(December 3, 2003) Belize’s prime minister on Wednesday defended a dam-building scheme
that environmentalists say would destroy one of the largest undisturbed
wildernesses in Central America.
Pay the debt owed to the Iraqi people
(December 2, 2003) In a discussion paper published on its Web site, debt campaigner Jubilee South called for an investigation and audit of the alleged Iraqi debt. According to Jubilee South, the people of Iraq are not demanding handouts and debt relief but, rather, sovereignty and reparations.
Historic challenge to proposed dam in Belize: Backgrounder
(December 2, 2003) This is the first environmental case in the long history of the Privy Council, which
still serves as the final court of appeal for Belize and commonwealth countries.
Historic challenge to proposed dam in Belize
(December 2, 2003) UK Privy Council hears a challenge by Belizean environmentalists to their government’s environmental approval of the project.
Canada under fire over dam
(December 2, 2003) Ottawa agency complicit in Belize plan that will endanger local people and environment, writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Regional power interconnection and power trade arrangements
(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.
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