News headlines in January 2011, page 24
AFPAK: People Turning Against Taliban
- Inter Press Service
The Taliban once regarded as true jihadists here are rapidly losing popularity in response to their ongoing targeting of mosques, schools and innocent people.
CAMBODIA: Chinese Dams Challenge Western Development Monopoly
- Inter Press Service
A steady rise of new dams in Cambodia is becoming a platform for the country’s prime minister to showcase where the Southeast Asian kingdom’s ties with China - a late arrival among Cambodia’s foreign aid and development partners - is headed.
Unrest Spreads to Algeria
- Inter Press Service
At least three Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies that only three months ago won praise by the International Monetary Fund and other Western financial institutions.
Afghanistan Solutions Lead to Central Asian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
International efforts to replace poppy fields with food crops and improve living standards in impoverished northern Afghanistan seem undeniable progress in the conflict-ridden country. But some experts worry that these efforts will have unintended negative consequences for the nation’s neighbours, where water and energy resources are sparse and tensions run high.
INDIA: 100-Dollar Laptops Bring In Distant Kids
- Inter Press Service
Responding to the lack of computer training in Mukteshwar’s schools, Veena Sethi, a retired Delhi University professor, set up two used personal computers in the basement of her home with the aim of bringing the basics of computing to school children.
PERU: Storm in a Glass of Milk
- Inter Press Service
During his nearly five years in office, Peruvian President Alan García has earmarked 620.5 million dollars to the 'Glass of Milk' Programme (PVL), the backbone of the policies aimed at reducing malnutrition levels in the country. But the results of the nutritional supplement programme are poor.
U.N. Tight-Lipped on Use of Military Force in Cote d'Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
As the continuing political stalemate threatens to unleash a civil war in Cote d'Ivoire, the United Nations is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in the widening standoff with the West African nation.
ARGENTINA: On the Path to Sustainable Development?
- Inter Press Service
This year will be the ninth straight year of impressive economic growth for Argentina. Some analysts say the international context is the key to the high rates of growth since 2003, while others stress that there are also internal factors behind the expansion.
HAITI: The Year of Living Dangerously — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
When diplomat Ricardo Seitenfus spoke out in interviews last month condemning the international community, he was dismissed from his post within days by the Organisation of American States.
OP-ED: January 12, 2011 and Us
- Inter Press Service
The anniversary of the earthquake is in less than a week, on Jan. 12. Never before had Haiti seen so many victims from a single catastrophe in so short a time. Never had Haitians experienced such solidarity, nor received so much attention from abroad and from the international community.