http://www.other-net.info Information that Markets Eliminate Copyright 2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3306 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3306#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:52 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3306 By Stephen Leahy* UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 9, 2010 (Tierramérica) - Climate change science has come under full-scale attack in a last-ditch effort to delay or prevent action by the U.S. government against global warming, experts warn. U.S. Senator James Inhofe, Republican from Oklahoma and climate change denier, in late February released a ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3306 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3305 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3305#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:29:53 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3305 By Thomas Hammarbeg* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint STRASBOURG (IDN) - Prohibition of the burqa and the niqab would not liberate oppressed women, but might instead lead to their further alienation in European societies. A general ban on such attires would constitute an ill-advised invasion of individual privacy. Depending on its precise terms, a prohibition ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3305 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3304 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3304#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:59:03 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3304 By Katha Pollitt* -The Nation The WEF measures the gap between women and men in four areas--economic activity, education, health and political representation--regardless of the absolute level of resources. Thus South Africa (6) and Lesotho (10) make the top ten, despite widespread poverty, illiteracy and a raging AIDS epidemic. The way ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3304 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3303 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3303#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:58:09 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3303 By Sabina Zaccaro* UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) - "Seven Burmese military soldiers attacked me and three of my friends," said Chang Chang, from the northern Kachin State of Burma. That was when her life going to school and working on the family farm was shattered. "Without warning, a major, captain ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3303 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3302 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3302#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:25:13 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3302 By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 5, 2010 (IPS) - The frozen cap trapping billions of tonnes of methane under the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean is leaking and venting the powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, new research shows. It is not known if this may be one of the ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3302 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3301 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3301#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:24:15 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3301 By Badriya Khan* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalyisis BARCELONA (IDN) - Things are worsening for Israel from moral and legal perspectives. In fact, one year after the Goldstone Report on its ‘war crimes’ during its war on Gaza and amidst growing suspicions of its direct responsibility in the assassination of a Palestinian leader in Dubai, ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3301 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3300 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3300#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:18:38 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3300 By Ranjit Devraj IPS interviews AMMU JOSEPH, Indian journalist, author and media watcher. NEW DELHI, Mar 4, 2010 (IPS) - Young Indian women are taking to journalism in droves, but Ammu Joseph, author of several authoritative books on women in media, believes that these numbers do not necessarily translate into gender ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3300 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3299 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3299#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:17:38 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3299 Comment - By Jessica Arons President Obama's healthcare proposal adopts language on abortion from the Senate health reform bill that requires insurers to segregate public and private premiums and use only private money to pay for abortion services. But Representative Bart Stupak will have none of it, claiming that the ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3299 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3298 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3298#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:22:48 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3298 By Charles Fromm WASHINGTON, Mar 3, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) - Last year, Kuwaitis elected their first female members of Parliament. Yet in countries like Yemen, child marriage remains common and personal status laws still discriminate against women in matters concerning marriage, divorce and child custody. This dual trend is evident across much of ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3298 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3297 http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3297#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:21:54 +0000 English http://www.other-net.info/index.php?p=3297 By Fareed Zakaria* | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Mar 8, 2010 Everyone seems to be pessimistic about America these days. In poll after poll, Americans worry about their future. Pundits, myself included, write despairingly about the monumental challenges we face. Academics plan seminars on America's decline. So, perhaps more ... http://www.other-net.info/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=3297