Chapter 3: A flood of troubles
Other News Sources
‘Africa bores me,’ says Live Aid rocker Bob Geldof
(February 1, 2005) “The pace of change is far too slow, and Africans excuse their own complicity in exactly the same way as our politicians,” he said.
How the west dug holes for the poor
(January 31, 2005) During the cold war, the developed nations lent willingly to Africa. No worries then about how corrupt dictators might misuse the money or line their own pockets.
Bush and Brown head for showdown on debt relief
(January 30, 2005) US likely to block Britain’s ‘Marshall Plan for Africa’ at G7 summit.
An alliance of democracies
(January 28, 2005) Building a stronghold of democracies, defining a big-stick policy and making the doctrine of odious an international law should help lay the foundations of a democratic alliance able to stabilize a democratic world order.
Riggs Bank fined for not reporting suspect accounts
(January 27, 2005) Riggs Bank pleaded guilty to failing to report suspicious financial transactions, including more than $10 million deposited by former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The judge said a $16 million fine agreed to by prosecutors may not be enough.
Dealing the debt
(January 27, 2005) As the ‘Make Poverty History’ lobby takes up a new call for redistribution between the first and third worlds Jon Harle wonders what part debt actually plays in poverty.
Oil/food probe to ask more of Annan
(January 26, 2005) Investigators probing charges of impropriety in the UN oil-for-food program have questioned Secretary-General Kofi Annan about his involvement and will do so again, a UN spokesman has said.
‘Outposts of tyranny’ list is selective
(January 25, 2005)The list is as interesting for the countries it leaves out as for the countries it includes.
Corner House double victory
(Jan. 25, 2005) On UK government department’s anti-bribery rules and public interest litigation.
Up against the past
(January 23, 2005) The last time Iraq tried a parliamentary system, it ended in failure, under circumstances not unlike today’s.
Pinochet ‘secret’ accounts sought
(January 20, 2005) A Chilean judge is to launch an international search for secret bank accounts belonging to former military ruler General Augusto Pinochet.
Argentina apologizes for debt fiasco amid hostility
(January 20, 2005) As hostility to Argentina’s debt swap offer spread from Italy to Germany, Argentina made a rare apology on television to Italian bondholders, most of them pensioners, who bought the country’s bonds before a default three years ago.
The Story of the Dahe Dam
(January 20, 2005) A fascinating, detailed account of the years-long struggle for redress pursued by thousands of people who were plunged deeper into poverty by the construction of the Dahe dam. Many of the farmers uprooted for that dam, built 30 years ago on a Yangtze tributary in what is now Chongqing municipality, are being moved again for the Three Gorges project.
Rice targets 6 ‘outposts of tyranny’
(January 19, 2005) Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice yesterday branded six countries, including Iran and North Korea, as "outposts of tyranny," coining a term reminiscent of President Bush’s "axis of evil" three years ago.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Probe Media
Other News Sources
Probe International 