We have tried biofuels, we have traded carbon credits, we now successfully mass produce very cheap solar panels and we have used air to fuel our vehicles (fuel cells) but nothing seems to be working our way; we still haven’t been able to reduce the degrading effects our activities are having on our climate. One […]
Helmand Gripped by Opium Harvest
By Matiullah Minapal and Aziz Ahmad Tassal in Helmand (ARR No. 288, 09-Apr-08) The distinctive red, white, and pink poppy flowers have all but gone from the fields in Helmand province, leaving in their place the bare pods containing valuable opium paste. With harvest season, or “nish”, in full swing, the schools are empty, the […]
Broadband and Smelly Armpits
It is a funny day. Thanks to the miracle of modern technology of broadband and wireless and all that, I can sit in my bedroom and rest my aching back and arms. and still write this piece. As I write, I cannot escape the irony of it – for modern technology can enable me […]
Is New Probe Into Organ-Trafficking Claims Justified?
By IWPR staff Allegations that Kosovo Albanian militants killed captives and sold their organs abroad have prompted calls for the claims to be investigated further, but IWPR enquiries suggest there is insufficient new evidence on which a new case could be based. Serbia has raised the temperature by opening an investigation, after the account of […]
Witnesses Say Congress Must Act to End Slavery in Tomato Fields
by James Parks A Senate hearing on Capitol Hill Monday highlighted the slave-like working conditions of workers in U.S. tomato fields and the need for the Bush administration to step in and ensure that tomato pickers and other migrant workers do not endure 21st century slavery. Testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, […]
Fighting over water
Things are hotting up in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the two states in South India that share a common heritage and culture. And once again the issue is over the sharing of water. A river (Cauvery) which has its source in Karnataka flows across the border to Tamil Nadu. Now, how the Government of Tamil […]
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