UN weighs action on Syria
The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia’s envoy stated he could not back the ...
Ron Paul’s Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot
Rep. Ron Paul (R., Tex.). Image via Wikipedia Libertarians are constantly lecturing the rest of us about the purity of their principles. Conservatives are just as statist as liberals, goes ...
ARGENTINA: Drought Threat Looms Again
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 26, 2012 (IPS) – The low humidity in Argentina’s most agriculturally productive region has already caused a decline in grain yield – in particular corn and soybean ...
Police: 16 kilograms of cocaine seized at UN
UNITED NATIONS — A shipment containing 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.’s mail intake center, a New York Police Department spokesman stated Thursday. Only ...
Combativeness Doesn’t Equal Seriousness about Entitlement Reform
Last week, I wrote about the curious phenomenon of right-wing populists who say that they’re the true believers in limited government, while opposing the candidates who actually make substantive proposals ...
UZBEKISTAN: Population Endures Shortages Amid Plenty
BISHKEK, Jan 25, 2012 (IPS/EurasiaNet) – Just a week ago at a cabinet meeting, Uzbek leader Islam Karimov hailed the achievements of the Uzbek economic model, which is basically a ...
Rio buildings collapse, cause deaths
Rescue workers search for victims Wednesday after a building collapses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO — Two downtown buildings collapsedWednesday, leavingat least two dead inside the wreckage. ...
State of the … Health Care Reform
President Obama’s largest legislative accomplishment to date was the passage of the health care reform law, which has been going into effect in stages, with regulations currently being written for ...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Informal Economy Ensures Equitable Development
PORT MORESBY, Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) – Although Papua New Guinea is known as a resource-rich country, 85 percent of the population depends on the informal economy for a living. ...
Jagger backs out of Davos: I was ‘political football’
By msnbc.com staff and news services Mick Jagger has backed out of an event to promote Britain at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying that he did not ...