Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Zahira Kharsany JOHNNESBURG, Oct 29 (IPS) – More than 116 million people in 131 countries across the world participated in the global ”Stand Up and Take Action” campaign that became the biggest mass mobilisation on a [...]
ECONOMY: EU Involvement in DRC Mining Project Draws Protest
October 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Tuesday, October 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Michael Deibert LONDON, Oct 28 (IPS) – The involvement of the European Union in a mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has drawn a chorus of protest from local and international human rights [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Bretton Woods II: New Lifeline for Ailing Giants
October 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Tuesday, October 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by John Vandaele* BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (IPS) – Europe, by way of the hyperactive French President Nicolas Sarkozy, demands a Bretton Woods II, that is, a major shake-up of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and [...]
LABOUR-MALAYSIA: Recession to Hit Migrant Workers Hard
October 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Tuesday, October 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (IPS) – As recession looms large on the horizon, migrant workers like 27-year-old Kumar Palanisamy from Chennai in India are the first on the chopping block. ”My employer told me [...]
ECONOMY: Spain Fights Exclusion from Crisis Summit
October 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. José Antonio Gurriarán MADRID, Oct 27 (IPS) – The Spanish government is taking strong diplomatic actions, calling on its fellow members of the European Union, Latin American leaders, Asian nations and even the United States presidential [...]
