of five, will die in Zimbabwe. Please also take note that these deaths [...]
CUBA: Human Rights at the Eye of the Storm
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Patricia Grogg
HAVANA, Mar 15 (IPS) – Cuba’s government-controlled stepped up its media offensive Monday in response to what the government calls a well-orchestrated international campaign of misinformation carried out in the last few weeks against this socialist island nation.
At the same time, the Ladies in White – [...]
