Global IssuesNews headlines for “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance”, page 22
JAPAN: Promised U.S. Base Relocation: Made to Be Broken?
- Inter Press Service
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s disastrous visit this week to Okinawa island, host to the largest U.S. military bases in Japan, has highlighted a rocky road ahead for the country’s much awaited change pledged by the postwar democratic and socialist government that came to power in August 2009.
ECONOMY-GREECE: Convulsions Follow EU Shock Therapy
- Inter Press Service
The firebombing of a bank by demonstrators protesting against severe austerity measures, which killed two women and a man, appears to Greeks as a sign of social deterioration arising from their country’s financial crisis.
ASIA: In A Globalised World, Media Need Sharper Legal Weapons
- Inter Press Service
Newspapers threatened with lawsuits across borders. Journalists feeling lost as they seek redress in cases where the state is less than impartial in investigating the killings of journalists. Media caught in attempts to use religion to curtail room for public debate.
BURMA: Donors View Civil Society in New Light after Nargis
- Inter Press Service
Local civil society organisations and community groups who rushed to help victims after the powerful Cyclone Nargis tore through military-ruled Burma two years ago are reaping rewards for their risky and tireless labour.
PAKISTAN: Lack of Access to Contraception, Abortion Persist
- Inter Press Service
Perween Riaz, 36, waited till after she gave birth to her sixth child before she finally got herself sterilised.
BURMA: Two Years after Nargis, Life Is Far from Normal
- Inter Press Service
Kyaw Moe is just in his 30s, but he is already on his second shot at life — just like the rest of the residents of Thakan Ngu, a tiny Burmese village in this township of Bogalay.
BURMA: Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue
- Inter Press Service
When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face with Naing Htoo, whose community has suffered due to the exploits of the energy giant in military-ruled Burma.
POLITICS: China Not Too Keen to Assume Global Leadership Role?
- Inter Press Service
The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was believed to have said that China should 'hide our capacities, bide our time, and never be in the limelight.'
ASIA: English-Language Media a Double-Edged Sword?
- Inter Press Service
The English language, as a medium for reporting in the region, is both a boon and a bane for many countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of getting ‘heard’ or generally being ignored by the global community.
Crunch Time for Ecuador's Biological Treasure Trove
- Inter Press Service
These are decisive days for the Yasuní National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse areas, because of the danger that its wealth of underground oil poses to this unique and fragile ecosystem in Ecuador's Amazon jungle region.
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