STANDING ON the steps of Government Buildings yesterday Minister for Finance Michael Noonan suggested there was something for everyone in the report from the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears. That is not quite true. It advances several proposals which will alleviate the personal debt crisis faced by many people with unsustainable mortgages and remove the threat of home repossessions and forced evictions for up to 10,000 homeowners.
Africa Center for Strategic Studies Media Review for October 12, 2011
October 12, 2011
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Africa Center for Strategic Studies Media Review for October 12, 2011
World’s top 10 universities – Lifestyle – Independent.ie
October 12, 2011
No Quick Remedy for Africa’s Internet Gap
October 12, 2011
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No Quick Remedy for Africa’s Internet Gap | IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters.
Prior to the 2010 South Africa World Cup, submarine fibre optic cabling was laid to improve the speed and reliability of broadband. Despite this, Internet World Statistics reports that only 11.4 percent of Africans have internet access, far below the global average of 30.2 percent.
African leaders fail pitch for 2010 Mo Ibrahim award
October 11, 2011
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African leaders fail pitch for 2010 Mo Ibrahim award.
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has the second in two years resolved not to award the prestigious African Leadership Award. The award that is normally awarded to former African leaders with outstanding governance records will once again not be awarded by the foundation. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation said the Prize Committee, after deliberations over the weekend could not select any winner for the 2010 Mo Ibrahim Prize
Clinton: UNESCO should think again before granting Palestinian membership – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
October 6, 2011
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the UN cultural agency UNESCO should “think again” on plans to vote on Palestinian membership, noting that such a move could cause the United States to cut funds for the group.
Livni visits U.K. for first time after war crimes jurisdiction amended – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
October 6, 2011
Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni met with British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London on Thursday morning, in her first visit to the U.K. since 2009 when an arrest warrant was issued against her over her role in Operation Cast Lead. Livni was invited to the meeting by Hague following an amendment to British law that prevents private citizens from seeking arrest warrants against Israeli officials in Great Britain.
Pambazuka – Palestine and Western Sahara
October 6, 2011
Pambazuka – Palestine and Western Sahara.
‘Little is said about the wall that the United States has raised on the Mexican border and little is said of the fences in Ceuta and Melilla. Almost nothing is spoken of the wall in the West Bank, which perpetuates Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands, and yet it will be a little over 15 times longer than the Berlin wall. And nothing, nothing at all, is spoken of the wall of Morocco that has perpetuated Morocco’s occupation of the Western Sahara for 20 years. This wall, land-mined from end to end and guarded by thousands of soldiers from end to end, measures 60 times longer than the Berlin wall. Why are these walls so high-flown and so mute?
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