(September 18, 2000) Global warming is rapidly melting the ice-bound roof of the world, and turning it into desert, leading scientists have revealed.
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Three Gorges officials arrested for smuggling construction equipment
(September 15, 2000) Guangzhou Daily reports that two officials working for China’s Gezhouba Corporation, the largest contractor for the Three Gorges dam, have been arrested for smuggling imported construction equipment worth more than US$3-million.
Dissident at large
(September 15, 2000) Excerpt from a profile of Dai Qing: … Having been through so much already, where does Dai Qing find the strength to carry on? Dai credits her family and friends at home and abroad, especially her supporters at Toronto-based Probe International, who have had a profound influence on her life, she says.
Wahid calls for arrest of Suharto’s son over bomb blasts
(September 15, 2000) Indonesian president, said on Friday that the youngest son of former president Suharto, Hutomo Mandala Putra, would be arrested in connection with a car bomb blast at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) on Wednesday.
Statement on the Braziliam Referendum on debt
(September 14, 2000) Brazil Network on Multilateral Financial Institutions in the National Coordination of the Brazil Jubilee 2000 Campaign for a Debt-Free Milleniu.
Chixoy dam reparations
(September 12, 2000) Rights Action campaign for just compensation and reparations from the World Bank & the Inter-American Development Bank for survivors of the Rio Negro community destroyed by construction of the Chixoy Dam in Guatemala.
Asian Development Bank defers model hydro scheme in Vietnam
(September 11, 2000) Dam tragedy fuels downstream objections. Reports of at least five drownings as a result of massive flooding caused by Vietnam’s second largest hydro dam have prompted the Asian Development Bank to postpone financing of another dam on the same river.
Letter from Pierre Pettigrew, responding to Probe International’s Patricia Adams
(September 7, 2000) “The Canadian government is of the view that any continuing [Urra] issues should be settled in accordance with Columbia’s laws and justice mechanisms” writes Mr. Pettigrew.
Reckless development blamed for fouling of China’s waters
(September 6, 2000) The stench from Dian Lake smothers the tiny farming hamlets that dot its shores. Until 2002, the lake supplied drinking water to Kunming, the scenic capital of southern Yunnan Province, and provided a rich bounty for fishermen and a playground for tourists.
Probe Alert Fall 2000
Compensation for EDC-financed dam falls short for Colombia’s indigenous communities
Tribesmen flee flooding
(September 1, 2000) At least 300 hill-tribe families living in the northeast provinces have been evacuated to higher ground since Wednesday, due to heavy rains and the release of water from the Yali Falls dam in Vietnam.
Thai government agrees to open Pak Mun dam gates
(September 1, 2000) After more than 500 days of protest, villagers affected by the World-Bank financed dam move one step closer to restoring their fishery.
Probe Alert Fall 2000
Thai government agrees to open Pak Mun dam gates
Probe Alert September 2000
Canadian government defends more aid for disastrous Manantali Dam
Probe Alert September 2000
The World Bank has cancelled a highly contentious loan to China for an “anti-poverty program” that would have resettled 58,000 Chinese farmers in an area claimed by Tibetans as part of their homeland.
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