by Daniel Cohen August 31, 2009 September 15, 2008, investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. As though prostrated by heart attack, the global economy collapsed. Even in 1929, the fall was less stark. A year has gone by. To put it briefly: governments “got the job done.” The financial system was saved; the drop in demand was [...]

Prized pipeline route could explain West’s stubborn interest in poor, remote land by John Foster August 12, 2009 Why is Afghanistan so important? A glance at a map and a little knowledge of the region suggest that the real reasons for Western military involvement may be largely hidden.

• Officials close ‘unapproved’ manganese plant in Hunan • Second case in a month involving mass poisoning of pupils by John Watts August 20, 2009 More than 1,300 children have been poisoned by a manganese factory in central China, the state media reported today, amid growing fears about the prevalence of heavy metal pollution nationwide.

por Maximiliano Sbarbi Osuna 15 de agosto, 2009 En los últimos meses Somalia fue noticia por los ataques de los piratas a los buques occidentales y por las sangrientas peleas entre el ejército y los milicianos de Al Qaeda en las calles de la capital. ¿Por qué las potencias se preocupan tanto por este país? ¿Qué intereses [...]

Nota del editor: Sin sustento, no hay libertad, no hay vida, no hay forma de resistir las injusticias diarias que vienen a oprimirlo a uno cada vez más. No hay libertad. El hambre es una de las injusticias más grandes de nuestros tiempos porque el alimento es un derecho humano que se le esta negando [...]

Britons among the most enthusiastic about action to stop global warming, while Americans among least willing to put environment first, according to global public opinion poll

Nota del editor: Sin sustento, no hay libertad, no hay vida, no hay forma de resistir las injusticias diarias que vienen a oprimirlo a uno cada vez más. No hay libertad. El hambre es una de las injusticias más grandes de nuestros tiempos porque el alimento es un derecho humano que se le esta negando [...]

by Grace Chung July 16, 2009 WASHINGTON — U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, actively helped Chinese interrogators question members of China’s Uighur minority, including physically restraining them so they could be photographed against their will, according to testimony presented Thursday to a congressional subcommittee.

por Jian Junbo 8 de julio, 2009 La violencia de este fin de semana que ha causado 156 muertos y más de 816 heridos en Urumqi, capital de la noroccidental Región Autónoma Uigur de Xinjiang, es el último ejemplo de crecientes conflictos entre el mayoritario grupo étnico Han de China y minorías étnicas.

by Deborah Zabarenko July 6, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – To fairly divide the climate change fight between rich and poor, a new study suggests basing targets for emission cuts on the number of wealthy people, who are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, in a country.