(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.
Dai Qing’s introduction to The Story of the Dahe Dam
(January 19, 2005) ‘To learn more about what goes on behind the scenes in China, this book about the ruinous consequences of one small dam is an excellent place to start,’ Dai Qing writes in her introduction to the English translation of Ying Xing’s groundbreaking work.
Spotlight on Kofi
(January 19, 2005) US federal prosecutors made public this week their first conviction in the United Nations Oil-for-Food program.
Time to find embezzled millions: opinion
(January 18, 2005) Money embezzled and hidden in foreign banks by African government officials is a potential new source of funds for the continent, a US-based academic has suggested.
Rice vows to pursue oil-for-food scandal
(January 18, 2005) The U.N. oil-for-food program for Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was scandalously mismanaged and will be reviewed as an important item in President Bush’s second term, Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
Yudhoyono plans anti-corruption measures
(January 17, 2005) Indonesia’s new government is expected to announce fresh anti-corruption initiatives, including a review of the regulations that let the former strongman Suharto avoid prosecution by pleading ill-health.
Riggs directors silent as scandal unfolded
(January 17, 2005) Riggs Bank directors did not question the nature of the bank’s relationship with the former Chilean dictator Gen. Pinochet; no internal procedures were changed and the board took no action, say sources.
UN urges rapid action on poverty
(January 17, 2005) A major UN report on world poverty has urged a vast increase in development aid to the world’s poorest countries.
New chance for African debt relief
(January 17, 2005) Recent agreements by the Paris Club of donor nations surrounding sovereign debt relief for Iraq as well as tsunami-hit countries represent an opportunity for progress in debt relief on the African continent as well: finance minister.
Grinding them down: Argentina’s debt
(January 17, 2005) The terms of Argentina’s debt swap are harsh. Even so, most bondholders will probably accept them.
Food aid exposes the West’s uncharitable charity
(January 15, 2005) If nothing else, the recent Indian Ocean tsunami disaster should draw attention to that other giant wave damaging Asia’s shores, the one made of all the cut-price food western countries dump on them.
It takes two
(January 14, 2005) Countries sending funds to Indonesia are right to be concerned about the exploitation of relief, but Indonesians are not the only ones who might be tempted.
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