UN Chief: Billions of Dollars Needed Yearly to Fight Food Crisis
As much as 15 billion to 20 billion U.S. dollars would be needed yearly to help fight the food crisis amid soaring prices, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said here on Wednesday.
Rich Countries are Accountable for World Crisis
Cuba stressed in Rome today that hunger and malnutrition are the consequences of an international world order that maintains and deepens poverty, inequalities and injustice.
Bad ethanol, good ethanol
Biofuel is in the dock at the global food summit in Rome this week, with counties divided over whether it is the villain behind food insecurity, or the cheap energy of the future.
Gaza’s 700 Stranded Students
Three days ago, on 1 June, Hadeel Abu Kwaik was sitting in her computer lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza looking worried, and perplexed. Today, having just been told her Fulbright scholarship has been reinstated, she says she is “Happy but still worried. I’m still not sure we will [all] be able to leave for the US.”
The New Deal and the 21st Century
The New Deal government represented new forces and politics. It operated through the Democratic Party. It made the Democrats as a party the majority party of the country, something they had not been since before the Civil War.
Labor Leaders Say McCain in 'Lockstep' with Bush
'Sen. McCain’s record shows he’s in lockstep with President Bush and the Administration’s corporate allies,' said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker in a press statement today responding to John McCain's June 3rd speech in Louisiana.
Venezuela Wary of Posada Pardon
Caracas, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela expressed suspicion Wednesday of a hearing for terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in US that could be followed by a pardon and evasion of his extradition.
Swallow the bitter pill or change the system
Barack Obama was right; working Americans are bitter. 'More than half of US workers say the American Dream is unattainable and nearly half blame the political system for the deterioration in their economic circumstances,' according to a new Zogby International survey released last week.
Calling for a 'New Direction,' Obama Claims Historic Win
With the final two primaries in South Dakota and Montana, Barack Obama secured the nomination of the Democratic Party. It is the first time an African American candidate has been nominated for a major political party in the US in its history.
Green Powered Lawnmowers
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), traditional gas-powered lawnmowers are a public nuisance to say the least. Using one of them for an hour generates as many volatile organic compounds as driving a typical car for 350 miles.
