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Pambazuka – The right to education

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Pambazuka – The right to education.

The right to education is a fundamental human right, inseparable from people’s aspirations to a full and a wholly authentic democracy.

 

Clinton says HIV drugs can help lead to ‘Aids-free generation’

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Clinton says HIV drugs can help lead to ‘Aids-free generation’.

WASHINGTON – The US set a new direction for its global Aids campaign yesterday, emphasising HIV-fighting drugs that can prevent new infections to bring the goal of “an AIDS-free generation” within reach, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said.

The African population disaster – Cyprus Mail

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The African population disaster – Cyprus Mail.

ACCORDING to the United Nations, the world’s population passed the seven billion mark at the end of October, and there was much tutting and shaking of heads over its prediction that we will be ten billion by the end of the century. But almost nobody will have the temerity to point out that this is almost entirely an African problem.

Laura Noonan: Here’s what is at stake if we don’t repay those Anglo bondholders – Analysis, Opinion – Independent.ie

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Laura Noonan: Here’s what is at stake if we don’t repay those Anglo bondholders – Analysis, Opinion – Independent.ie.

If a bank fails to honour one of its bonds, the rest of its bonds become payable immediately. In Anglo’s case, there will be about €12.5bn on bonds outstanding once today’s $1bn payment goes through. The last of those bonds don’t fall due until 2049, but Anglo could face demands for all of them today if it didn’t make the $1bn payment.

Hague says suppression of internet is not acceptable

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Hague says suppression of internet is not acceptable.

INTERNATIONAL “RULES of the road” must be agreed for the internet, but not at the price of freedom of expression, British foreign secretary William Hague has told a major conference in London.   “The internet is not separate from society, it is part of society and mirrors society,” he said. “The best and worst of human behaviour find expression online and the technology lends itself to misuse as well as to great benefit.”

The two Irelands – Bondholders and charities | Irish Examiner

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The two Irelands – Bondholders and charities | Irish Examiner.

WE had yesterday a glimpse of two contrasting Irelands.

One was seen active, alive, happy, responsible and empowering at the Dublin City marathon, where a record 14,000 signed up for the event. Although Santa Claus took part, Kenyan Geoffrey Ndungu won, setting a record in two hours, eight minutes and 32 seconds.  The great majority of participants were motivated by charitable rather than athletic impulses. Hundreds of causes will benefit, continuing a tradition that has seen marathon running — or walking — become one of the most effective ways of raising funds for various charities.  As those 14,000 people ran in the 32nd Dublin marathon, Government officials were preparing to pay something in the region of €700 million to those brave enough to invest in Sean FitzPatrick’s Anglo-Irish Bank.  What a difference that €700m would make to the charities, and the great work they do, represented at the Dublin marathon yesterday. Two Irelands indeed.

Population fears as ‘seven billionth’ baby born | Irish Examiner

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Population fears as ‘seven billionth’ baby born | Irish Examiner.

THE world welcomed its symbolic “seven billionth” baby yesterday, but celebrations were tempered by worries over the strain that humanity’s population explosion is putting on a fragile planet.  The United Nations said that by its best estimates the seven billionth baby would be born yesterday, and countries around the world marked the demographic milestone in a variety of ways.

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