News headlines in March 2014, page 4

HARARE, Mar 25 (IPS) - Electronic waste in Zimbabwe is becoming "an emerging environmental crisis that is by and large unheralded," according to Steady Kangata, the education and publicity manager of the government-run Environmental Management Agency (EMA).

NEW DELHI, Mar 25 (IPS) - L. Khino, 27, vividly remembers Christmas Eve at the Indian capital's famed Connaught Place shopping hub four years ago: the blinking lights, the buzzing crowd, the winter chill - and the salty taste of her tears.

WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (IPS) - An unusual combination of industry, government, investors and civil society here is celebrating the United States' initial acceptance into a prominent global initiative aimed at strengthening transparency and accountability in the extractives industry.

WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (IPS) - The observation that the Chinese characters for the word "crisis" combine the characters for "danger" and "opportunity" has become a staple of Washington foreign policy discourse for years.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 24 (IPS) - The 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its annual 10-day session Saturday with several key pronouncements, including on reproductive health, women's rights, sexual violence, female genital mutilation (FGM) and the role of women in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 24 (IPS) - Can Caribbean governments take legal action against other countries that they believe are warming the planet with devastating consequences?

HARARE, Mar 24 (IPS) - Leroy Muzamani from Zimbabwe's low income suburb, Highfield, sits with his chin resting on his hands.

GENEVA, Mar 24 (IPS) - The United Nations' Post-2015 Development Agenda should not simply extend the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), or reformulate the goals, but focus instead on global systemic reforms and secure an accommodating international environment for sustainable development.

COLOMBO, Mar 24 (IPS) - As Sri Lanka steadfastly refuses any external inquiry into human rights abuses allegedly committed when the government pushed a military victory over Tamil rebels in its decades-long sectarian conflict, right groups say the global community is left with no option but to push for an international investigation.

DONETSK, Ukraine, Mar 23 (IPS) - In Donetsk's Lenin Square, Yuroslav Korotenko keeps a constant vigil inside a tent erected just a few feet away from a massive statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.