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31.05.2006 Net private capital flows to developing countries reached a record high of $491 billion in 2005, driven by privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, external debt refinancing, as well as strong investor interest in local-currency bond markets in Asia and Latin America, says the World Bank’s annual 2006 Global Development Finance report.

28.05.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (OneWorld) - Executives at Yahoo's annual shareholders meeting Thursday turned down a request from the human rights group Amnesty International, which is demanding the world's most visited Web site stop censoring the Internet and referring dissidents to the Chinese government.

25.05.2006 from Deltoid, Tim Lambert's blog:
How to apply for a job at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), home of the 'alleged global warming crisis' ads. Pink Punko leads the way...

24.05.2006 As top sportswear brands prepare to showcase their wares at the soccer World Cup in Germany, many sportswear workers in Asia are facing intimidation or dismissal for attempting to unionise, according to a report released today.

24.05.2006 UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (OneWorld) - As policy makers from around the world gather here to attend a major United Nations conference on fisheries, a prominent environmental group has renewed its demand for a global effort to stem so-called pirate fishing and a worldwide moratorium on high seas fishing by commercial companies using bottom trawlers.

22.05.2006 from Shea Gunther's blog:
TV ads by Big Oil in the US 'are a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public about the global warming debate'. Are we surprised?

16.05.2006 The rapid growth of China’s and India’s economies is expected to change the global landscape completely by 2050. The problem is their pattern of growth is not sustainable, opines Arun Maira.

11.05.2006 The Indian Supreme Court stopped construction work at a gigantic mall project in New Delhi after it was discovered that the project had not taken the mandatory Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) clearances. The decision by the court came after a petition was filed by two environment NGOs.

11.05.2006 Women in Kalinga Nagar in the east Indian state of Orissa have now taken over the reins of the agitation against the building of a steel plant in, where 13 tribal protestors were killed in police firing on a group of anti-displacement protestors on January 2, 2006. Women from 16 villages have resolved to continue their fight for survival and human dignity.