Continuous economic growth is the benchmark of success for modern nations across the world. However, as the global financial crisis rolls on and the true costs of environmental degradation become increasingly evident, a counter-movement is gaining traction based on the belief that it is time to consider some alternative economic models. In this special edition of earthrise, Russell Beard meets some of the people who are re-thinking the relationship between economics and the environment. Andrew...
24/08/2012 WASHINGTON Mareeg.com)-The Kenyan government should promptly investigate civilian casualties during fighting between a Kenyan naval ship and al-Shabaab forces in the Somali port town of Kismayo on August 11, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. Three civilian boys aged 11 and 15, and a...
French president says Greece 'must stay' in the eurozone following talks with the country's prime minister, but stressed Greece needed to prove its commitment to economic reform. A protester raises a Greek flag in front of the parliament building in Athens during an anti-austerity rally Photo:...
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras has a very difficult mission, one that is almost impossible. On the one hand he has to ensure that Greece does everything it needs to in order to remain inside this shattered club of powerful nations that is the eurozone. On the other, he needs to keep his country’s...
Epidemic has already killed more than 200 people in west African country, with more than 12,000 infected A cholera patient is treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres treatment centre in Freetown. Sierra Leone's government has described the current cholera outbreak as a 'national emergency'....
United Nations: New UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that he was “scared” at the size of the task of ending the Syria conflict. The former Algerian foreign minister spoke as he started meetings with UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon, UN ambassadors and other top officials before...
London: A black teenager is planning to sue the Metropolitan police in the UK over claims that he has been stopped about 50 times by police officials and has suffered almost four years of harassment and false charges. The college student, aged between 14 and 17, claimed that he has faced a...
Johannesburg - Eighty-five people were arrested for different crimes in Johannesburg, police said on Saturday. Thirty were arrested on drug related offences and 55 for other crimes including...
The Department for International Development (DfID) says it is using a network that includes private businesses and specialist aid organisations to deliver emergency medical, water and sanitation assistance to affected people in the west African state. So far around 200 people have died and more...
