News headlines in October 2011, page 28

The modern English word 'economy' is derived from the Greek 'oikonomia', meaning 'household management'.

Policies for higher fuel efficiency in vehicles could contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of transportation, which is responsible for 23 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, according to experts at a meeting in the Mexican capital.

Eager to demonstrate their fidelity to Israel and make good on threats to punish Palestinians for seeking statehood status from the United Nations, U.S. lawmakers are blocking the disbursement of tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian and security assistance for the occupied territories.

A firm call for African Union member states to impose sanctions against Morocco until it abides by the United Nations mandate that affirms the people of Western Sahara's right to self-determination was made at the Pan African Parliament proceedings.

When Burma’s new president, Thein Sein, took the unusual step of opposing the construction of one of China's largest investment projects in the country — a mega dam — he did more than acknowledge the concerns of local communities and environmental activists.

Cuba marked the 35th anniversary of the bombing of a Cubana airlines jet, in which 73 people were killed, with demonstrations against terrorism and a demand for the release of five government agents in prison in the United States.

'For the loans that we had taken seven to ten years back from microfinance institutions (MFIs), not us, but they MFIs must refund us half the loan amount, because they have taken repayment two times over with interest, that too', says 32-year-old Vijaya Kasipati, who lives in the village of Lachapet in Southern Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.

The poorest countries in Africa are not merely the victims of natural calamities. They are also ravaged by the continued denial of market access as promised in the Doha trade negotiations, say African trade diplomats.

At present, the armies of many countries, including my own, continue to occupy Haiti. How was this military invasion justified? By claiming that Haiti was a danger to international security. Nothing new there, writes Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer and journalist and author of ''The Open Veins of Latin America'', 'Memories of Fire'' and "Mirrors/An Almost Universal History".

A neutron bomb is falling on the rich countries. It destroys the people while leaving the infrastructure standing. Nowadays, the main infrastructure of the North is not companies, highways or agriculture: it’s finance. In the US, it is already being said that this is the lost decade. Hopefully it will only be a single decade, writes Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the news agency Inter Press Service (IPS).