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Civil unrest boils up in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria | World | Deutsche Welle | 20.03.2011

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:31:46 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Mar. 20 - CTV.caCivil unrest boils up in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, SyriaDeutsche WelleLarge protests calling for changes in government and political reform are gaining steam in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Syria. So far only leaders in Syria have made any concessions to the increasing popular pressure. Despite a large and heavily armed ...In spite of reform promises and repression, Mid East and north Africans take ...MercoPressAnalysis: Handouts dash Saudi king's "reformer" reputationReutersSaudi Shares Rally Most in 2 Weeks as King Boosts SpendingBusinessWeekJerusalem Post -New York Timesall 744 news articles »

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BRICs balancing the global scales

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - By Sarah Berning - Apr. 14 (News Report) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Presidents of China, Russia and Brazil - Hu Jintao, Dmitry Medvedev and Lula – are expected to discuss issues ranging from the international monetary system to global climate control and Iran. Brazil, Russia, India and China are four economic powerhouses with great potential. They are "a group of countries that are expected to play an increasingly important role in international politics," says Stefan Mair of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. "They meet every once in a while to coordinate their positions ahead of major conferences and international negotiations, but it is not an official alliance or union."

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Climate vows insufficient to hold back climate change, expert says

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Jun. 08 (News Report) - Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said on Monday that the pledges made so far were well below the target for emissions reduction laid down by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The proposals from representatives of more than 30 of the world's richest nations meeting in the former West German capital amount to a reduction in the range of 17 percent to 26 percent of 1990 levels by 2020. "This is not enough to address climate change," de Boer said. The IPCC proposals, made in a 2007 report, call for a 25 percent to 40 percent reduction in emissions to limit the risk of climate change caused by human activity.

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German Scientist Warns Climate Change Accelerating

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Deutsche Welle - Dec. 30 (Interview) - The threats posed by climate change are worse than those imagined by most governments, warned Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the scientist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Research on Global Warming Effects and acts as an adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on climate-change issues. Schellnhuber warns that previous predictions about climate change and its catastrophic effects were too cautious and optimistic.

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The World Can't Afford to Sit Back and Watch

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Deutsche Welle - By Peter Philipp - Dec. 28 (Opinion) - No country in the world would accept being regularly fired at with rockets and taking no action against it. That's why Israel is counting on international support and using renewed rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip since the end of the six-month ceasefire announced by Hamas last week as justification for its massive military operation against Hamas. The group along with others in the Gaza Strip are "taking revenge" by firing rockets once again on southern Israel. Unless there's a miracle, this is the perfect situation for a further escalation which would have unforeseen consequences. But it's also a completely superfluous yet final proof that the promises made at the Annapolis conference in the US in Nov 2007 to resume peace talks with the aim of reaching a comprehensive agreement by the end of 2008 were nothing more than empty words.

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Polish Coal Miners at Center of EU Climate Tussle

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Deutsche Welle - Dec. 03 (News Report) - European Union leaders meet this week in Poland to discuss fighting climate change. But as the EU seeks to slash greenhouse gas emissions, Polish coal miners are worried -- and defiant.

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Ailing German Car Industry Faces Job Cuts

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Deutsche Welle - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Some 100,000 jobs in the industry could disappear by the end of 2009 unless concrete action is taken to shore up the sector, says Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, a leading automotive expert at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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German Finance Minister Blames US for Financial Crisis

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Sep. 25 (News Report) - "Wall Street and the world will never again be the way they were before the crisis," said Steinbrueck in a speech to the German parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday, Sept. 25. Write-downs and write-offs of bad credit spawned by "a blind drive for double-digit profits" have so far totaled $550 billion and no end to the crisis is in sight, he added.

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The India Nuclear Deal And The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - By Tim Starks - Sep. 19 (Opinion) - Both candidates bring up their support for the India nuclear deal when addressing Indian American -- sometimes called Asian Indian -- voters. Extensive data on the actual voting patterns of Indian Americans proved more difficult to find than I expected; they tend to get grouped in with other Asians, and considering that views on the Indian nuclear deal would surely vary between Chinese Americans, Indian Americans and Pakistani Americans, Asian American figures are useless here.

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Scientists in Europe Successfully Test New Atom Smasher

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Sep. 10 (News Report) - CERN has cost at least $10 billion (7.1 billion euros), and the electricity needed to power the LHG would be enough for the entire city of Geneva. Yves Preville, a local town councilor, said he's not sure money at CERN is being well spent.

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At all costs

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Link TV - By Johannes Hano - Aug. 09 (News Analysis) - Projecting the image of a world power is the main goal for China's leaders during the Olympic Games in Beijing. The nation is taking part in a confidence building effort of giant proportions, emphasising to its citizens their role in the PR effort.

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Experts Split on Threat of Terrorism at Beijing Olympics

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:15:18 -0700

Deutsche Welle - By Martin Schrader - Aug. 06 (News Report) - deadly mortar attack in northwestern China has stirred up fear of attacks during the Olympic Games in Beijing. However, whether the Games are really in danger is a highly disputed matter. According to Chinese authorities, the attack in the Muslim region of Xinjiang, which killed 16 police officers on Monday, Aug. 4, was carried out by terrorists. This is the second attack of this kind in Xinjiang in the past two weeks. Now the question is: How concerned should the world be of an attack during the Olympics. Terrorism is the biggest threat during the Games, Rohan Gunaratna, one of Singapore's most prominent terrorism experts, told the Chinese daily Straits Times. Head of the the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at the Nanyang Technological University, Gunaratna said the Olympic Security Committee categorizes al Qaeda, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tibetan separatists and the Falun Gong sects as threats.

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West Could Lose Soul Over Chinese Media Censorship

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - By Daniel Scheschkewitz - Aug. 05 (News Report) - The West cannot afford to be cautious in its criticism of China for limiting Internet access for journalists during the Olympic Games. Michael Vesper, the executive director of Germany's Olympic Sports Federation, says that every country blocks Web sites. By doing so, he's trying to help people understand the actions of China's rulers, who have -- permanently or temporarily -- blocked the Web sites of international media organizations, such as the BBC, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung or Deutsche Welle, even within the press center of the Olympic Games. Web sites are blocked all over the world -- Vesper is right about that. But his comparison is still wrong and uncalled for.

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Beijing Faces Big Challenge in Keeping Olympics Drug-Free

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:56:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Aug. 03 (News Report) - China is seeking to avoid a repeat of the drugs scandals that have become a regular feature of sports competitions when the Beijing Olympics open on Aug. 8. But how clean will the event be? "Zero Tolerance for Doping" is the official slogan of the Olympic Games in Beijing. But that hasn't stopped anti-doping experts from expressing serious doubts about an effective crackdown on drug cheats, particularly in disciplines such as track and field, cycling, swimming and weightlifting. Ulrike Spitz, spokeswoman for Germany's national anti-doping agency NADA, pointed out that the last Olympic Games in Athens were also hit by doping scandals. "I think these Olympic Games will be pretty normal," Spitz said, adding however she was confident that the drug tests in Beijing would work correctly. "But it's simply really difficult to say what's going on in this huge Chinese market," Spitz said.

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Beijing Truths Smothered in the Smog of Conflicting Views

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:58:48 -0700

Deutsche Welle - By Nick Amies - Aug. 02 (News Report) - It is hard to ascertain whether China's human rights record has improved ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games. Conflicting voices only add to the confusion and contradiction. The Beijing Summer Olympics begin on Aug 8 and while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hopes that most eyes will be on the sporting prowess on the track and field, no-one is under any illusion that the focus will also be on events outside the glittering arenas. The Beijing Olympics have already become synonymous with China's human rights record; the build-up to the global sporting spectacle has been dominated by the on-going debate over China's suitability as host, its record on human rights and the growing protest movement the situation has attracted. But attempting to get a clear view of the current state-of-play is as difficult as peering through the Beijing smog on a hazy summer morning. Those looking for evidence of change, whether positive or negative, must rely on the statements of the various parties involved in the human rights debate

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Germany Plans to Send 1,000 More Troops to Afghanistan

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Jun. 24 (News Report) - NATO partners, particularly the United States, have pressured Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan. They also want more German soldiers sent to the dangerous south to help fight a resurgent Taliban. The parliamentary mandate does not allow German soldiers to take part in combat missions. Jung said German troops would remain focused on the north. But the new mandate would also send 40 communications specialists in the south, a mission that Germany would

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Risky Business: McCain Separates Himself From Obama And Bush On Iraq

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Deutsche Welle - By Michael Knigge - May. 28 (Opinion) - It looks like John McCain has chosen to pursue an interesting Iraq strategy in his campaign. He is not only distancing himself from President George W. Bush and his presumed Democratic opponent Barack Obama at the same time. McCain also believes that with his foreign policy credentials, he can actually score points on the Iraq issue against Obama.

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Germany's Gay Soccer Players Stuck Firmly in the Closet

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:43:39 -0800

Deutsche Welle - By Sonia Phalnikar - Jan. 17 (News Report) - Politicians, pop stars and artists coming out of the closet hardly raise eyebrows in Germany. But it's an entirely different ballgame on the soccer field, where being openly gay remains strictly taboo. German professional soccer hasn't seen a gay player to date. At least not officially. That isn't because there aren't any, but because they've decided keeping their sexuality hidden is preferable to the career-ending scorn, ridicule and even physical danger they would face if they came out of the closet.

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European Press Review: "An Act of War"

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:29:07 -0700

Deutsche Welle - Jul. 16 (News Analysis) - European newspapers have almost unanimously condemned Israel's retaliatory offensive against Lebanon as "out of proportion." France's Le Monde said Israel's response to the capture of two of its soldiers by Hezbollah militants is out of proportion. "As always, Israel... is responding by making disproportionate use of military force, in violation of international law." It argued that the result is an impasse in the Palestinian territories, in Lebanon and for Israel itself, since the country cannot secure the release of its soldiers or prevent the firing of rockets from Gaza or southern Lebanon.

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