(June 3, 2005) The Chinese sturgeon is believed to have inhabited the Yangtze River since the dinosaur era. But since the first dam blocked China’s longest river in January 1981, the Yangtze’s oldest species has been decimated, and could soon be lost forever.
Rock stars in bid to save Africa from debt
(June 2, 2005) Tony Blair is to fly to Washington armed with the promise of an unprecedented rock star-led mobilisation of public opinion, to urge George Bush not to risk the wrath of Europe by holding out on a deal to lift the debt burdens on Africa.
Repudiating Third World debt
(June 1, 2005) The devastation caused by the Third World’s debt is finally getting the attention it deserves. Many of you will have read in the newspapers about the plans of world leaders to finally forgive the dreadful debt that the world’s poorest have been burdened with. But why are the lenders – mostly northern governments and their agencies, such as the World Bank and IMF – suddenly arguing for debt forgiveness when before they so stubbornly argued that Third World nations must repay their debts?
What Iraq and Argentina Might Learn from Each Other
(June 1, 2005) Iraq and Argentina each launched a $100 billion debt restructuring last year. The two cases are rarely mentioned together.
Odious or just malodorous? Patricia Adams Letter to Finance and Development, IMF
(June 1, 2005) IMF should back, not belittle, odious debt regime
June 2005 Campaign Letter
Momentum to challenge the Third World’s odious debts is building so much that western countries are worried their loose lending will be exposed under international odious debt arbitration, and end their claim to repayment.
Geneva fast for economic justice in Iraq
(June 1, 2005) International social justice activists are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland from June 15 to June 30 to demand economic justice for Iraqi citizens, reports the London-based debt campaigner Jubilee Iraq.
Wolfowitz’s Move to the World Bank
(May 31, 2005) Presidency and the sharpening of economic policy as a weapon of mass impoverishment.
Africa is crying out for justice
(May 28, 2005) In the lead up to the G8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland, this July – where Africa is expected to be a main focus of discussion – Demba Moussa Dembele, of the African Forum on Alternatives, cautions Africans to curb their expectations.
Lugar ties reforms to US$3.7 billion reauthorization for multilateral development banks
(May 26, 2005) U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Dick Lugar today introduced legislation calling for reforms to bring greater transparency and accountability at the five multilateral development banks.
Past corruption is Nigeria’s ‘biggest single problem’
(May 25, 2005) The “biggest single problem” Nigeria faces today is the “corruption of the past” which is “hanging over” its future economic growth in the form of a large external debt, an international corruption and transparency expert has told the United States Congress.
Artificial water reservoir-triggered earthquakes with special emphasis at Koyna
(May 25, 2005) Globally, about one hundred sites are known where filling of artificial water reservoirs triggered earthquakes. It is noteworthy that a majority of the sites where triggered earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5 have occurred are in Stable Continental Regions.
Beating the oil-for-food system
(May 23, 2005) The U.N.-run oil-for-food program for Iraq ended up being easily manipulated by Saddam Hussein’s regime. One Iraqi businessman who gamed the system to import forbidden dual-use technology told The Washington Times how easy it was.
Declare Nigeria’s debt null and void
(May 22, 2005) In the same situation, western leaders would “quickly declare the debt null and void” and “drag our leaders and business people” involved in “debt fraud to every court in the world … for dare conniving with their illegitimate leaders.”
Experts scramble to tackle a colossal trouble zone
(May 20, 2005) Chinese environmental scientists are worried that the future operation of the Three Gorges dam could cause a wide strip of land stretching for thousands of kilometres to become geologically unstable, seriously polluted and a dangerous source of epidemic disease.
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