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The following insightful analysis of top world news developments of last week comes to you compliments of The World & I Online. |
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| Week ending Friday, November 13, 2009
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Sierra Leone: Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary
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| Freetown, November 11 -- It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary.
Recent claims that the president’s office had ...
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China: Latest Africa Foray: Altruism or Hegemony?
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| Beijing, November 9 -- Brushing off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged "going all-out" to help African countries overcome poverty and f...
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Low Status Of Women Impairs Their Health
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| Geneva, November 9 -- The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to improve the health and lives of girls and women throughout their lifetime. A new WHO report finds girls and women wo...
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Peace Corps' Popularity Jumps
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| Washington, D.C. -- The Peace Corps, the volunteer program that emerged from President Kennedy's New Frontier in 1961 to promote international development and good will, is seeing a record number of a...
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Brazil: Green Beans to Go, Roast Coffee Grounded
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| Rio de Janeiro, November 11 -- For over a century and a half, Brazil has led the world in green coffee bean production and exports, without ever achieving similar success with processed beans. Some of...
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Egypt: Black Cloud with a Silver Lining
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| Cairo, November 9 -- The conversion of excess rice straw into fertilizer, rather than simply burning it off could be the solution to a problem that has plagued Cairo residents for the last 10 years: t...
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Tajikistan: Struggling to Learn in Cramped, Dangerous Classrooms
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| Rudaki, November 11 -- Six months after floods hit parts of southern-central Tajikistan, damaging or destroying dozens of schools and other buildings, hundreds of students are still attending school i...
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Argentina: 'Grandma, Will You Read to Me?'
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| Buenos Aires, November 11 -- "Moving," "rewarding," "therapeutic" are some of the terms used to describe their volunteer work by some of the women taking part in the Storytelling Grandmothers Program ...
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Russian Gas: Pipelines, Politics and Money
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| Moscow, November 11 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine he will cut off the country's gas supplies if it siphons fuel from export lines. Mr. Putin made the statement in Moscow ...
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Yemen: Most IDPs Shun Official Camps
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| Haradh-Sanaa, November 12 -- Reports from various UN agencies operating in northern Yemen indicate that many people displaced by fighting between Houthi-led insurgents and government forces would rath...
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Report Finds Dirty Money, Water in China
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| Beijing, November 12 -- More than a half-billion dollars meant for tackling water pollution in Chinese rivers and lakes has been embezzled or misused, seriously undercutting pollution prevention effor...
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