IDN InDepthNews informs on topics related to globalization, global governance and international cooperation http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=WD Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07:04 +0100 http://indepthnews.net/images/rechts.jpg http://indepthnews.net/area2.php?key=WD 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=2010-03-10%2001:07:04&key2=1 By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) - The existence of a "God gap" which is said to diminish American foreign policy was recently reported here, and immediately demonstrated that attempting to infuse foreign policy with religious outreach can be a complicated exercise. The catch-phrase "God gap" did not take full and proper account of two major religions, and could well have irritated followers of both. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-10%2001:07:04&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-09%2001:15:09&key2=1 By Ronald Joshua IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sprung a surprise on the international community by showing an easy way out of poverty that has been eluding practical solutions for decades now. He has discovered an energetic panacea against poverty: the cure-all nuclear power. The nucleus of Sarkozy's panacea against poverty consists of four insistent facts: http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-09%2001:15:09&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-09%2000:00:40&key2=1 By Thomas Hammarbeg* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint STRASBOURG (IDN) - Prohibition of the burqa and the niqab would not liberate oppressed women, but might instead lead to their further alienation in European societies. A general ban on such attires would constitute an ill-advised invasion of individual privacy. Depending on its precise terms, a prohibition also raises serious questions about whether such legislation would be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-09%2000:00:40&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-07%2019:16:58&key2=1 By Maria Luisa Vargas IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MEXICO CITY (IDN) - Some nine billion people are expected to inhabit the planet earth by 2050. This growth forecast is giving rise to the question how the growing number of people will be fed. The biotech industry sees no problem at all. In its view, the way out of the current impasse and toward meeting future requirements is in the deployment of genetic engineering. But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) does not share this view. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-07%2019:16:58&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-06%2022:04:05&key2=1 By Baltasar Garrido IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis MADRID (IDN) - Experts and decision-makers have followed with deep concern the Global Consultation on Migrant Health in Madrid. No wonder. Reports show that a high percentage of the one billion migrants worldwide lack access to health care, while their poverty and exploitative work conditions have worsened. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-06%2022:04:05&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-06%2001:49:09&key2=1 By Babukar Kashka IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NAIROBI (IDN) - Paradoxically, Africa -- the continent most exploited by giant corporations that plunder its natural resources, and the one which contributes the least to global warming -- is now urged to further produce green energy and implement more climate-friendly projects. In fact, a Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report for the three-day (March 3-6) Second African Carbon Forum, stresses that Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and 'green' energy remaining largely under-exploited. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-06%2001:49:09&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-03%2011:04:43&key2=1 By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) - As the only country having suffered nuclear bombings and intermittently rattled by atomic tremors from Pyongyang, Japan is not only anxiously looking forward to a new orientation of the role and mission of the U.S. nuclear forces in the next five to ten years, but also trying to influence Washington's decisions. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-03%2011:04:43&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-03%2003:32:26&key2=1 By IDN Global Desk By IDN Global Desk IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis (IDN) - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has come under severe attack for some minor errors in its extensive 2007 report on climate change. But, on the whole, the IPCC's conclusions remain indisputable: Climate change is happening now and human activity is causing it. There is no alternative for countries around the world to adapt to at least some climate change, including sea level rise, changes in precipitation, disruptions to agriculture, and species extinctions. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-03%2003:32:26&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-01%2002:38:53&key2=1 Ramesh Jaura talks to UN Assistant Secretary General Luc Gnacadja IDN-InDepth NewsInterview BERLIN (IDN) - "Enhancing soils anywhere enhances life everywhere," says UN's top official Luc Gnacadja, who is tasked with combating land degradation and drought - not only in Africa, the most vulnerable continent, but all along the drylands belt running from Latin America through Sahel and Asia. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-03-01%2002:38:53&key2=1 http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-02-28%2015:24:41&key2=1 By Kamala Viswanathan IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis JAKARTA (IDN) - A landmark conference in Indonesia has rekindled a momentous proposal for the establishment of a World Environment Organisation tabled at the UN General Assembly Special Session some thirteen years ago. http://indepthnews.net/news/news.php?key1=2010-02-28%2015:24:41&key2=1