Breaking News http://www.weltwirtschaft-und-entwicklung.org/ de # King renews call for IMF rerform (FT) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1bf4013e-905c-11db-a4b9-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=abb716b0-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html 2012-05-16 # Thai markets remaining volatile (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6199439.stm 2012-05-16 # Spain donates $700 M for MDGs (UPI) http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061219-061645-8823r 2012-05-16 + Chávez's Citizen Diplomacy (The Nation) http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/featherstonev 2012-05-16 + Pressure on Starbucks (OneWorld.net) http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76192 2012-05-16 + Action Plan for Migrant Rights (ITUC) http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article494 2012-05-16 # World Bank: Major step to labour standards (ITUC) http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article491 2012-05-16 # The US Housing Crash in 2007 (CEPR) http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=644&Itemid=45 2012-05-16 # Gabito, Shakira, Blades initiate Life Aid-style concerts in LA (Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2073041.ece 2012-05-16 + 2007: China to enter global arena (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35732 2012-05-16 + Brazil to give LDCs market access (Oxfam) http://www.oxfam.org/en/news/pressreleases2006/pr061204_brazil 2012-05-16 + Richest 2% Own Half of World Wealth (UNU) http://www.unu.edu/media/archives/2006/files/mre44-06.pdf 2012-05-16 # Bolton to leave as UN ambassador (Reuters) http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-12-04T151503Z_01_WAO000031_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-BOLTON.xml 2012-05-16 # WB, IMF still pushing conditions (TWN/Eurodad) http://www.eurodad.org/articles/default.aspx?id=748 2012-05-16 # Annan: MDG prospects 'mixed, at best' (UN News) http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20744&Cr=millennium&Cr1=development 2012-05-16 + Doha trade-talk plans spark fears (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6189462.stm 2012-05-16 + WTO agrees on 'soft resumption' of talks (TWN) http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/twninfo482.htm 2012-05-16 + World Social Forum in Nairobi/Kenya (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35575 2012-05-16 + Mixed opinions on climate conference (IRIN) http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56430&SelectRegion=Global 2012-05-16 + Good Governance: European double standards (Terreviva) http://www.ipsterraviva.net/europe/article.aspx?id=4069 2012-05-16 + WTO Trips Declaration 5 Years on (ICTSD) http://www.ictsd.org/weekly/06-11-15/story4.htm 2012-05-16 + The Alliance of Civilizations report (NGLS) http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=170 2012-05-16 + Annan urgues developed countries (IRIN) http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56378&SelectRegion=Global&SelectCountry=GLOBAL 2012-05-16 + Statement on donor double standards (Eurodad) http://www.eurodad.org/articles/default.aspx?id=739 2012-05-16 + Battle for Cheap Drugs Lost in WTO (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35473 2012-05-16 + Spain boosts MDG partnership (Terraviva) http://www.ipsterraviva.net/europe/article.aspx?id=4040 2012-05-16 + US NGOs on election results (OneWorld US) http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/142212/1/ 2012-05-16 + Fair trade wins in US elections (Public Citizen) http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=225599492&url_num=4&url=http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2315 2012-05-16 + Free trade is the real election casualty (FT) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/573e28bc-6f52-11db-ab7b-0000779e2340.html 2012-05-16 + Africa has to adapt to climate change (IRIN) http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56287&SelectRegion=Africa&SelectCountry=AFRICA 2012-05-16 + China triples output as new powerhouse (IPS) http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35402 2012-05-16 + Anthony Giddens' new globalisation (Guardian) http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/anthony_giddens/2006/11/post_580.html 2012-05-16