 |
| | The following insightful analysis of top world news developments of last week comes to you compliments of The World & I Online. |
|
|
| Week ending Friday, March 05, 2010
|
Email to a friend
|
|
|
|
South Africa: Are We Heading for Another Food Crisis?
|
| JOHANNESBURG, March 2, 2010 (IRIN) - Long dry spells in parts of Africa and erratic rainfall in Asia have cast uncertain clouds over crop yields for 2010 in the world's poorest countries. Food prices ...
|
|
|
|
Chile: Cost of Rebuilding Still Unclear
|
| SANTIAGO, March 3, 2010 (IPS) - Chile has begun to think about the costs and challenges of rebuilding a large part of the areas hit by the Feb. 27 earthquake and tsunami, while rescue and aid operatio...
|
|
|
|
Haiti: After the Quake, the Deluge
|
| PORT-AU-PRINCE, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Thirteen dead. Submerged houses. Fields and banana plantations waterlogged. Drowned livestock. Impassable roads. Fresh trauma for quake-displaced thousands. This ...
|
|
|
|
Brazil: Women More Educated, Not More Equal
|
| RIO DE JANEIRO, March 1, 2010 (IPS/TerraViva) - When it comes to female education rates, progress has been made around the world, and in many countries girls and young women have outnumbered and outpe...
|
|
|
|
The Netherlands: A Country Searching for its True Color
|
| NETHERLANDS, March 3, 2010 (Today’s Zaman) - The political realities of the Netherlands make single-party governments nearly impossible in this small country, so coalition governments are common. The ...
|
|
|
|
Philippines: Children’s Charities Feel Economic Crunch
|
| MANILA, March 3, 2010 (IPS) - Children's charities and non-government organizations (NGOs) in the Philippines face tough times ahead as major overseas funders cut back on financial support due to the ...
|
|
|
|
Uganda: Access Problems Limit Landslide Aid Response
|
| KAMPALA, March 3, 2010 (IRIN) - Bad weather and lack of on-the-ground data are restricting the relief response to the March 1 landslide that is believed to have killed hundreds of people in eastern Ug...
|
|
|
|
Greece: Greek Lessons for Europe
|
| GREECE, March 3, 2010 (Today’s Zaman) - “It’s when the tide goes out that you find out who has been swimming naked,” the legendary investor Warren Buffet aptly remarked when the global economic crisis...
|
|
|
|
Senegal: Free Care for Expectant Mothers - Is It Enough?
|
| DAKAR, March 2, 2010 (IRIN) - The government of Sierra Leone has announced that from Independence Day (27 April), it will abolish user fees for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under fiv...
|
|
|
|
India: Q&A: More Women Journalists Doesn’t Mean More Gender Awareness
|
| NEW DELHI, March 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 nec...
|
|
|
|
Nepal: Stalled Government Policy Leaves IDPs in Limbo
|
| KATHMANDU, 4 March 2010 (IRIN) - Efforts to help thousands of families displaced during Nepal’s decade-long armed conflict (1996-2006) to return to their homes or resettle have stalled over government...
|
|
|
|
Palestine: Piano Sounds Good in Gaza Too
|
| GAZA CITY, March 2, 2010 (IPS) - At 14, Nour plays the piano, and she knows the facts around her. That the average age for marriage is 18, likely to a man found by parents, her place would be within t...
|
|
|
|
|
