Global News Blog / IPSSunday, May 11, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Andrew Nette PHNOM PENH, May 11 (IPS) – The head of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has defended the regional body against charges that it faces a crisis of credibility arising from inability to guide hydropower development on [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Rises To Forefront At AsDB Sessions
May 4, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Sunday, May 04, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Marwaan Macan-Markar MADRID, May 4 (IPS) – Three words—high food prices—emerged like a gatecrasher at an event hosted by the Asian Development Bank (AsDB) here that was originally billed as a celebration of the bank’s new vision [...]
BANGLADESH: Amnesty for Tainted Tycoons as Economy Flags
May 2, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Farid Ahmed DHAKA, May 2 (IPS) – Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government hopes that a ‘truth commission’ it plans to set up will give tainted businessmen an opportunity to revive their businesses and help put a badly flagging [...]
MEDIA-ASIA: More Than Just Freedom
May 2, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Lynette Lee Corporal BANGKOK, May 2 (IPS) – More than gaining the freedom to report on society’s problems Asian media must gauge it’s real contribution to the public‘s needs, especially at a time of increasing commercialisation. [...]
ASIA: Food Crisis Adds to Women’s Burden
April 29, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Tuesday, April 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) – As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia’s women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women’s rights activists from across the [...]
PRACHANDA: FROM A RADICAL MAOIST TO A LOVABLE MASCOT
April 28, 2008 By
Global News Blog Monday, April 28, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org By B.RAMAN Since 2005, Prachanda, the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), has become a lovable mascot of the liberal elite of the country—-particularly in New Delhi. They see nothing but positive in him. His pre-2005 [...]
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Equitable Distribution of Wealth – The Challenge
April 27, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Sunday, April 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Anil Netto PENANG, Apr 27 (IPS) – With Malaysia’s opposition pact in the ascendancy after stunning gains in a general election last month, some are wondering how different their economic policies are likely to be if [...]
JAPAN: Zenkoji Temple Leads Pro-Tibet Protests
April 26, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS April 26, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Catherine Makino TOKYO, Apr 26 (IPS) – As Olympic torchbearer Senichi Hoshino started the Japanese leg of the relay in Nagano — home of the 1998 Winter Games — a prayer vigil began at the landmark Zenkoji Buddhist [...]
ASIA: ‘Neglect of Farming Led to Rice Crisis’
April 25, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS April 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Apr 25 (IPS) – The headlines screaming about a global food shortage have not aroused surprise in a leading non-governmental organisation (NGO) working with farming communities across Asia. To its members, warnings of hunger [...]
VALID REASONS FOR A MILITARY TAKE-OVER IN NEPAL
Global News Blog Sunday, April 27, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org By B.Raman “Ultimately, we will have to fight with the Indian army. That is the situation. Therefore, we have to take into account the Indian army. When the Indian army comes in with thousands and thousands of soldiers, [...]