El recientemente firmado acuerdo indo-norteamericano que abre las puertas del club de las potencias nucleares reconocidas a India se ha calificado de histórico; es posible que, por una vez, no se trate de la típica...
俄罗斯就土库曼斯坦的天然气签署了两项协定，以保证俄罗斯对该地区天然气出口的控制。M.K. 巴德哈库马（M.K. Bhadrakumar）在《亚洲时代》（Asia Times）上的文章指出，俄罗斯会支付更高的市场价格来购买土库曼的天然气，这所显示的是地缘政治上的战略，而不是经济上的。同时，中国与俄罗斯结束了能源合作的谈判。“简而言之，作为土库曼天然气的唯一买家，俄罗斯天然气公司Gazprom的这一新地位将进一步强化俄罗斯调控世界天然气（和石油）价格的实力。”巴德哈库马指出了这两项协定对中国、欧洲、美国以及中亚的意义。这两项协定还显示出俄罗斯对建立能源联盟的兴趣在不断增长，...
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Sea levels are rising, and 25 percent of the rise since 1880 has occurred during the last two decades. An increase of a few inches may not seem dramatic, but the economic impacts are expected to be immense. “Higher levels will affect the eight of the world's largest cities that are near a...
NGO Oxfam has developed a scoring mechanism to evaluate multinational food companies and their effects on the environment, labor and health, reports a New York Times blog. “The goal of the scorecard, called ‘Behind the Brands,’ is to motivate consumers to pressure companies like Nestlé, Kellogg and...
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With European countries struggling to get a control on debt, the European Commission is taking steps to appoint one person responsible for scrutinizing finances. Rival commissioners could not over-ride disciplinary measures imposed by the commissioner for economics and monetary affairs on nations...
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The Israeli-Palestinian divide is so deep and the world has so many pressing economic and security challenges, it’s no surprise that many foreign-policy experts put the Middle East low on any US priority list. But the longstanding plight of millions of Palestinians in the occupied zones...
Crisis management? The world looks on as Israelis block an aid flotilla and peace talks languish
NEW HAVEN: The flotilla incident off Gaza serves to remind us of the broad spillover effects of the long-simmering conflict between Israel and the...
The global economic recession has resulted in a rise in human trafficking, according to a US State Department report. The report, issued annually and covering 2008, cites 52 countries and territories for failing to combat human trafficking, up from 40 the previous year. While the rise was caused in...
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The protests and demands by immigrants in the US, both legal and not, have been subdued in 2008, even though this is a presidential election year. “Immigration is one of those campaign issues in which rhetoric and reality continue to move further apart,” writes Tim Rutten for the Los Angeles Times...
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