Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 17, 2011



Why Years Of Foreign Aid Did Not Stop Africa's Latest Famine -- Shabtai Gold, Deutsche Welle

Johannesburg/Nairobi - Despite countless millions of dollars in foreign aid spent over the last decades, the Horn of Africa's ever growing population is again experiencing a massive food shortage.

Ethiopia, for example, despite its history of drought, famine, disease and war, has seen its population surge from 31 million in 1973 to more than 80 million today, according to the World Bank.

'Poverty breeds population growth,' says Adam Rogers at the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

East African famine shows limits of aid, promise of smarter food policy -- McClatchy - Tribune

Endgame in Libya -- The Telegraph editorial

Iran gambles its regional prestige in backing Assad. -- Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun

Justice for Hariri’s killers requires the world’s support
-- David M. Crane and Carla Del Ponte, Washington Post

U.S. impotent in face of Middle East events -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz

India leery of neighbor's new squeeze
-- Sudha Ramachandran, Asia Times

London riots: Cameron has learned nothing, will do nothing -- James Delingpole, The Telegraph

France and Germany’s proposals to shore up the euro fall flat -- Barrie Mckenna, Globe And Mail

The Slow Death of Europe
-- Walter Laqueur, National Interest

Is Capitalism Doomed? -- Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate

Who has most debt? Answer may surprise you. -- Allison Linn, MSNBC

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