(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.
British MP rebukes US panel as oil-for-food inquiry widens
(May 20, 2005) British parliamentarian George Galloway has angrily rejected accusations he helped Saddam Hussein exploit the UN oil-for-food program.
A Hong Kong outsider aids a troubled Manila
(May 20, 2005) Corruption in the Philippines is so pervasive that, according to experts, it now requires an outsider with a formidable background and, perhaps, no known local roots to deal with it.
Chile’s Pinochet briefly hospitalized after stroke
(May 19, 2005) Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who faces a court investigation for possible crimes related to his multimillion dollar secret bank accounts, suffered a mini-stroke on Thursday and was hospitalized for several hours.
African women blame leaders for continent’s poverty
(May 18, 2005) Women at a two-day conference in Nairobi to launch an African women’s intiative on poverty and human rights have declared the continent’s leaders are responsible for the numerous problems facing Africa, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reports.
Leaky bowls
(May 18, 2005) The direct transfer of development assistance to African "vampire states" from Western governments that "do not want to criticize black African leaders for fear of being labeled racist" are two related aspects hobbling international aid programs, a Ghanaian scholar and author charged earlier this month, the Canadian-based Embassy magazine reports.
Debt cancellation: Victories and challenges
(May 17, 2005) How 100% debt cancellation for poor countries was transformed from an implausible demand into a winning issue.
Commission for Africa
(May 14, 2005) Africans should not blame Mr Tony Blair, the newly re-elected Prime Minister of Britain, for attempting to redress through the Commission for Africa report, decades of imbalances and injustices visited on Africans by both African rulers and their western
collaborators.
Uganda’s debt up by 50 percent
(May 13, 2005) According to a report by the Uganda Debt Network odious debt is "hampering" Uganda’s rate of development and expenditure on "essential services for poverty-reducing sectors" such as primary education, primary health care, and others.
Klong Dan to go ahead
(May 12, 2005) Natural Resources and Environment Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat shocked villagers opposed to the corruption-ridden Klong Dan wastewater treatment project in Samut Prakan province by announcing the stalled project will go ahead.
Will NT2 boost or burden Lao economy?
(May 12, 2005) More than a decade after the project was first conceived, financing for one of Southeast Asia’s most controversial investments is finally in place.
Philippines urged to adopt zero tolerance policy toward corruption
(May 12, 2005) The European Union has called for “zero tolerance” toward corruption at all levels of Philippine society and “ruthless” application of the law to everyone during the launching of the Office of the Ombudsman’s Corruption Prevention Project.
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