Leading Pakistani glaciologists and environmentalists have called for immediate demilitarisation of Siachen and dismantling of all developed infrastructure there, paving way for declaring the area as a `peace park’. The call was made at a seminar ‘Siachen glacier and global climate change: the role of South Asia’ organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) […]
A Convenient Falsehood: It’s Now Clear Global Warming Is Power Politics
Why does South Africa, a country which endures frequent energy blackouts, intend to ship its coal inheritance, on carbon-burning container-ships to countries like Germany while it makes long term plans to provide nuclear energy for its own population? Why does the German government, so concerned about global warming when it signed the Kyoto Protocol, intend […]
Africa’s Economic Outlook Impairing: IMF
The International Monetary Fund, IMF’s recent World Economic Outlook forecasts that Sub-Saharan Africa will achieve 6.6 per cent economic growth this year, compared with only 1.3 per cent for advanced economies. on the back of the commodities boom. According to the Imf, sub-saharan Africa is enjoying the best period of sustained growth since independence. About […]
Turning Afghan Heroin in Kalashnikovs
Remote Afghan province is home to major trading post for heroin destined for Europe and arms for Taleban and other militants. By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Badakhshan The bazaar sits on a small island in the river Panj, a narrow expanse of shallow but fast-flowing water that is all that separates the Badakhshan region of […]
Rich list: India to gain 8th position by 2017
In less than a decade from now, Indian millionaires will hold more than double the wealth of their Chinese counterparts, reveals a study by banking agent Barclays. India with its increasing number of millionaires is projected to be in the 8th position among the world’s top 10 wealth centres by 2017. Over the next decade, […]
Brazil: Bloggers United Against WordPress Ban
by Paula Góes The Brazilian blogosphere has not quite yet recovered from its last fright and there is already another threat on the way: a blanket ban on blogs hosted on WordPress.com after a judicial court passed an order to close down a specific blog. Gabriela Zabo [pt] explains why: O motivo é uma decisão judicial expedida em março, que […]