BIRMINGHAM FAIZ CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS KICK OFF WITH THE SCREENING OF THE CULT CLASSIC DOCUMENTARY FAIZ: A POET IN TROUBLED TIMES Film: Faiz: a Poet in Troubled Times Thursday 9th June 2011 7pm Admission: £5 (£3 concessions) At the Drum Arts Centre, Birmingham B6 4UU The Drum in partnership with the Birmingham […]
Troubled Vedanta loses appeal for controversial refinery
The Indian government has blocked FTSE 100 company Vedanta Resources’ plan to expand its highly controversial alumina refinery below the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, in the latest setback for the company. India’s Environment Ministry has rejected Vedanta’s plan to expand the refinery six fold, and demanded immediate improvements to the existing plant. Over a hundred families lost their homes […]
“Greening” Fisheries Could Calm Troubled Waters
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Fishing is a critical means of providing food, livelihood, trade, and economic growth in many developing countries-as well as the United States. In many small island developing nations and coastal countries – such as Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, and Ghana – fish provide at least 50 percent of […]
Florida Regulators Stop Admissions to Troubled Youth Facility
Authorities in Florida have halted admissions to a Manatee County psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents operated by a subsidiary of Psychiatric Solutions Inc. The move marked the latest regulatory trouble for the Tennessee-based chain, which is the nation’s leading provider of inpatient mental health care and which has been the subject of several stories […]
Pennsylvania Orders Cabot Oil and Gas to Stop Fracturing in Troubled County
A Cabot Oil & Gas sign in Susquehanna County, Pa., taken last February. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica) After three chemical spills [1] in the past nine days, and following a history of environmental problems over the last year [2] , Pennsylvania officials have ordered Cabot Oil and Gas, one of the most active natural gas companies […]
OPPRESSIVE 32 YR. RULE BY COMMUNISTS IN EAST INDIAN STATE OF WEST BENGAL FACIING TROUBLED TIMES.
Recent parliamentary election defeat came as a rude jerk to the CPM party who are ruling over the state over 32 years. Past elections have been won by brute force terrorising opposition parties. There was widespread allegation of rigging. The party behaves in an authoritarian way and for the last 32 years gagged all […]
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