http://www.other-net.info Information that Markets Eliminate Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 By Martin Khor* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint GENEVA (IDN) - The 20 billion U.S. dollar put aside by BP to pay for the effects of the Gulf oil spill contrasts with the lack of accountability of big firms that cause environmental harm in developing countries. In a widely publicised move in June, the United States ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3508 By Demba Moussa Dembele (*) DAKAR, Jul (IPS) - Since 2002, African countries have been negotiating with the European Union (EU) a new framework of cooperation called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). These are supposed to replace the Cotonou Agreement, which is the current basis of the relationships between African, Caribbean, and ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3507 By Sarah A. Topol* - Slate Kids in the Gaza Strip can spend their summers swimming, studying the Quran, or learning about Palestinian prisoners. Tuesday, July 27, 2010, GAZA CITY—This summer in Gaza, a new war is raging: the battle of the children's day camps. Forty-five percent of the 1.5 million people ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3506 IPS LISBON, Jul 28, 2010 (IPS) - Football functions on so many levels. It can be big business, moving astronomical quantities of cash, with obscene salaries for owners, coaches and star players. And it can be a widely played sport, found in every park, street or vacant lot. And it can ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3505 By Mark Sommer (*) ARCATA, CALIFORNIA, Jul (IPS) As a commodity of almost irresistible attraction, chocolate has always played contradictory roles in human life. For those consuming it, chocolate has been an exquisite experience. For those growing the cacao from which it’s made, it’s more often been excruciating. For ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3504 By Asha-Rose Migiro* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint NEW YORK (IDN) - The news of a pregnancy should ideally be met with joy -- but all too often there is justifiable fear. The African Union Summit, set to focus on the health of mothers and children, has a chance to transform this fear into hope. ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3503 The New Zealand Herald Monday Jul 26, 2010. Extreme social and economic disadvantage faced by Maori (1) has been highlighted as an ongoing concern by a United Nations indigenous human rights expert during his visit here. UN special rapporteur on indigenous human rights Professor James Anaya spent last week here ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3502 Analysis by Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Jul 26, 2010 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent passage through South-east Asia saw Washington close ranks with its former adversary Vietnam, sending a warning to Asian heavyweight China that its assertive foreign policy in the region will be challenged. The diplomatic battleground is ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3501 Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (IPS) - A sharp-witted newspaper columnist once remarked that in Washington DC the ship of state always leaks at the top.The United Nations is perhaps no better -- judging by the circumstances surrounding the leaking of a confidential 51-page document in which Secretary-General Ban ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3500 By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - A huge funding gap threatens to torpedo efforts by the international community to cope with critical global development and environmental challenges. At least $324 billion will be required each year between 2012 and 2017 -- a reason pressing enough for a Committee of Experts ... http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3499