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19 Mar, 2012
Beijing to Host Int’l Cultural Congress On “China And The Muslim World”
JEDDAH – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) through its Research Center For Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) are jointly organizing a congress on “China and the Muslim World: Cultural Encounters” to be held in Beijing between 28-30 June 2012. The concept adopted for the congress […]
more…18 Mar, 2012
A global ponzi scheme of lies, deception and disinformation
Originally Published: 18 March 2012 The March 11 massacre of 16 Afghan civilians and the March 14 farewell-to-arms by a departing Goldman Sachs executive may appear to be totally separate events but perhaps are interconnected in more ways than can be initially imagined. It would be tempting to attribute both to the Ides of March, […]
more…16 Mar, 2012
US Public Opinion in Disarray Over Waging War in Middle East
The latest Pew Research Centre poll of U.S. public opinion, released on March 15, indicates mass confusion about which war to wage in the Middle East. The results indicate public views supporting a pull-out from Afghanistan, not getting involved in Syria but in favour of starting another war by attacking Iran in order to protect […]
more…16 Mar, 2012
What Would Christ Do At An (Israeli) Checkpoint?
OCCUPIED PALESTINE – Israel has been paranoid about people finding out the truth of what it is doing. In an example of this, 55 Harvard students were expelled from Al-Walaja earlier this week (see 1 below). On several occasions when we took delegations to visit Al-Walaja we were harassed. This included the times when I […]
more…16 Mar, 2012
Australia to Host Inaugural Special Olympics Asia Pacific in 2013
Canberra, 15 Mar 2012 — Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas today congratulated Special Olympics Australia for winning the right to host the inaugural Special Olympic Asia Pacific Games in Newcastle from 30 November to 7 December 2013. ‘I know Newcastle will do a magnificent job […]
more…16 Mar, 2012
New Reports Out On Australian Aviation, Transport Stats
Canberra, March 15 – The Australian Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) has released three reports providing economic analysis, research and statistics on infrastructure, transport and regional development issues. Highlights: There were 27.6 million passengers carried on international flights to and from Australia in 2010–11, an increase of 7.3 per cent over the […]
more…16 Mar, 2012
Road Transport Penalties, Bureaucracy Drag Down Global Economies
Adapted from a statement delivered at the UN Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Ministerial Conference on Transport, Bangkok, 15 March 2012
more…16 Mar, 2012
Bite your tongue: Russians wearying of Western criticism — RT
The Levada Center, a polling agency, released data on a nationwide survey taken in February that shows a marked trend toward domestic opposition to outside criticism – from the West in general, and the United States in particular. The percentage of Russians who believe that Moscow should stop paying attention to criticism from the West […]
more…15 Mar, 2012
U.S. Job Insecurity, Debt Keep Retirement Confidence at Historic Lows
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — A new survey says Americans’ confidence in their ability to afford a comfortable retirement remains at historically low levels in the face of job uncertainty and financial insecurity. The 2012 annual Retirement Confidence Survey, released by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in Washington, and co-sponsored by the […]
more…15 Mar, 2012
400,000 Young Americans Indicate, “Gas Prices Are Too Damn High” as Prices Top $4
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012 –(BUSINESS WIRE) — Generation Opportunity today announced a new social media platform, the Facebook page “Gas Prices Are Too Damn High,” with over 400,000 fans. The page provides a forum for young Americans hit hard by the rising cost of gasoline coupled with the financial stress caused by the poor economy […]
more…15 Mar, 2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica To End Print Edition, Go Completely Digital
CHICAGO, March 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., announced today that it will cease publication of the 32-volume printed edition of its flagship encyclopedia, continuing with the digital versions that have become popular with knowledge seekers in recent decades. The Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been primarily an online product for almost 20 years, […]
more…15 Mar, 2012
India Gets First Expo for Civil Society and CSR Professionals
NEW DELHI, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — UBM India will launch NGO India 2012 at Epicenter, Gurgaon on 16 – 18 March 2012. NGO India 2012 will be an exhibition and conference aimed at fostering alliances and networking between the country’s CSR and NGO communities. As more and more corporates realise the brand value and […]
more…15 Mar, 2012
First-Ever TEDxWallStreet to Focus on “Redefining Success” in a Challenging World
NEW YORK, March 15, 2012 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The soul-searching sweeping through the global financial community in the wake of the “Why I Left Goldman Sachs” commentary in the New York Times has heightened the topicality of the first-ever TEDxWallStreet, a not-for-profit event, on March 30: “Redefining Success,” within the Wall Street community and […]
more…14 Mar, 2012
China Tell West Its “Old Routines” Have Failed in Syria
March 14, 2012, Edited and translated by People’s Daily Online China’s diplomacy is very active recently to explore the solution to the Syria issue. After Ambassador Li Huaxin, representative of the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, visited Syria, Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Ming began to visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France. Some foreign media named […]
more…14 Mar, 2012
South Asia’s Largest Food & Hospitality Fair Opens in India
The 27th International Food & Hospitality Fair, said to be the largest in South Asia, opened in New Delhi on March 12. The show combines two separate but concurrent exhibitions. “Hospitality India” covering Hotel & Restaurant Equipment and Supplies and “Food India” covering Processed Food & Beverages. This year’s show, which runs until march 16, […]
more…14 Mar, 2012
Six Major Problems Facing China’s “Real Economy”
March 14, 2012 — Edited and translated by People’s Daily Online “Wuhan Iron and Steel Company veers off business focus to pig farming because it is more profitable than steel production. It shows that China’s real economy is facing serious internal problems, in addition to external problems such as sluggish demand and snobbish banking practices,” […]
more…14 Mar, 2012
India Targets 12% Annual Visitor Arrivals Growth in 2012-17 Five-Year Plan
Recognising tourism as a major job-creator for the national economy, Indian President Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil has told Parliament that the government will target an annual visitor arrivals growth of 12% over the 12th Five-Year Plan period 2012-17. In her address to the Parliament on March 12, 2012, marking the halfway point of her Government, […]
more…13 Mar, 2012
Indians, I.T. Professionals Top U.S. H1B Visa Profiles for 2012
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 13, 2012 — Indian citizens and Information Technology Myvisajobs.com, a leading employment website for immigrants, has released its 7th Annual H1B Visa and Employment-based Green Card reports. The H1B Visa reports were created based on an analysis of 358,857 Labor Condition Applications (LCA) filed by 66,970 U.S. employers during fiscal […]
more…13 Mar, 2012
Burma’s Karen People Caution Investors: Wait Until Peace Deals Cemented
Bangkok – Representatives of Myanmar’s Karen ethnic group, whose state is located right on the strategic transportation border contact point with Thailand, are cautioning investors and developers not to rush in until a proper political dialogue takes hold and yields a long-lasting peace agreement. Stressing that the current ceasefire agreed in the Karen regions only […]
more…12 Mar, 2012
ADB Debars Consultants For Inflating Travel Expenses, Flouting Integrity Rules
Consultants concocting airline documents to justify false expense claims is one of numerous integrity violations reported by the Asian Development Bank in an internal investigation report made public on March 12.
more…11 Mar, 2012
Redesigned Tulip Museum Due to Open in Amsterdam
Amsterdam (PRWEB) March 07, 2012 — The Amsterdam Tulip Museum has been reimagined, redesigned, and will reopen with all new exhibits at its new location on April 25, 2012. Located in the heart of Amsterdam on 116 Prinsengracht, two doors down from its old location, the new museum will feature approximately 2,200 square feet of […]
more…11 Mar, 2012
Bad Behaviour Survey: Stealing Co-Workers’ Ideas, Having Body Odour Top the List
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–If you could get away with it, would you cheat on your spouse? 38% of women polled for a new survey from FITNESS Magazine and Yahoo! Shine said they would cheat if given a free pass. The exclusive survey asked 2,000 women and men to fess up to their worst behaviors […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Anti-Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace Manual Launched in Indonesia
JAKARTA (ILO / APINDO), 8 March 2012: The International Labour Organization and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) marked 8 March, International Women’s Day, by launching a guideline manual to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The guideline manual to prevent and manage sexual harassment at the enterprise level was jointly launched at FX Lifestyle X’nter […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Attn: Young People, Chance to Tell the World How Jobs Crisis is Impacting You
08 March 2012, GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a video contest for young people (from 18 to 29 years) to show how the global jobs crisis is affecting them, their friends, families and communities. Three winners will be invited to Geneva (all expenses paid) to attend the ILO Youth […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Coke reveals its secret: It may need to carry a cancer warning – The Independent
Nightmares about the backlash they suffered the last time they dared to change the secret recipe for their drink still most likely haunt Coca-Cola executives. But 27 years after the ill-fated launch of New Coke, the threat of having a cancer warning placed on their famous red bottles is forcing them to revise the closely […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Israelis build the world’s biggest detention centre – The Independent
Israel is to begin construction soon on a vast detention facility in the Negev desert to house the thousands of immigrants that cross illegally into Israel from Egypt every year. Human rights groups fear that the detention centre, the largest of its kind in the world, with a capacity to hold 8,000 migrants, will turn […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Editor’s Letter: British Empire – The Independent
While Paxo has certainly boosted his Avios account, there is little new to be learnt, but it is a timely reminder of quite how ubiquitous British power was and the astonishing arrogance it begat. And that it was all so relatively recent. I say timely, because of the tragic failed rescue bid for the British […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Half of UK’s young black males are unemployed – The Guardian
More than half of young black men available for work in Britain are now unemployed, according to unpublished government statistics obtained by the Guardian which show the recession is hitting young black people disproportionately hard. The new figures, which do not include students, also reveal that the youth unemployment rate for black people has increased […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
Asia Times Online : Nuclear power back from the grave
While staggering amounts of radiation were released into the environment (the danger of new discharges lurks: even the plant director acknowledges that the reactors are “still rather fragile”), the global nuclear industry seems unfazed. Its executives have good reasons to be cheerful, despite the gloom that had started to spread among them last year. The […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
PressTV – Bahrainis hold mass anti-government rally in capital
Bahrainis have held a mass anti-government demonstration outside the capital, Manama, to demand an end to the rule of Al Khalifa dynasty. Tens of thousands of Bahrainis took the streets west of Manama on Friday in response to a call from the country’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qasim. Images coming from Bahrain show protesters […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
PressTV – Egyptians hold anti-US demo in Cairo
On Friday, a large number of protesters, shouting slogans against the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the United States and calling for the departure of the US ambassador, threw stones at the security forces, who threw the stones back at the crowd and used other heavy-handed tactics to disperse the demonstrators. […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
PressTV – Iran war ‘disaster’ for world economy: China
“I couldn’t think of any worse proposals to resolve the Iranian issue than resolving it by force,” Wu Hailong said in a Friday briefing with foreign journalists, The Wall Street Journal reported. Touching upon the financial ramifications of any potential aggression against the Islamic Republic, he said, “I don’t know what kind of disaster there […]
more…10 Mar, 2012
PressTV – ‘US media cover up AIPAC’s global threat’
“The American media are extremely Israel-centric in their reports, leaving out a great deal of information that Americans need to know to have rational successful policies, which results in the ignorance of the American public about the Israeli lobby,” Weir said, adding that most US citizens do not even know what the Israeli lobby is. […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
U.S. Islamic Civil Rights Group Urges Lawmakers to End Racial, Religious Profiling
WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/8/2012 – Representatives of the largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization in the United States fanned out across the U.S. Congress this past week to press legislators for an end to racial and religious profiling by U.S. security agencies. According to a brief by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), “Since September […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
China Overtakes U.S. as Market With Largest Number of Credit/Debit Card Users
Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 – China, now the world’s single largest credit and debit card market by number of cards, continued to record significant growth throughout 2011 despite signals of a slowing economic growth. Surprisingly strong growth in Chinese consumer spending and the increasing penetration of cards in people’s daily lives are the […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
New Report Explores Global Student Mobility Trends, as U.S. Seeks to Regain Market Share
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 – American Universities are seeking to regain their dominance in attracting international students, powered by the continued momentum from China and Saudi Arabia, revival of India, and emergence of new markets such as Brazil, according to a new report, “Trends in International Student Mobility,” released by World Education […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
New Report Strives to Help Women “Reclaim Their Free Time”
NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The results of a new groundbreaking national survey, Women and Time: Setting a New Agenda, commissioned by Real Simple and designed by the nonprofit Families and Work Institute reveal that much of the time pressure experienced by women is self-imposed, due to trouble delegating and letting go of control. […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
More Europeans Plan to Holiday Closer to Home in 2012 – Eurobarometer
March 5, 2012 (Eurostat) – 72% of EU citizens travelled in 2011, and more than 80% said that they would do so in 2012, choosing to go either on short trips or longer holidays. These are the results of the new Eurobarometer survey on the attitudes of Europeans towards tourism, which also sheds light on […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
Iran War Talk Raising U.S. Gas Prices, Affecting Summer Travel Plans
Worthington, OH (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 – Gas prices are expected to heat up this summer due to a variety of factors. With oil prices rising, talks of war with Iran in the news, and Americans marking their calendars for summer vacations, it is no surprise the majority is preparing to spend more to top […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
Growing Numbers of Women Outliving Men In Europe – Eurostat
Brussels, March 7 2012, (Eurostat) – There were in total 257 million women and 245 million men in the EU27 in 2011, meaning that there were 105 women per 100 men. There were around 15% more women than men in the total population in the Baltic countries: Estonia and Latvia (both 117 women per 100 […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Information Overload Proving Distractive, Affecting Productivity – Global Workmonitor Survey
Seven out of ten employees globally prefer face-to-face contact over phone and email at work, according to the latest Randstad Workmonitor results. Numbers run especially high in Turkey (80%), while Japan, Norway and Singapore are at the lower end with 57%. While Internet and mobile access continue to grow, personal contact seems to prevail when […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Business Travel to Australia Up 5% but Leisure Down 4%, 2011 Stats Show
International visitors to Australia remained steady last year although the mix of international visitors to Australia changed, with more coming for business and employment, and fewer coming on holidays, according to the latest International Visitor Survey. Tourism Research Australia found that business travellers increased by five per cent, visitors coming for employment by 14 per […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Australia Launches First App to Promote Inter-Cultural Harmony Day March 21
07 March 2012 — For the first time, Australians will be able to download and use a free Harmony Day smartphone application the Minister for Multicultural Affairs Senator Kate Lundy said today. Harmony Day has become a significant event on March 21 each year, celebrating the different cultures that make Australia a great place to […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
U.S. Hits Record 62 million Visitor Arrivals in 2011
March 07, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Commerce today released its 2011 report on International Visitation to the United States, which is now available on the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries website. Highlights include: 2011 international visitation set a new record to support the National Export Initiative. The United States welcomed 62 million […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Women are the Fabric, Quilts Reflect their Strength
Everywhere in the world, women weave and mend the social fabric of family and community, as well as clothing and textiles. Quilts, a traditionally female art form, often also serve as tangible expressions of women’s creativity, frugality, love, solidarity or sociability. A new exhibition of quilts in the lobby of the United Nations headquarters in […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Rural Women Miss Out on Education and Decent Jobs
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, “Empower Rural Women,” sheds light on the struggle that many poor, rural women face in completing even the most basic education — a finding that is backed up by new data analysis by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report team. This is true […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Gender Pay Gap “Frozen in Time”, Asia Faring Worst – Global Trade Union Report
7 March 2012 – A new report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reveals that worldwide, women are paid 18% on average less than their male counterparts at work. The report, “Frozen in Time: Gender Pay Gap Unchanged for 10 Years” released on the eve of International Women’s Day, looks at women’s wages in […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Economic Crises Have Biggest Impact on Rural Women – ILO
08 March 2012 (Statement issued by Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization) — Today we celebrate International Women’s Day by recognizing the important contribution of rural women across the world to the well-being of their families and communities and in sustaining societies and economies. We call for action to ensure that all rural women can […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Guidebook Launched to Promote Women’s Participation in Politics
01 March 2012 (UN Development Programme) — With women under-represented in high level politics and decision-making the world over, a new Guidebook produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) is showing political parties how they can begin to redress this imbalance by supporting women’s participation in the electoral […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Rural Women Play Critical Role in Fighting Hunger Worldwide
05 Mar 2012 (UN Development Programme) — A few weeks ago I spoke with women farmers in Niger who are growing vegetables in some of the harshest climatic conditions on earth. With severe drought a recurring problem in their country and across the Sahel, access to water for irrigation and to appropriate seeds, fertilisers, advisory […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Rural Women Can Be More Productive Than Men in Central America
Mexico City – According to a new UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) study entitled Agricultural productivity of rural women in Central America and Mexico, rural women can be more productive than men in Mexico and Central America. However, they require the appropriate tools, such as productive inputs, microcredits, technical assistance […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
World Bank Video on Women At Work Worldwide
On November 11th, 2011 (11.11.11), across the planet, the World Bank recorded the human experience for One Day on Earth http://www.onedayonearth.org. Women from around the world show and tell us what their work means to them. It’s time to think EQUAL. http://thinkequal.worldbank.org Click here to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTRq0bMa2dg
more…8 Mar, 2012
New UN Atlas Shows Access To Secondary Education Still A Challenge For Girls
Mar 5 2012, (UN News Centre) – Access to secondary education is still a challenge for girls, especially in parts of Africa and Asia, according to a United Nations atlas published today that highlights the differences in education between girls and boys in terms of access, participation and progression. The atlas, which was produced by […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Women in Europe Still Earn 16.4% Less on Average than Men
Brussels, 02 March 2012 (European Commission media release) – Women across the EU continue to earn an average of 16.4% less than men, according to new figures released by the European Commission on European Equal Pay Day. This is the second Equal Pay Day at European level following its launch by the European Commission on […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Partnership of Equals Can Help Solve Global Problems
Statement by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women, to mark International Women’s Day 2012
more…8 Mar, 2012
Equality Begins at Home for Rural Girls and Women
ROME, Italy, 5 March 2012 – As the world marks International Women’s Day this week, IFAD and its partners are pursuing new ways to advance the fundamental rights of poor rural girls and women at the household level. In the past, rural development organizations and programmes have generally promoted change – including women’s empowerment – […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
Replacing the Devastation of Greed-is-Good with Wisdom of Sufficiency Economy
“Sufficiency Economy and the Direction of Sustainable Development” Speech delivered at the opening of the International Conference on the Sufficiency Economy, Bangkok, Thailand, 16 February 2012.
more…7 Mar, 2012
Europe Hotel Market Up, Thanks to New Supply, Positive Demand
LONDON (STR Global) March 5, 2012 – The European hotel market reported overall positive revenue per available room growth 12-months to January, according to STR Global, a leading provider of market data to the hotel industry. Despite the economic conditions a majority of the 157 cities and destinations tracked in Europe, only 15 saw declining […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
How Chinese New Year Holidays Affected Travel, Cargo Movements
Montréal, 05 March 2012 (Airports Council International) –The Chinese New Year holidays in January saw a boom in passenger movements through many Asia Pacific airports as well as a decline in cargo movements, according to a release by Airports Council International Said the release, “On the whole, both international traffic and domestic traffic posted gains […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
UN Kicks Off Talks On New Blueprint For Disaster Risk Reduction
Mar 5 2012 (UN News Centre) — The United Nations disaster risk reduction office today announced the start of consultations on a new international blueprint for reducing disaster losses ahead of a conference on the issue that Japan has offered to host in 2015. Margareta Wahlström, the head of the secretariat of the UN International […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
Australia Launches Debt Clock to Help Cut Credit Card Bills
5 March 2012 – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced its MoneySmart website has a new debt clock that shows the credit card debt in Australia. Check out the clock here. Australians have over $36 billion owing on credit cards where interest is being charged, an average of $4,700 per card holder. […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
Western Lifestyles Contributing to “Global Health Disaster” – UN Report
GENEVA (6 March 2012) – “Our food systems create sick people,” the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, warned today. “One in seven people globally are undernourished, but many more suffer from the ‘hidden hunger’ of micronutrient deficiency, while 1.3 billion are overweight or obese.” “Faced with this nutritional […]
more…6 Mar, 2012
Nominations Sought for Ethical Business Leaders Awards in the U.S.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 – The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) has announced the 2012-2013 call for nominations for its nationally-recognized, Being a Difference Award program. Established in 2006, the Being a Difference Award program honors individuals for their exceptional contributions to ethical leadership in business. Past recipients have spanned the […]
more…6 Mar, 2012
Lack of Adequate Sleep Affecting Pilots, Train and Truck Drivers
Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 – The people we trust to take us or our loved ones from place to place struggle with sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) 2012 Sleep in America® poll. It is the first poll to ask transportation professionals, including pilots, train operators,* truck, bus, taxi and limo […]
more…6 Mar, 2012
European NGOs Sift Through Tourism “Label Jungle” to Verify Trust, Transparency
A group of European NGOs specialising in the travel & tourism industry have closely scrutinised 20 labels being used worldwide as symbols of certification for sustainability and environmental responsibility. The objective was to help travellers and the travel trade make better informed decisions by differentiating “between what is reliable and what is dubious.” Appropriately entitled, […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
Award for Sicilian Agency Which Backs Tourism Players Who Defy the Mafia
Berlin (March 5) — A Sicilian travel agency that supports local tourism products and services who refuse to pay protection money to the local mafia is one of the three winners of the international TO DO! Contest for Socially Responsible Tourism to be conferred at this year’s ITB Berlin. The other two are an ecolodge […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
Only One In 10 Board Members Of Top OECD Companies Are Women – Report
PARIS, March 5, OECD News release – Women are still under-represented in top corporate jobs, despite efforts in many countries to promote their participation on boards, according to new OECD data. The OECD’s new Gender Browser reveals that women occupied only one in ten board seats in listed companies in OECD countries in 2009, the […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
One Settlement at a Time, Who is Really Trying to Wipe Whom Off the Map?
One of the claims being made to justify Israel’s demand for a blank cheque to attack Iran is that the Islamic Republic poses an “existential threat” to the Jewish state in view of its supposed statements about wanting to “wipe Israel off the map.” This lie has been repeated so often that it has become […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
Never Forget: Egyptian ex-Nuclear Body Chief Exposes “Treachery & Deception” Behind Iraq War
The sabre rattling over an attack on Iran, now in full swing, is following the identical game-plan that was mounted before the 2003 attack on Iraq, according to a tell-all book by Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The key question facing the world now is whether it will […]
more…4 Mar, 2012
Attack on Iran: Israel Seeks “Opportunity”, Indian Editor Sees “Insanity”
Editor’s Comment: The two columns reprinted in this dispatch go right to the heart of the political divide between Israel and much of the rest of the world over an attack on Iran. One is by the director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, the other by one of India’s most prominent editors. When […]
more…4 Mar, 2012
Israel, Iran & Palestine: Exactly Who is Trying to Wipe Whom Off the Map?
Originally Published: 04 March 2012 One of the claims being made to justify Israel’s demand for a blank cheque to attack Iran is that the Islamic Republic poses an “existential threat” to the Jewish state in view of its supposed statements about wanting to “wipe Israel off the map.” This lie has been repeated so […]
more…3 Mar, 2012
Pan European Survey Reveals Online Customer Behaviour
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, (February 28 2012) : Social reviews prove increasingly influential in consumer buying decisions, according to an independent survey of 3,000 European consumers announced today. The findings, published in the eGain 2012 cross-industry benchmarking report for multichannel customer experience comprehensively charts influences on consumer buying behaviour and service preferences in seven European […]
more…3 Mar, 2012
The World’s Worst Tourists? Americans Agree, It’s Us
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2012 (Businesswire) — Tired of the “ugly American” stereotype of U.S. travelers abroad? A new LivingSocial survey conducted among more than 5,600 respondents in five countries by Mandala Research discovered that Americans ourselves believe we are the world’s worst tourists. The survey found that Americans, Canadians and Australians all gave U.S. tourists […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
AIPAC Supports War on Iran, U.S. Jews Don’t
I don’t have much time, and I need your help. In just a few days, thousands of AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) supporters will gather in Washington DC for their annual policy conference billed as “three of the most important days affecting Israel’s future.” President Obama, Newt Gingrich, Prime Minister Netanyahu and most members of […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Facebook, Google “Wild West of Data Theft”
Pembroke Pines, FL (PRWEB) March 02, 2012 — Calling Facebook just another data collector disguised as a friendly social network, the newly minted Privacy Mom and head of UmeNow, Evelyn Castillo-Bach, will speak to a radio audience of baby boomers today. “I am thrilled that an independent outlet like The Boomer and The Babe Network […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Impact of Mobility On Business Could Exceed That of The Internet, Accenture Survey Finds
NEW YORK; Feb. 27, 2012– Facing one of the most significant business challenges since the advent of the Internet, CIOs in emerging markets seeking to mobile-enable their enterprises are making mobility a higher priority and spending more money on achieving that goal than are their mature-market counterparts, according to a new study by Accenture (NYSE: […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Forget Travel, Mobile Technology is Where the Real Money Is
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile World Congress — The GSMA today announced new research findings that demonstrate the positive, long-term economic impact of the global mobile industry. The research, developed by A.T. Kearney, GSMA Wireless Intelligence and Machina Research, indicates that global mobile industry revenues will grow from US$1.5 trillion dollars in […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Spillage in Pubs and Cafés Spurs Demand for Liquid-Resistant Mobiles
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, February 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — International research commissioned by P2i, a manufacturer of liquid repellent nano-coating technology, reveals demand for mobile devices to be water-resistant as standard. The results come as more and more consumers put their phones at risk of moisture and corrosion damage as they go about their day-to-day […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Report Explores How Mobiles Can Help Women Living on Less than $2 / Day
Barcelona, 29 February 2012, Mobile World Congress: The GSMA today released research into the opportunities that mobiles provide to underserved women in emerging markets. The research, entitled ‘Portraits: A Glimpse into the Lives of Women at the Base of the Pyramid’, is the first to survey the wants, needs, aspirations and mobile uses of women […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
World Manufacturing Recovery Stalls as Euro-zone Instability Weakens Growth
VIENNA, 1 March 2012 – World manufacturing output grew by 4.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the same period of the previous year, the lowest quarterly growth rate in 2011. The two main economies that contributed to the ongoing growth were China and the United States. The world manufacturing […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
How China is Shifting From Manufacturing to Innovating
Patents. Local designs. New business models. “Made in China” morphs into “Created in China.” Chinese companies are innovating across a range of industries. In communications equipment, they are now peers in quality with international counterparts. In wind and solar power, they are major suppliers of key components. And they are expanding in businesses such as […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Remember to Mark Int’l Women’s Day on March 8, 2012
International Women’s Day will be marked on March 8, 2012. The global travel & tourism industry, one of the world’s largest employers of women, can be at the forefront of events commemorating this day. Here’s some food for thought.
more…1 Mar, 2012
Europe Needs Another Reformation – WTO Director General
World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy’s speech at the Bruegel Institute in Brussels on 29 February 2012
more…1 Mar, 2012
Indian Railways to Need Billions for Modernisation Over Five Years
Ministry of Railways, 27 February, 2012 – The Expert Group for Modernisation of Indian Railways, constituted by the Ministry of Railways under the Chairmanship of Mr Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister, presented its report to the Minister of Railways, Mr Dinesh Trivedi, here today. The report recommends ways and means to modernize Indian […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
India, Pakistan Move to Normalise Trade Contacts
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, 29 February, 2012 – India has welcomed the decision by the government of Pakistan to transition from a Positive List Regime to a small Negative List for trade with India. This development reaffirms the commitment of both governments for trade normalisation as per the roadmap drawn during the visit by […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
Sikkim, Hyderabad, Delhi Tourism Corp. Big Winners in Indian Tourism Awards
The Indian Tourism Awards, presented on February 29, included three new categories: “The Best State : Campaign Clean India”, the “Best Heritage City” and “Best Heritage Walk”. The inaugural winners in the three categories were respectively Sikkim, Hyderabad and the Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. The first award was especially important as it […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
Australian Security Agencies Get More Extra-Territorial Surveillance Tools
Canberra, 29 February 2012 — Australian Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today said new laws had passed the Parliament which will streamline the work Australia does with other countries to tackle crime. The Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 passed the Parliament today. The new […]
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New Project Set to Forecast Future of Great Barrier Reef
29 February 2012 — The Great Barrier Reef is set to be seen in a whole new way through an innovative project that will provide for the Reef the kinds of products that the Bureau of Meteorology provides for weather. This new project, called eReefs, will allow everyone to see what is happening today on […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
The Tourism Industry’s “Last Chance To Do The Right Thing”
Ever since the 90s of the past century, we have missed two outstanding opportunities to make a better world: first, during 1989-91, as the Iron Curtain fell, the Soviet Union broke up and communism lost its ground and myth; second, after Nine-Eleven 2001, when terrorists attacked New York and Washington. What we did ? – […]
more…29 Feb, 2012
India’s ITC Hotels Offers Free Design Manual for Disabled Travellers
Small and medium sized hotels in the developing countries seeking to improve facilities for the physically-challenged have been provided a free design manual, courtesy of Mr. Niranjan Khatri, General Manager, Welcomenviron Initiatives, ITC WelcomGroup. Mr Khatri forwarded the manual to Travel Impact Newswire in the wake of the free Toolkit on Tourism and Poverty Reduction […]
more…29 Feb, 2012
Free Ernst & Young Report on Investing in “Hot Spot” Indonesia
Indonesia has already come a long way, and between its growing middle class and extensive natural resources, it is clearly a country to watch. Indonesia has stood in the shadow of the massive rise of India, China and South Korea in the past decade. However, if Indonesia were located in any other region of the […]
more…29 Feb, 2012
UN Kicks Off I.T. ‘Hackathon’ To Promote Global Sustainability
Feb 28 2012 (UN News Centre) – A United Nations-backed competition with the goal of uncovering sustainable approaches to information and communication technology (ICT) kicked off today, bringing developers from around the world together in a ‘frenetic’ race of programming. Organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the two-day Green ICT Hackathon opened today in […]
more…29 Feb, 2012
Visa, Vodafone Deal in Bid to Dominate Mobile Payments Market
Barcelona, February 27, 2012 (Visa Media Release) — Vodafone and Visa today announced a worldwide partnership to enable consumers to pay for goods and services using their mobile phones instead of coins and banknotes. The companies will work together to develop a Vodafone-branded proposition that will be offered to consumers across Vodafone’s 398-million customer base […]
more…29 Feb, 2012
“World Tourism Phone” Launched in Mexico
TEMECULA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Hop-on, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HPNN) today announced what it claims to be the first “World Tourism Phone” through its subsidiary, Hop-on Mobile, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. The Company can now have a US or International phone number, with a local Mexican cell number. Peter Michaels, Hop-on CEO, stated, “Hop-on […]
more…29 Feb, 2012
As Global Cities Grow, Living Conditions for Children Worsen, UNICEF Report Reveals
27 February 2012 – With the world undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history, UNICEF’s annual flagship publication The State of the World’s Children 2012 (SOWC) says that almost half the world’s children now live in urban areas, and it’s calling for greater emphasis on identifying and meeting their needs. “We’re approaching some […]
more…28 Feb, 2012
U.S. No-Fly List Used as Extrajudicial Punishment for Muslims
What if you left the United States for a short trip abroad, but when you tried to come home to your job, family and life in America, your government would not let you on the plane? What if, when you asked when you could fly home, you were told “never”? [Munia Jabbar (mjabbar@cair.com) and Gadeir […]
more…28 Feb, 2012
Google, Safari and our final privacy wake-up call – The Washington Post
it’s not just Google that has been caught exploiting privacy loopholes in order to access user data. Social networking giant Facebook seems to undergo privacy fiascos with every new feature launch, as users discover just how much of their personal data is potentially being shared with advertisers and other third parties. While default privacy settings […]
more…28 Feb, 2012
Enough of Rick Santorum’s sermons – The Washington Post
Santorum’s views on the place of religion and his quaint ideas about education are so anachronistic they would be laughable. But whenever I start to giggle a bit, I find that some absurd statement resonates with Republican primary voters. On the other hand, when Rick Perry said it was fine to help the children of […]
more…28 Feb, 2012
Colonialism in Africa helped launch the HIV epidemic a century ago – The Washington Post
For decades nobody knew the reasons behind the birth of the AIDS epidemic. But it is now clear that the epidemic’s birth and crucial early growth happened during Africa’s colonial era, amid massive intrusion of new people and technology into a land where ancient ways still prevailed. European powers engaged in a feverish race for […]
more…28 Feb, 2012
Costa cruise liner adrift after engine room fire – smh.com.au
A liner owned by the same company as the Costa Concordia, on which at least 25 people died when it ran aground off Italy last month, is adrift in the Indian Ocean after a fire in the engine room left it without power, the company said. Costa Cruises said the fire on the 29,000-tonne Costa […]
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