Arbiter of investment disputes favors global north
/GIN WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - A little-known entity that mediates disputes between sovereign nations and foreign investors appears to favor corporations in northern countries,...
Black women define a shared agenda
/GIN MEXICO CITY, Mexico (IPS/GIN) - Fewer than 50 Black women hold high-level political or administrative posts in Latin America and the Caribbean,...
Estranged Aborigines say aid won’t reverse damage
MELBOURNE, Australia (IPS) - Aboriginal communities in Australia are still mourning family ties destroyed by the forced removal of Indigenous children from...
NGOs sue U.S. gov’t for disappeared detainees
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Three human rights groups sued the U.S. government June 7 to force it to disclose information about detainees allegedly held...
Sudan and America’s racist foreign policy
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Bush imposes pre-emptive sanctions on the Sudan WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Hostility toward the government of the Sudan by the U.S. and other Western nations...
Nigeria sues U.S. drug company Pfizer for $7 Billion
GINNEWS Anger at deadly Nigerian drug trials (BBC, 06-20-2007)Pharmaceutical trials in developing countries criticized (FCN, 06-11-2007)Nigeria: Drug Test - FG Sues Pfizer for $7 Billion...
Pharmaceutical trials in developing countries criticized
Profit still trumps public health for ‘Big Pharma’ firms (FCN, 12/08/2006)Pharmaceutical cartel: How does it work? (FCN, 02/04/2004)Activists charge pharmaceutical cartel with being...
Zimbabwe elected to chair UN commission, despite Western and European protests
Britain continues to pressure UN to censure Zimbabwe (FCN, 04-13-2007) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Zimbabwe was elected to chair the UN Commission on Sustainable Development...
Pentagon aimed to control Iraqi media during war
JIM.LOBE National Security Archive reveals Pentagon aimed to control Iraqi media during war Pentagon OK's Propaganda for Iraq (LA Times, 03-04-2006)Pentagon pays Iraqi papers to print...
UN-backed court to start trial of Charles Taylor in June
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The war crimes trial against the deposed former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will begin on June 4 with opening...