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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Rogers, CSM, Ortega leads anti-U.S. critique at Latin American food summit
5/09/08 Herman, Asia Times, G7 loses grip on global policy to O5
5/09/08 Hawley, USA Today, Mexican farms employ kids illegally, U.N. says
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Chart, Open Left, Global Suicide Pact: Darfur Engine, Pt 1 .... Part 2
5/08/08 Kwa, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Food Crisis Linked to Doha Deal
5/08/08 Osava, IPS, BRAZIL: Controversy Over Indigenous Land and Biofuels
5/08/08 Leahy, IPS, ENERGY-AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Argentine farmers in fresh protests
5/08/08 Morris, BBC, Can Tanzania reap bumper harvests?
5/08/08 Raja M, Asia Times Public water, privately bottled profits
May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Melander, Reuters, Greed behind food price rises: development bank head
5/07/08 Lynn, Reuters, WTO says cannot solve food price crisis
5/07/08 EDIE, UNICEF: Poorest children hit by climate change
5/07/08 Knickerbocker, CSM, Media survey: Politicians rethink food-based ethanol
5/07/08 BBC, Oil price 'may hit $200 a barrel'
5/07/08 BBC, Cyclone fuels rice price increase
May 6, 2008
5/06/08 Rizvi, One World, Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Mortgage crisis 'threat to economy'
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Nigeria armed group in truce offer
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Izuzndu, Oil & Gas Journal, OTC: $100 trillion needed to rebuild energy infrastructure
5/05/08 Hassan, WP, 2 killed as troops fire into Somali riot over food prices
5/05/08 Sheikh & Mohamed, Reuters, Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations
5/05/08 CNN, Somalis riot over food prices
5/05/08 BBC, Illegal workers prosecutions rise
5/05/08 Pinglay, BBC, No let up in India farm suicides
May 4, 2008
5/03/08 BBC, Attack on Shell plant in Nigeria
5/04/08 Al Jazeera, Asian bank unveils food aid plan
5/04/08 Grey, Daily Press, China farms the world to feed a ravenous economy
5/04/08 Lean, Independent, Multinationals Make Billions In Profit Out of Growing Global Food Crisis
May 3, 2008
5/03/08 Saleh, BBC, Food price crisis bites in Egypt
5/03/08 BBC, Asian bank in food crisis warning
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Lungescu, BBC, Detained migrants riot in Belgium
5/02/08 Felsenthal & Hughes, Reuters, Global central banks extend lifeline to credit markets
5/02/08 Kirchoff, USA Today, Surplus U.S. food supplies dry up
5/02/08 Claure, IPS, RIGHTS-BOLIVIA: Guaraní Families in Forced Servitude
5/02/08 Cevallos, IPS, MEXICO: No Place for Small Farmers at the Supermarkets
May 1, 2008
5/01/08 Al Jazeera, Bolivia nationalises key firms
5/01/08 Fletcher, WP, For Striking Factory Workers, U.S.-First Pledge Falls Flat
5/01/08 Preston, NYT, Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Money Home
April 30, 2008
4/30/08 Rizvi, IPS, RIGHTS: Native People Warn U.N. of Biofuels Disaster
4/30/08 Aslam, IPS, Oil Majors Rapped Over Secrecy, Corruption - Report
4/30/08 MacInnis, CSM, U.N. pledges aid for farmers
April 29, 2008
4/29/08 Macan-Markar, IPS, ASIA: Food Crisis Adds to Women's Burden
4/29/08 WP, On the Margins in Mauritania
4/29/08 Morgan, WP, Emptying the Breadbasket
4/29/08 Malvern, Times Online, Authors take on Tesco 'tyrants' over Thai legal action
4/29/08 Foulkes, BBC, UN chiefs hold food crisis summit
4/29/08 Bryson, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage food prices soar with fuel costs
4/29/08 Shlachter, Star-Telegram, North Texas stores report run on gourmet rice
4/29/08 Raja M, Asia TImes, India's inflation fans futures anger
4/29/08 ENS, UN: Biofuel Production 'Criminal Path' to Global Food Crisis
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 Olsen, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: Displacements Set To Increase
4/28/08 Faiola, WP, Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice
4/28/08 Ryan, ABC News, Global food crisis sparks US survivalist resurgence
4/28/08 Al Jazeera, UN condemns biofuels growth
April 27, 2008
4/27/08 Faiola, WP, The New Economics of Hunger
4/27/08 Barbaro & Dash, NYT, Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt
4/27/08 McKie, Guardian, As the world begins to starve it's time to take GM seriously
4/27/08 Lowenstein, NYT, Triple-A Failure - Home mortgage debacle
4/27/08 Al Jazeera, Food costs spark protest in Senegal
April 26, 2008
4/26/08 Reel, WP, Argentina Tries to Reconcile Exporting Food With Prices at Home
4/26/08 Resenthal, NYT, Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World
4/26/08 Klomegah, IPS, RUSSIA: Where Migration Means Trafficking
4/26/08 Loyn, BBC, Punjab reaps a poisoned harvest
April 25, 2008
4/25/08 Basu, BBC, How to solve the global food crisis
April 24, 2008
4/24/08 Reuters, World food fears mount as rice prices hit record
4/24/08 IPS, "Transgenic Seed Companies Lie and Bribe"
4/24/08 McCrummen, WP, Across Congo, Freelance Miners Dig In Against Modern Industry
4/24/08 Timmons, NYT, Debt Collection Done From India Appeals to U.S. Agencies
4/24/08 Clark et al, Guardian, Shops ration sales of rice as US buyers panic
4/24/08 Itano, CSM, Greece, flooded by refugees, under fire for asylum policies
4/24/08 Nakanishi, Reuters, GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment
4/24/08 Bezlova, IPS, CHINA: High on Ethanol Despite Rising Food Prices
4/24/08 Kirby, BBC, EU deal on immigrant detentions
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 Bimbaum & Cho, WP, Effort to Rein In Fannie, Freddie Gains Steam
4/23/08 Hirsch, LAT, Rice in short supply at Costco, Sam's Club
4/23/08 Rizvi, IPS, RIGHTS: Climate a "Life and Death" Issue for Native Peoples
4/23/08 Salazar, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-PERU: US-Owned Smelter Fined for Pollution
4/23/08 CNN, Report alleges abuse in Asia shrimp industry - Report: The Degradation of Work: The True Cost of Shrimp
4/23/08 Al Jazeera, Latin American food fund started
4/23/08 Baldauf & Ford, CSM, China slammed for arming Zimbabwe's Mugabe
4/23/08 Ahmed, IPS, BANGLADESH: Hopes Pinned on Bumper Harvest
4/23/08 Guardian, Family food bills 'up 15pnds a week'
4/23/08 Reuters, U.S. committed to WTO outcome by year end: official
4/23/08 Reynolds, Reuters, WTO should pressure food exporters: Mandelson
4/23/08 Reuters, Balmer, Years of poor decisions created food crisis: FAO
4/23/08 Wallace, LAT, Rice price rise takes toll in Manila slum
4/23/08 Finch, Guardian, Big bakers push supermarkets to add 10p to price of a loaf in face of world wheat shortage
4/23/08 Al Jazeera, UN: 300,000 may have died in Darfur
April 22, 2008
4/22/08 Monbiot, Guardian, The Most Potent Weapon Wielded by the Empires of Murdoch and China
4/22/08 Norrie, The Age, Japan's Hunger Becomes a Dire Warning for Other Nations
4/22/08 CNN, U.N. expert: Food crisis 'a silent tsunami'
4/22/08 Arend, WSJ, Load Up the Pantry
4/22/08 Lovell, Reuters, Dearer food unleashes silent tsunami, U.N. says
4/22/08 Lewis, Guardian, Farmers fear shortage of workers could hit fruit and veg supplies
4/22/08 Stratton, Guardian, Biofuels starving our people, leaders tell UN
4/22/08 Deen, IPS, Millions of Children Falling Through the Cracks
4/22/08 CNN, Aid group to cut food ration to millions
4/22/08 Montero, CSM, Roots of Asia's rice crisis
4/22/08 BBC, Assessing the global food crisis
4/22/08 Montero, CSM, Asia limits rice exports as prices and uncertainty rise
4/22/08 BBC, India rules out new farm debt aid
4/22/08 BBC, Nigerian oil sector to be probed
4/22/08 BBC, UN food chief urges crisis action
April 21, 2008
4/21/08 BBC, Africa plans biggest dam project
4/21/08 Wong, AP, Asian Development Bank: Biofuels making food more expensive
4/21/08 Quigley, Truthout, America's Role in Haiti's Hunger Riots
4/21/08 Gerstein, NY SUn, Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
4/21/08 Ciobanu, IPS, EASTERN EUROPE: Where Did All the Workers Go?
4/21/08 Osava, IPS, AGRICULTURE: Brazil Shares Technology with Africa
4/21/08 Cronin, IPS, EUROPE: Trade Policy Backs Western Firms
April 20, 2008
4/20/08 BBC, Phillips warns of race 'cold war'
4/20/08 Reuters, Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy
4/20/08 Brabrant, BBC, Greek farmers clash with migrants
4/20/08 Lean, Independent, Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth
4/20/08 Adelman, AP, Fertilizer Price Hikes Are Pinching Farmers
April 19, 2008
4/19/08 Kpodo, Reuters, Farm aid and fair trade key to food crisis: U.N.
4/19/08 Al Jazeera, West Africa deal opposes EU fishing
4/19/08 Barrionuevo, NYT, With Guns and Fines, Brazil Takes On Loggers
4/19/08 Wallace, Wired, South Korean workers on edge of burnout
4/19/08 Loyn, BBc, WTO chief calls for aid rethink
4/19/08 Batty, Sac Bee, Panic over rice prices hits home in capital
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 Ordonez, McClatchy, U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north
4/18/08 Roig-Franzia, WP, Mexicans Get Less Aid From Migrants
4/18/08 Crimmins, Reuters, Rice prices may calm but action still needed: expert
4/18/08 BBC, Asian bank offers food price help
4/18/08 Landler, NYT, Iceland, a Tiny Dynamo, Loses Steam
4/18/08 Acharya, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Water Aplenty, Nor a Drop to Drink
4/18/08 Olsen, IPS, RIGHTS: Tanzanian Farmers Face Eviction
4/18/08 Osborne, Guardian, Mixed mortgage market 'set to worsen'
4/18/08 Ahn & GRAIN, FPIF, Food Safety on the Butcher's Block
4/18/08 Lacey, NYT, Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger
4/18/08 BBC, France to double food aid budget
4/18/08 Al Jazeera, Nigeria Shell pipeline 'sabotaged'
April 17, 2008
4/17/08 BBC, S Africans march over food prices
4/17/08 Nosoti, Hunger threat looms over the world
4/17/08 Smith, CSM, Nigeria deploys troops in oil-rich Bayelsa
4/17/08 Al Jazeera, Russia turns Libya debts to deals
4/17/08 BBC, US economic outlook 'worsening'
April 16, 2008
4/16/08 Schoof, McClatchy, Corn ethanol's downsides: high food prices, more pollution
4/16/08 EDIE, 'Chevron owes nothing' - company responds to court call for $16.5bn damages
4/16/08 Vidal, Guardian, Change In Farming Can Feed World - Report
4/16/08 BBC, Steep rise in Chinese food prices
4/16/08 BBC, Venezuela raises foreign oil tax
4/16/08 Al Jazeera, UN warns of N Korea food shortage
April 15, 2008
4/15/08 Sotomayer, IPS, LATIN AMERICA: Food or Fuel - That Is the Burning Question
4/15/08 Rizvi, One World, US Congress to Address Poor Country Debts
4/15/08 BBC, UN calls for farming revolution
4/15/08 BBC, Global food system 'must change'
4/15/08 Martin, NYT, Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing
4/15/08 Leahy, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Reinventing Agriculture
4/15/08 Rocha & Anderson, FPIF, Three Amigos Summit
4/15/08 Rocha & Anderson, FPIF, Three Amigos Summit
4/15/08 Rizvi, Asia Times, World Bank burns credibility
4/15/08 Ramachandran, Asia TImes, India learns its oil lessons
4/15/08 Macan-Markar, Asia Times, Deadly struggle for migrants in Thailand
April 14, 2008
4/14/08 Landler, NYT, Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe
4/14/08 Elliott, Guardian, Policymakers join forces to repair battered markets
4/14/08 CNN, Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket
4/14/08 Reuters, White House: Bush concerned about food shortages
4/14/08 Denning, Daily Reckoning, Food, Fuel and Finance: The Crisis of the Three F's
4/14/08 Romero, NYT, Union Killings Peril Trade Pact With Colombia
4/14/08 Godoy, IPS, GLOBALISATION: New Curbs on Investment From the South
4/14/08 Godoy, IPS, GLOBALISATION: New Curbs on Investment From the South
4/14/08 Deen, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Global Hot Spots of Hunger Set to Explode
4/14/08 BBC, World shares down on market fears
4/14/08 BBC, Wachovia to cut jobs after losses
4/14/08 Rohr, BBC, Made in China
4/14/08 Birtley, Al Jazeera, Bangladesh children toil to survive
April 13, 2008
4/13/08 AFP, World Bank to Meet as Rising Food Prices Spark Unrest
4/13/08 Reuters, Paulson says food price controls won't work
4/13/08 Stewart & Elliott, Guardian, Darling calls for urgent review of biofuel policies
4/13/08 Bridges et al, Miami Herald, Grocery bills spark deadly riots, trigger inflation
4/13/08 BBC, IMF head gives food price warning
4/13/08 Walker, BBC, Analysis: What to do about credit and food
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, Food prices fuel security fears
4/12/08 Egan, Reuters, Financing crucial to next climate change pact: U.N.
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, Bangladesh hit by food price riots
4/12/08 Vallely, Independent, The Other Global Crisis: Rush to Biofuels is Driving Up Price of Food
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, IMF for 'strong front' amid crisis
April 11, 2008
4/11/08 Lindsay, CSM, Haitian leader's answer to food crisis doesn't satisfy critics
4/11/08 Mirchandani, BBC, US rice growers go against the grain
4/11/08 Al Jazeera, The recipe for food rights
4/11/08 Trumbull, CSM, Inflation hits consumers worldwide
4/11/08 Al Jazeera, Food prices stir poverty concern
4/11/08 Bello, Asia Times, Capitalism at stake in climate crisis
April 10, 2008
4/10/08 Grynbaum, NYT, U.S. Trade Deficit Grows Unexpectedly
4/10/08 Redman, FPIF, The World Bank's Carbon Deals
4/10/08 Pugh, McClatchy, Globalization, trade and recession take a toll on Martinsville, Virginia
4/10/08 Barclay, CSM, Uprooted Kenyans long to return home
4/10/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar migrants suffocate in lorry
April 9, 2008
4/09/08 Devrah, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Food Shortages an Emergency - FAO Chief
4/09/08 Cronin, IPS, DEVELOPMENT-EU: Declining Level of Aid 'Dangerous'
4/09/08 Adam, Guardia, Food Price Rises Threaten Global Security - UN
4/09/08 BBC, IMF slashes world growth forecast
4/09/08 BBC, Eskom wants power prices doubled (South Africa)
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Bradsher, NYT, Asian Inflation Begins to Sting U.S. Shoppers
4/08/08 Treanor, Guardian, Toxic shock: how the banking industry created a global crisis
4/08/08 Treanor, Guardian, Toxic shock: how the banking industry created a global crisis
4/08/08 BBC, India pledges African investment
4/08/08 Schifferres, BBC, Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'
April 7, 2008
4/07/08 Krugman, NYT, Grains Gone Wild
4/07/08 Gonzales, IPS, PHILIPPINES: World's Top Rice Importer Hit By Tight Supply
4/07/08 Eggen, WP, Bush Sends Congress Colombia Trade Pact
4/07/08 Goodman, NYT, 2 Outcomes When Foreigners Buy Factories
4/07/08 Thakurta, BBC, Is India facing a food crisis?
4/07/08 BBC, IMF plans gold sale to raise $6bn
April 6, 2008
4/06/08 Thakurta, IPS, INDIA: Taking on China in Africa
4/06/08 Guardian, Food riots fear after rice price hits a high
April 5, 2008
4/05/08 Salazar, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-PERU: In Search of Less Toxic Mining
4/05/08 Malkin, NYT, Problems for Microfinancing in Mexico
4/05/08 Macan-Markar, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: Developing Countries Gain a Step
4/05/08 Reuters, Colombia ends contract after flap with Clinton aide
4/05/08 BBC, Brown warns on global cash crisis
4/05/08 BBC, Food riots turn deadly in Haiti
April 4, 2008
4/04/08 AP, Child Workers in Egypt a Growing Problem
4/04/08 Cropley, Reuters, World Bank Accused of Climate Change "Hijack"
4/04/08 Rizvi, IPS, Somalia Called 'World's Most Neglected Crisis'
4/04/08 BBC, Food prices drive India inflation
4/04/08 BBC, Asian states feel rice pinch
April 3, 2008
4/03/08 Jones, Guardian, Another two banks join mortgage market exodus
4/03/08 Deen, IPS, UN Poverty Goals Face New Threats
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Hanes, CSM, Charcoal fuels the economy and deforestation of Mozambique
4/02/08 Black, BBC, GM seeds can 'last for 10 years'
4/02/08 BBC, Riots prompt Ivory Coast tax cuts
March 31, 2008
3/31/08 Balch, Guardian, Farmers meet president as strike grips Argentina
3/31/08 Greco, FPIF, World Bank Climate Profiteering
March 30, 2008
3/30/08 Bogdanich, NYT, The Drug Scare That Exposed a World of Hurt
3/30/08 BBC, Open skies deal comes into effect
3/30/08 Al Jazeera, Hopes fade for Tanzanian miners
March 29, 2008
3/29/08 Bradsher, NYT, High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest
March 28, 2008
3/28/08 Belcher, Al Jazeera, Asian rice crisis starts to bite
3/28/08 Homer, DEVELOPMENT: A Winding Journey From Seed to Plate
3/28/08 BBC, India rice export prices up again
3/28/08 BBC, IMF backs shift in voting power
March 27, 2008
3/27/08 Kate, CSM, Grain prices soar globally
3/27/08 BBC, Argentine farm tax crisis worsens
March 26, 2008
3/26/08 Abramsky, ITT, Blue Collar, Bare Cupboards
3/26/08 Boustany, CSM, Ex-slave works to free others from West African tradition
3/26/08 Noland, Asia Times, Nationalization and dislocation
3/26/08 Helmer, Asia Times, IMF blows whistle on Tajik corruption
March 25, 2008
3/25/08 IPS, Q&A: EU and U.S. Offering Special WTO Deal to Lure South Africa
3/25/08 Bowcott, Guardian, UN food agency issues emergency plea for $500m
3/25/08 AP, Food prices rising across the world
3/25/08 BBC, Mining forces out thousands in SA
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 O'Neall, Intel Daily, The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see Virtually the full documentary is on YouTube from Neospeaker in 10 parts.
3/24/08 Collyns, BBC, Peru Tribe Battles Oil Giant Over Pollution
3/24/08 Osava, IPS, BRAZIL: Growing Foreign Appetite for Land
3/24/08 Osava, IPS, BRAZIL: Growing Foreign Appetite for Land
March 23, 2008
3/23/08 Pugh, McClatchy, For less-educated workers, good jobs will be harder to find
3/23/08 McKie, Guardian, How the myth of food miles hurts the planet
March 21, 2008
3/21/08 Hardikar, IPS, DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Subsidies Cornered by Politically Powerful
3/21/08 Hardikar, IPS, DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Cotton Farmers in Distress - Relief Given Elsewhere
Cevallos, IPS, New Rules In Mexico Pave the Way for Transgenic Crops
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 Nichols, Nation, Clinton Lie Kills Her Credibility on Trade Policy
3/20/08 Silva, IPS, NICARAGUA: Fighting Over Society's Scraps
3/20/08 Rogoff, Asia Times, An inflation reality check
March 17, 2008
3/17/08 Maeda, Reuters, US Farmers Up The Ante on Japan's Struggle Against Modified Corn
3/17/08 Al Jazeera, World leaders 'share Kenya blame'
March 15, 2008
3/15/08 Sparrow, Asia Times, Philippines exporting labor and sex
March 14, 2008
3/14/08 BBC, Nigerian deals 'wasted billions'
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 AL Jazeera, Chinese 'arming Darfur conflict'
3/13/08 Deen, IPS, Most Vulnerable Left to Sink or Swim
3/12/08 Bachelet, McClatchy, Bush plans to make Congress vote on Colombia trade pact
3/13/08 BBC, Scientists warn of wheat disease
3/13/08 BBC, Gold hits $1,000 for first time
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Al Jazeera, Warning over world food shortages
3/12/08 Bachelet, McClatchy, Bush plans to make Congress vote on Colombia trade pact
3/12/08 Liu, Asia TImes, The Shape of US Populism, Part 1
March 11, 2008
3/11/08 Sappenfeld, CSM, India's farmers doubt Delhi's big aid pledge
3/11/08 Harman, CSM, Who's buying Burma's gems?
3/11/08 Ehrenreich, Nation, The Fall of the American Consumer
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Al Jazeera, Activists block Brazil railway
3/10/08 Olsen, IPS, Go Green, Save the Indigenous
3/10/08 Tisdall, Guardian, Sudan rounds on western critics
3/10/08 BBC, Big fall in China's trade surplus
March 9, 2008
3/09/08 BBC, 'Severe' jobless problem in China
3/09/08 Streitfeld, NYT, A Global Need for Grain That Farms Can't Fill
3/09/08 Vuliamy, Guardian, How a tiny West African country became the world's first narco state
March 7, 2008
3/07/08 Randerson, Guardian, Food Crisis Will Take Hold Before Climate Change, Warns Chief Scientist
3/07/08 CommonDreams, Canadian Government Will Probe 'Entire' NAFTA Leak: PM
March 6, 2008
3/06/08 AFP, World Can 'Afford' To Solve Its Environmental Woes: OECD
3/06/08 Panetta, Globe&Mail, 'NAFTA-Gate' Began with Remark From Harper's Chief of Staff
3/06/08 McCawley, CSM, Rising food prices feed security concerns
3/06/08 BBC, Dollar at another record euro low
3/06/08 Macan-Markar, Asia Times, Rice now too costly to give away
March 5, 2008
3/05/08 Macan-Markar, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Rising Rice Prices Hit Asian Stomachs
3/05/08 Campbell, Guardian, Drug cartels running rampant, says UN
3/05/06 BBC, Inflation tops China 2008 agenda
3/05/08 Nizza, NYT, Zimbabwe Dollar Slides to New Low
3/05/08 Lydersen, ITT, Salties Ordered to Swish and Spit
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 St. Fort, IPS, HAITI: Once-Vibrant Farming Sector in Dire Straits
3/04/08 Shah, Global Issues, Poverty Facts and Stats
3/04/08 Acharya, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: NGOs Wary of Doomsday Seed Vault
March 3, 2008
3/03/08 Treanor, Guardian, US woes weigh on HSBC
March 2, 2008
3/02/08 Chang, McClatchy, Argentines battle pulp mill they say is poisoning them
3/02/08 Hill & McKie, Guardian, The clones are coming - to a supermarket near you
February 29, 2008
2/29/08 BBC, Nigeria 'denies access to rebel'
February 27, 2008
2/27/08 Scherer, CSM, Wheat prices hit record high
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Kwa, IPS, TRADE: EU Aims to Rope in African States Resisting EPAs
2/26/08 Kwa, IPS, TRADE-AFRICA: EU Still Pushing Offensive Interests in EPA Talks
2/26/08 Docena, FPIF, In the Dragon's Lair
2/26/08 Barlow, FPIF, The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
2/26/08 Borger, Guardian, Feed The World? We Are Fighting a Losing Battle, UN Admits
2/26/08 BBC, Dollar falls to record euro low
February 25, 2008
2/25/08 Mannack, IPS, TRADE-AFRICA: ''EPAs Are Not About Partnership''
2/25/08 BBC, African power cuts hit gold firm
2/25/08 BBC, UN considers rationing food aid
February 24, 2008
2/24/08 Mesure & Bloomfield, Independent, Fairtrade Profits Rise, but is the Small Farmer Missing Out?
February 22, 2008
2/22/08 BBC, Food prices spur Indian inflation
2/22/08 Reuters, As South American Rivers Dry Up, Miners Tap Ocean
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Escobar, Asia TImes, Slouching towards Petroeurostan
February 20, 2008
2/20/08 Travis & Wintour, Guardian, Migrants must earn citizenship, says Brown
2/20/08 Paez, IPS, PERU: Poverty Provides Growing Number of 'Drug Mules'
2/20/08 Srinivasa, IPS, HEALTH-SOUTH ASIA: Hub For Global Organ Trade
2/20/08 Miller, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-PHILIPPINES: Locals Oppose Open Pit Mining For Copper, Gold
February 19, 2008
2/19/08 Wolf, FT, America's economy risks mother of all meltdowns
2/18/08 del Bosque, Texas Observer, Holes in the Wall: Homeland Security Won't Explain Why the Mexican Border Wall Bypasses the Rich and Connected
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Feffer, FPIF, What Does Africa Owe?
2/18/08 BBC, Nigeria phone privatisation off
2/18/07 Al Jazeera, Protests over trade deal hit Peru
2/18/08 Randerson, Guardian, Consequences of GM crop contamination 'are set to worsen'
2/18/08 Benitez, IPS, GUATEMALA: Indigenous Women Weave Incomes, Self-Confidence
2/18/08 BBC, Intervene in Nigeria, Bush urged
February 17, 2008
2/14/08 Sanchez, SanFran Chron, Venezuela Halts Crude Oil Sales to Exxon Mobil
February 16, 2008
2/16/08 Roughneen, Asia Times, East Timor faces new rebel threat
2/16/08 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: GM Maize "Worst Tragedy" of Lula Administration - NGOs
February 15, 2008
2/15/08 Gettleman, NYT, Signs in Kenya of a Land Redrawn by Ethnicity
2/15/08 Trumbull, CSM, Best U.S. factory jobs in rising jeopardy
February 14, 2008
2/14/08 de Tarczynski, IPS, EAST TIMOR: Australia Flexes Muscles Following Coup Bid
2/14/08 BBC, Soldiers hunt East Timor rebels
2/14/08 BBC, Cereal prices hit poor countries
2/14/08 AL Jazeera, Zimbabwe inflation soars further
February 13, 2008
2/13/08 BBC, China suffers first defeat at WTO
2/13/08 Vidal, Guardian, True scale of C02 emissions from shipping revealed
2/13/08 Greve, McClatchy, American pumps up Third World farmers' income
2/13/08 Bell, BBC, UN seeks human trafficking action
2/13/08 BBC, IMF warning for developing world
2/13/08 Guru, Asia TImes, Oil crisis rush hour
2/13/08 Hutchinson, Asia TImes, Financial models head for scrap heap
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 BBC, Flood alert after Kariba opened
2/12/08 BBC, Anger over Nigerian child census
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 McCurry, Guardian, G7 is told worldwide losses from sub-prime crisis could be $400bn
2/11/08 Deen, IPS, Hiroshima Forum to Focus on Children Under Siege
2/11/08 Aldred, Guardian, Biofuel Demand Leading to Human Rights Abuses, Report Claims
2/11/08 Ramakrishan & Joshi, Reuters, IMF sees sharp U.S. slowdown
2/11/08 Chang, McClatchy, Rising deforestation in Amazon undermines Brazil's environmental policies
February 10, 2008
2/10/08 AFP, French GM Ban Infuriates Farmers, Delights Environmentalists
2/10/08 Mukumbira, MineWeb, Niger's uranium continues to lure, despite threats of rebel attacks
2/10/08 China Daily, World bourses lost $5.2 trillion in January - S&P index division
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Osava, IPS, RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Pantanal Indians Threatened by Deforestation
2/09/08 Bloomfield, Independent, Somalia: The World's forgotten catastrophe
2/09/08 BBC, G7 issues global economy warning
2/09/08 Al Jazeera, Banks urged to disclose losses
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Kronin, IPS, RIGHTS: Europe Exports Death With Ease
2/08/08 Vandeale, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: China Outdoes Europeans in Congo
2/08/08 Kohlstedt, FPIF, Mexicans Say: Integrate This!
2/08/08 Al Jazeera, EU loses banana battle at WTO
2/08/08 BBC, Asia 'not immune' to US slowdown
2/08/08 Collyns, BBC, Draft law sparks protests in Peru
2/08/08 Hsing, Asia Times, Toxic globalization
2/08/08 BBC, Oil firms ordered to Niger Delta
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Hightower, Immigrants Come Here Because Globalization Took Their Jobs Back There
2/07/08 Arsenhalt, IPS, Controversy Dogs Coal Operations in Colombia
2/07/08 Dogra, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: More Dams Come Up But Irrigated Area Declines
2/07/08 CNN, Chinese pet food firms indicted
2/07/08 BBC, Flood gates to open in Mozambique
2/07/08 Walker, BBC, World 'divided on globalisation'
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 Economist, Central Africa: War without borders
February 5, 2008
2/05/08 Guiterrez, IPS, ECONOMY-EL SALVADOR: Dollarisation Backfires, Fuelling Price Hikes
2/05/08 Fortson, Independent,
2/05/08 Hanes, CSM, Urbanization threatens Namibia's traditional Himba culture
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 IRIN, NEPAL: Girls sold by parents for domestic labour
2/04/08 ENS, US Company Seeks Permit to Import Nuclear Waste
2/04/08 Kielberger, Toronto Star, Obesity Becoming World Crisis
2/04/08 Bezlova, IPS, ECONOMY-CHINA: Stranded Migrant Workers Expose Home Truths
2/04/08 Mercer, BBC, Aboriginal languages 'dying out'
February 3, 2008
2/03/08 Reuters, Eleven dead in gun battle at Nigerian pipeline
2/03/08 Harris, AP, Rain Forests Fall at ‘Alarming’ Rate
February 1, 2008
2/01/08 McKinley, NYT, Mexican Farmers Protest End of Corn-Import Taxes
January 31, 2008
1/31/08 Guiterrez, IPS, EL SALVADOR: Benefits of Free Trade Deal Still Remote
1/31/08 Hooker & Bogdanich, NYT, Tainted Drugs Tied to Maker of Abortion Pill
1/31/08 BBC, EU suspends Brazil beef imports
1/31/08 AL Jazeera, India wrestles with internet outage
1/31/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar resources offer few riches
1/31/08 Aslam, Asia Times, IMF cuts growth guess and confidences
January 30, 2008
1/30/08 Peacock, Reuters, Crisis inflicts fresh wounds, UBS cut deepest
1/30/08 Nizza, NYT, The Dire Side of Rising Food Prices
1/30/08 Kokutse, IPS, GHANA: Pollution Forcing Farmers Into Illegal Mining?
1/30/08 BBC, Paraguay put on dengue alert
1/30/08 AL Jazeera, S Africa set for month of blackouts
January 29, 2008
1/29/08 Harris, NYT, For F.D.A., a Major Backlog Overseas
1/29/08 Monbiot, Guardian, Population Growth Is a Threat. But It Pales Against the Greed of the Rich
1/29/08 Monbiot, Guardian, Population growth is a threat. But it pales against the greed of the rich
1/29/08 Mushtaq, IPS, Kenya’s Problem Goes Beyond Ethnicity and Elections
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Osava, IPS, WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Diversity, a Birthright Waiting to Be Recognised
1/28/08 Deutch, Boston Globe, Mass Killings Under Suharto Recalled
1/28/08 Tierney, NYT, Cultural Imperialism at the W.H.O.?
1/28/08 Jolly, NYT, U.S. Stocks Flat After Sell-Off Abroad
1/28/08 Al Jazeera, Asian markets fall for second week
January 27, 2008
1/27/08 Chang & Hall, McClatchy, How will the world weather America's economic storm?
1/27/08 Devaralonda, IPS, TRADE: Developing Countries Insist On Balance
January 26, 2008
1/26/08 Nieuwoudt, IPS, ENERGY-SOUTH AFRICA: Maize Farmers Lobby to Supply Biofuel Industry
January 25, 2008
1/25/08 Harris, NYT, F.D.A. Plans to Post Inspectors Overseas
1/25/08 BBC, Worldwide share jitters continue
1/25/08 BBC, SA gold mines shut by power cuts
1/25/08 Weber, BBC, Top companies join poverty fight
1/25/08 Al Jazeera, Rice urges Colombia free-trade deal
1/25/08 Leahy, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Biofuels a Lose-Lose Strategy, Critics Say
1/25/08 Deen, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Migrant Earnings to Be Counted as Foreign Aid?
January 24, 2008
1/25/08 Wallace, CSM, Power cuts cripple Southern Africa
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Al Jazeera, Davos opens amid economic turmoil
January 22, 2008
1/22/08 Deen, IPS, HEALTH: Loss of 9.7 Million Children Unacceptable, Says UNICEF
1/22/08 KoKitze, IPS, GHANA: Rapid 'Development' Leaves Poor Without Toilets
1/22/08 Pearlstein, WP, More Room to Fall
1/22/08 Cooke, Reuters, Wall Street joins global equity plunge
1/22/08 Dougherty, NYT, Investors Abroad No Longer Feel Immune From U.S.
1/22/08 CNN, Market avalanches hit Davos talks
1/22/08 Engler, ITT, Latin America Banks on Independence
January 21, 2008
1/21/08 BBC, Stranded migrants saved in Alps
1/21/08 BBC, US warns EU against protectionism
1/21/08 Hoking & Lewis, TimesOnline, US recession fears wipe £77bn from London shares
1/21/08 Kwa, IPS, TRADE-AFRICA: Doha Round Stuck on Issues of Development (Again)
1/21/08 BBC, Global shares tumble on US fears
1/21/08 Sahagun, LAT, Unsafe trucks stream out of L.A.'s ports
January 20, 2008
1/20/08 Templeton & Kellaway, Guardian, These were the days that shook the world
1/20/08 Weiss, WP, Labels Weighed for Food From Clones
January 19, 2008
1/19/08 Cronin, IPS, ECONOMY-AFRICA: Controversial Proposals Expected at WEF Gathering
1/19/08 Peta, Independent, Zimbabwe forced to issue record bank note
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Bello, FPIF, Elites vs. Greens in the Global South
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Hall, McClatchy, New inflation data explain middle-class squeeze
1/16/08 Aslam, Asia Times, Myanmar's gem trade loses its shine
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 Reuters, Poor sanitation seen killing 5,000 children a day
1/15/08 BBC, Pensions paid to Nigerian rebels
January 14, 2008
1/14/08 Fildes, Independent, Profit warnings surged to 107 in final quarter of 2007
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 Bacon, TruthOut, Mexican Authorities Move to Crush Copper Strike
1/13/08 French, NYT, Lives of Grinding Poverty, Untouched by China's Boom
1/13/08 McRae, Independent, Economic View: China and India are heading for the top of the world but along the way the climb will become treacherous
1/13/08 Townsend, Guardian, Libya key transit for UK-bound migrants
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Faiola & Tse, WP, Fears About Economy Increase
1/12/08 Dash & SOrokin, NYT, Escalating Losses Force Citigroup to Seek More Foreign Investment
1/12/08 Bengali, McClatchy, Economic inequality, not just tribalism, spurs clashes in Kenya
1/12/08 Foley, Independent, US hit by price rises in Chinese imports
January 11, 2008
1/11/08 BBC, China's trade surplus jumps 48%
1/11/08 BBC, Japan recession fears on the rise
1/11/08 BBC, World Bank 'uncovers India fraud'
January 10, 2008
1/10/08 Trumbull, CSM, How a credit crunch may hurt the world economy
1/10/08 BBC, Africa 'being drained of doctors'
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 Hutchinson, Asia Times, Eroding Western living standards
1/09/08 Englehardt, MoJo, The $100 Barrel of Oil vs. the Global War on Terror
January 8, 2008
1/08/08 Al Jazeera, Senegal protest over EU trade deals
1/08/08 Cronin, IPS, Call to Keep Water Clean of Privatisation
1/08/08 BBC, Malaysia bans Indian recruitment
January 7, 2008
1/07/08 Corder, Independent, Blood-diamond expert testifies at Taylor's war crimes trial
January 6, 2008
1/06/08 Aslam, IPS, FINANCE: Watchdog Faults IMF Loan Conditions
January 5, 2008
1/05/08 RosenBerg, OpenLeft, Trade Kills--Major New Study Confirms Astronomical Cancer Risk
1/05/08 Barboza, NYT, In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay
January 4, 2008
1/04/08 Japan Today, Rising food prices in China threaten stability
1/04/08 Krugman, NYT, Dealing With the Dragon
1/04/08 CSM, As oil passes $100, the question: will it stop?
1/04/08 Madsen, IntelDaily, AFRICOM: The Recolonization of Africa by Uncle Sam
1/04/08 Klomegah, IPS, UZBEKISTAN: Call to Boycott Slave Children Cotton
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Seager, Guardian, Bank of England issues gloomy credit forecast as high street shops suffer
1/03/08 Montgomery, McClatchy, Mexican trucks allowed deep into U.S. in defiance of Congress, lawmaker says
1/03/08 Tobar, LAT, Mexican Farmers Protest NAFTA
January 2, 2008
1/02/08 Ugah, All Africa, Nigeria: 'Niger Delta Elite Have Betrayed the People'
1/02/08 BBC, Kenya violence unsettles markets
January 1, 2008
1/01/08 BBC, Fighting rocks Nigerian oil city
December 31, 2007
12/31/07 AP, Giving birth becomes the latest job outsourced to India
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Bezlova, IPS, Surging Inflation Worries China's Leaders
12/30/07 NYT, The Free Market: A False Idol After All?
12/30/07 AL Jazeera, Ebay launches microlending website
December 29, 2007
12/29/07 Kamber, NYT, Shame of Imported Labor in Kurdish North of Iraq
December 28, 2007
12/28/07 Truthout, Klein Interview - Shock Doctrine video
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Gettleman, NYT, Malnutrition Up in Darfur Despite Aid
12/27/07 Lakshmi, WP, Small-Scale Businesses Forestall a Green India
12/27/07 Chang, McClatchy, Bolivians fleeing misery at home find little relief in Brazil
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 Grice, Independent, Human greed is a threat to the planet, warns Williams
December 25, 2007
12/25/07 Dash, NYT, Merrill Lynch Sells Stake to Singapore Firm
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 Faiola, WP, Dollar's Fall Is Felt Around The Globe
12/24/07 Brown, Independent, Record numbers of child soldiers drafted into Congo war
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Spencer, WSWS, Severe food shortages, price spikes threaten world population
12/22/07 Spencer, WSWS, Severe food shortages, price spikes threaten world population
12/22/07 Story & Barboza, NYT, The Recalls' Aftershocks
12/22/07 Al Jazeera, US snubs Taiwan's UN referendum
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Wilkinson, IPS, EU-CARIBBEAN: New EPA Sets Timeline For Trade Liberalisation
12/21/07 BBC, US faces sanctions for gaming ban
12/21/07 Al Jazeera, Chavez offers 'oil for food'
12/21/07 Al Jazeera, Chavez offers 'oil for food'
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank's fears for economy point to gloomy 2008
12/20/07 Dugan, Independent, Asylum-seekers from Congo face deportation
12/20/07 Chavez, IPS, LATIN AMERICA: Rural Women Forge Their Own Path in Microenterprise
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Semu-Banda, IPS, MALAWI: ''Foreign Traders Are Taking Our Jobs''
12/19/07 BBC, Morgan Stanley takes $9.4bn hit
December 18, 2007
12/18/07 Netto, IPS, RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: 'Neo-Liberal Policies Fueling Protests, Not Race'
12/18/07 Netto, IPS, RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: 'Neo-Liberal Policies Fueling Protests, Not Race'
12/18/07 Foley, Independent, Millions at stake as credit crisis gets legal
12/18/07 Trumbull, CSM, Now, world buoys U.S. economy
12/18/07 BBC, Ageing 'threatens China economy'
12/18/07 BBC, Treasury extends Rock guarantees
12/18/07 BBC, WTO to probe US farm subsidies
December 17, 2007
12/17/07 Bogdanich, NYT, Counterfeit Drugs' Path Eased by Free Trade Zones
12/17/07 Johnson, McClatchy, 'Eco-city' in China gives off aroma of green -- money
12/17/07 BBC, African migrants drown off Yemen
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Sunday Herald, Delhi's Poorest Left Behind in Drive to Make City Ready for 2010 Games
December 15, 2007
12/15/07 Gardner, WP, Businesses Will Fight Immigration Legislation
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 Acharya, IPS, India: Prime Destination for Unethical Clinical Trials
12/14/07 BBC, Sweden denies Mogadishu conflict
12/14/07 O'Grady, Independent, Inflation expectations 'highest in years'
12/14/07 BBC, Brazil and Venezuela link trade
December 12, 2007
12/12/07 Rizvi, OneWorld, Indigenous Peoples Shut Out of Climate Talks, Plans
12/12/07 Weisman, NYT, China Agrees to Post U.S. Safety Officials in Its Food Factories
12/12/07 AP, Fed Joins 3 Central Banks in Loan Plan
12/12/07 Wearden, Guardian, FTSE weaker after US shares slide
12/12/07 Dunn, Guardian, Homeowners are doomed to fail, says Citizens Advice
12/12/07 BBC, Nigeria court bans rally permits
12/12/07 Al Jazeera, China warning over US protectionism
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 Weisman, NYT, China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord
12/11/07 BBC, Welfare deal for Nigeria's poor
December 10, 2007
12/10/07 Polgreen, NYT, Congo Republic Awash in Oil and Poverty
12/10/07 Grice, Independent, China the victor as Europe fails to secure trade deal with Africa
12/10/07 Zaccaro, IPS, RIGHTS: For Some, Childhood Is Rubbish
12/10/07 Landler, NYT, UBS Sells Stake After Write-Down
12/10/07 Zaccaro, IPS, RIGHTS: For Some, Childhood Is Rubbish
12/10/07 Macan-Markar, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: Trade, Finance Issues Add to Wrangling in Bali
12/10/07 Al Jazeera, Sinking kills migrants off Turkey
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Schweimler, BBC, S America set to launch new bank
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Skelton, Independent, Choc tactics: Cocoa co-operatives
December 6, 2007
12/06/07 Benjamin, Guardian, More than half of Amazon will be lost by 2030, report warns
12/06/07 BBC, Nigeria suspends Siemens dealings
December 5, 2007
12/05/07 BBC, Ivory Coast hit by cocoa strike
12/05/07 BBC, US Senate passes Peru trade pact
December 4, 2007
12/04/07 Griffin, Independent, Are we in for a China crisis?
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 BBC, Burma rules out NLD reform role
12/03/07 Diebert, IPS, The Bitter Taste of Cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire
12/03/07 Zizek, ITT, China's Valley of Tears
12/03/07 Guardian, Flattened forests - Papua video
12/03/07 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: Sanitation for All...in 115 Years
December 2, 2007
12/02/07 Reele, WP, Chile's Flourishing Fish Farms Prompt Fears for Ecosystem
12/02/07 Dugger, NYT, Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
12/02/07 India News, Gujarat's cotton grows on child labour
December 1, 2007
12/01/07 Marks, Independent, Ahead of summit, Indonesia plants 79 million trees to boost its green credentials
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Manning, AP, Jurors Deliberate Air Force Guard Case
November 29, 2007
11/29/07 Trumbull, CSM, In housing downturn, a new uncertainty factor
November 28, 2007
11/28/07 Sciolino, NYT, In French Suburbs, Same Rage, but New Tactics
11/28/07 Trumbull, CSM, Amid recession jitters, world's financial system vulnerable
November 27, 2007
11/27/07 Yoshikane, ITT, Public Libraries For Profit
11/27/07 WIllard, Reuters, French suburbs still await change after 2005 riots
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 Bernstein, NYT, Immigrant Workers Caught in Net Cast for Gangs
11/25/07 Doward, Guardian, Teachers: help us cope with migrants
11/25/07 Hutton, Guardian, Any more mistakes and we follow the US into crisis
11/25/07 Reuters, Disasters Quadruple Over Last 20 Years: Oxfam
November 23, 2007
11/23/07 Engdahl, CRG, The Financial Tsunami: Sub-Prime Mortgage Debt is but the Tip of the Iceberg
11/23/07 Paulson, CSM, Parents cope with season of suspect toys
November 22, 2007
11/22/07 DeParle, NYT, Western Union Empire Moves Migrant Cash Home
11/22/07 Eilperin, WP, How Trade Breakthrough Almost Broke Down in Congress
November 21, 2007
11/21/07 BBC, Aid cuts for Europe's big farmers
November 20, 2007
11/20/07 Irwin & Tse, WP, Fallout From Credit Crunch Creates Another One
November 18, 2007
11/18/07 Che, AP, America "Recycle's" Electronic Waste Overseas
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 Dillon, NYT, Study Compares States' Math and Science Scores With Other Countries'
11/14/07 Montlake, CSM, In new take on carbon-trading, Indonesia may get paid to save trees
11/14/07 BBC, 'Fast economic growth' in Africa
November 13, 2007
11/13/07 BBC, IMF ready to cancel Liberia debt
November 12, 2007
11/12/07 Seneviratne, IPS, Water Privatization - Boon or Multinational Corporate Conspiracy?
11/12/07 Aldred, Guardian, More Bear Species Threatened With Extinction
11/12/07 Bello, FPIF, Power, Passion, and Neoliberalism - Shock Doctrine Review
November 11, 2007
11/11/07 Connon, Guardian, Is it the end of the world for big banks?
November 10, 2007
11/10/07 Shin, WP, Taking Lead Safety Into Its Own Hands
11/10/07 BBC, China halts 'toxic' toy exports
November 9, 2007
11/09/07 BBC, Europe 'set for slower growth'
11/09/07 Adow, Al Jazeera, Niger's threatened nomads
11/09/07 O'Grady, Independent, How China is eating the world
11/09/07 Marks, Independent, The little girl who wanted a pair of shoes: suicide highlights poverty in Philippines
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Trumbull, CSM, Dollar, oil prices hint of inflation
11/08/07 Grynsbaum & Goodwin, NYT, Global Markets Down After U.S. Sell-Off
11/08/07 BBC, GHB fears for Chinese-made toys
11/08/07 BBC, Global shares hit by credit fears
November 6, 2007
11/06/07 Lawrence & Griffiths, Guardian, Revealed: How Multinational Companies Avoid The Taxman
November 5, 2007
11/05/07 Greenlees, NYT, PetroChina Shares Triple in Debut
November 4, 2007
11/04/07 Weisman, NYT, U.S. Sanctions Force World Bank to Halt Some Iran Aid
11/04/07 BBC, Markets mixed on credit concerns
November 3, 2007
11/03/07 Attwood, Independent, Bankruptcies set to soar next year despite good news, experts warn
11/03/07 Popham, Independent, Outcasts: Italy turns on its immigrants in wake of a murder
November 1, 2007
11/01/07 Gumbel, Independent, How giant stores changed face of America
October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Bogdanich, NYT, Chemicals Flow Unchecked From China to Drug Market
10/31/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank of China takes $322m sub-prime hit
10/31/07 BBC, New food standards law in China
10/31/07 BBC, Warning of Somali 'catastrophe'
10/31/07 Akande, Odilli, World Bank woos Africans in the Diaspora
October 30, 2007
10/30/07 Cho & Heath, WP, Oil and Trade Gains Make Major Investors Of Developing Nations
10/30/07 Buncombe, Independent, India's march of the dispossessed
October 29, 2007
10/29/07 Moore, WP, New Health Warning on Wine Labels Has Many French Seeing Red
10/29/07 Abramowitz, WP, U.S. Promises on Darfur Don't Match Actions
10/29/07 Timmons, NYT, Paulson in India With a U.S. Wish List
10/29/07 McDougall, Guardian, Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap
October 28, 2007
10/28/07 Booth, Guardian, Don't let culture be an excuse for demeaning women
10/28/07 BBC, Gap pulls 'child labour' clothing
10/28/07 BBC, < href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7065888.stm">Indian landless march into Delhi
10/28/07 AFP, India's Poorest March on Capital for Land Rights
October 27, 2007
10/27/07 Ford, Times, Tough restrictions will be kept for low-skilled workers from Europe
10/27/07 Pilger, Guardian, The politics of hypocrisy
October 26, 2007
10/26/07 Malkin, NYT, Mexicans Miss Money From Relatives Up North
October 25, 2007
10/25/07 BBC, Organic food rule change warning
October 22, 2007
10/22/07 BBC, Global stocks see sharp declines
October 21, 2007
10/21/07 Irwin, WP, Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa to Grow Steadily, IMF Says
10/21/07 Pae, LAT, Some firms replace offshoring with onshoring
10/21/07 BBC, IMF meets amid fears for growth
October 20, 2007
10/20/07 Weisman, NYT, Rules Urged to Govern Investing by Nations
October 19, 2007
10/19/07 Irwin, WP, Zoellick's Next Challenge Is Redefining Bank's Role
10/19/07 Popham, Independent, Five million Burmese are going hungry, warns UN
October 18, 2007
10/18/07 Schapiro, Nation, Toxic Toys
10/18/07 O'Grady, Independent, IMF lowers growth forecasts as Western economies weaken
10/18/07 BBC, Why women still die to give birth
October 17, 2007</