IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=AP Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:45:29 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=AP 292 117 IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters de-de rjaura@globalommedia.com(Ramesh Jaura) jbusse@globalommedia.com(Joerg-Werner Busse) 60 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2022:45:29&key2=1 By Martin Khor* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint GENEVA (IDN) - The 20 billion U.S. dollar put aside by BP to pay for the effects of the Gulf oil spill contrasts with the lack of accountability of big firms that cause environmental harm in developing countries. In a widely publicised move in June, the United States President Barrack Obama succeeded in getting the oil company BP to set aside $20 billion into a fund to meet claims for compensating losses arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-28%2022:45:29&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-27%2016:47:05&key2=1 By Anand Kumar* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) - Multi-party democracy in Maldives -- an island nation in the Indian Ocean -- is facing a major crisis after less than two years of its establishment. A bitter political struggle has emerged between the president and opposition-led national parliament since June. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-27%2016:47:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:03:57&key2=1 By Kalinga Seneviratne IDN-InDepth NewsFeature* SINGAPORE (IDN) - Every Sunday morning thousands of young and old pour into Singapores two convention centres -- Expo and Suntec -- packing into large halls with blinding stage-lights, camera crews on cranes transmitting pictures onto jumbo electronic screens with multimedia effects. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-24%2015:03:57&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2000:17:11&key2=1 By Shada Islam* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BRUSSELS (IDN) - Times change. Foreign relations used to be the exclusive domain of governments. Foreign ministries operated behind closed doors. Diplomats met other government officials, attended receptions and once in a while hosted a "cultural event" showcasing national folk music and dance. Contrast that with the vast array of non-state actors which drive and influence relations among countries in today's globalised and inter-connected world. Diplomats can still do their bit on behalf of governments.But with 24/7 news channels, the Internet, Twitter and other social networking tools, state representatives are fast losing their monopoly on fashioning public attitudes and perceptions. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-22%2000:17:11&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2023:08:38&key2=1 By Prakash Joshi IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) - As the war in Afghanistan enters another summer of increasing violence, a new report finds that the international community is experiencing severe difficulties in the crucial battle to win over the hearts and minds of the local population in southern Afghanistan. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2023:08:38&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2001:52:36&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - For the third time in less than two years, the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has expressed concern over the death of an Indian journalist. Hem Chandra Pandey is the third Indian journalist to be killed since December 2008. He was killed early July 2010 along with a Maoist leader in an encounter with police in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2001:52:36&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2000:19:56&key2=1 By R Kim IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis SEOUL (IDN) - Asia and the International Monetary Fund are set to build strong ties in run-up to the summit meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) major industrial nations and emerging economies in November 2010 in Seoul. The Fund's relationship with Asia had suffered during the 1997-98 Asian crisis. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-16%2000:19:56&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2021:03:34&key2=1 By Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsFeature* TOKYO (IDN) - Nowadays they are trucking hazardous cargo. They carry fine chemicals and ethanols, imported by trading companies, to client factories in Tokyo and surrounding five prefectures, known as the Kanto area. But there is a long and exciting human story behind today's Gosho Transportation Company. The short of the long story is that before Yoshio Emori founded Gosho in 1969, its predecessor Emori Oil Co. Ltd was running 27 gas stations in Saitama and Tokyo. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2021:03:34&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2018:17:56&key2=1 By Shada Islam* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint BRUSSELS (IDN) - Two years ago at their meeting in Beijing, Asian and European leaders vowed joint action to rebuild the battered global economy. "We swim together, or we sink together," European Commission President José Manuel Barroso told the ASEM summit. Can that message of solidarity and pledge of collective action be repeated again when Asia-Europe leaders gather in Brussels on October 4-5? http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-14%2018:17:56&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2009:20:28&key2=1 By Prakash Joshi IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) - Armed attacks on non-governmental organisations and humanitarian agencies working in Afghanistan have lessened over the past six months, not only because of their own security measures, but also because the Taliban have stopped targeting them, according to the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO). While some 1,200 security incidents were recorded in June 2010 -- more than in any month since the fall of the Taliban -- assaults on NGOs by armed opposition groups in the first half of 2010 were 35 percent lower than in 2008-2009, says ANSO, which provides free safety analysis and advice to member NGOs. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-07-09%2009:20:28&key2=1