(December 1, 2003) An initiative to promote regional power trade in the Greater Mekong, finance the construction of interconnecting transmission lines between various power systems and mobilize private sector investments in power.
Iraq urges quick debt rescheduling
(November 30, 2003) Iraq’s US-installed Governing Council has appealed to the international community to speed up the rescheduling of the towering debt accumulated by Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime.
Why Belize’s new dam is more than just a natural disaster
(November 29, 2003) It is believed to be the
first time an environmental issue has come before the Privy Council in
an almost 500-year history.
Fur will fly when Privy meets!
(November 28, 2003) BACONGO charges reckless endangerment.
McPherson addresses Iraq
(November 27, 2003) MSU president Peter McPherson after five months’ leave as the financial coordinator of ORHA/CPA in Iraq says, "We can’t have Iraqis paying for Saddam 25 years from now. To postpone the debt would be a geopolitical mistake."
More change at the helm of the Three Gorges project
Lu Youmei is stepping down as general manager of the Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, China News Service (Zhongguo xinwen she) reports.
Magazine highlights terrorist danger to the dam
Security officials are taking steps to counter the possibility of a terrorist attack on the Three Gorges dam involving the large boats that are now able to navigate that section of the Yangtze, a new Shanghai-based news weekly says.
Millions risked on BAE contract
(November 27, 2003) Taxpayers’ money used to underwrite massive arms deal with shaky Saudi government.
Iraqi sovereign debt cancellation
(November 26, 2003) At the new session of the UK Parliament this week, Labour MP Barry Gardiner tabled an Early Day Motion on Iraqi debt. The text for the motion reads: "This House . . . concludes that Iraq’s debt is unsustainable; [and] further welcomes and supports Jubilee Iraq’s proposals for debt cancellation."
Spie Batignolles next in line for Lesotho prosecution
(November 25, 2003) The prosecution of multinational companies on charges of corruption relating to the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is quietly continuing.
Mulford: A devotee of debt swap
(November 24, 2003) The U.S. Ambassador to India agrees that Iraq’s debt should be "forgiven," but questions the Paris Club’s forgiveness route.
Schroeder calls for Iraq debt relief
(Sydney Morning Herald November 24, 2003) We have not forgotten what helped Germany after World War II. Without the Americans’ generous repayment plan, there would not have been reconstruction and an economic miracle in Germany.
Privy Council to hear case on Chalillo dam
(November 24, 2003) The highest court in the Commonwealth will hear the case brought by environmental groups and business owners against the Belize government’s approval of the Chalillo dam.
Forum blasts ‘foreign owned’ Nepad
(November 23, 2003) The New Partnership for African Development (Nepad), which many of Africa’s leaders have pinned their hopes on for economic recovery, has been blasted by civil society as another form of colonialism and imperialism.
Germany backs Iraq debt relief by Paris Club
(November 23, 2003) German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Germany would endorse a reduction of Iraq’s debt to Germany, once Iraq’s security situation and political structure had improved.
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