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Beware of Bush Bearing Gifts - July 10, 2003

by Louise Richards 07 Jul 03 Bush's commitment to provide additional funds lays down the gauntlet to European Union, and not before time. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is in dire need of money. But should we be thankful for Bush's lead on this issue It's a debatable point. Behind the headlines - and qualified support from international NGOs for the new funds - lies a different story. To start with, only $10 billion of Bush's pledged $15 billion is new....
http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/63007/1/4281

New Lords of Africa - July 9, 2003

by Saskia Sassen 09 Jul 03 Warlords. They have a bad name but not all they do is bad. Their basic premise is that a good gun is better than a good law. Then there is the horsetrading: you give me oil, I will get you aid for Aids treatment; horsetrading can work when bureaucrats fail. Some warlords are grubby, others are imperial: as in Liberia, the warlord can descend from the heavens and declare it's time for the old order to go. Then there is the domestic warlord: the cowboy or the caudillo,..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,994240,00.html

World Heritage Protection Extended to Five Natural Sites - July 9, 2003

08 Jul 03 PARIS, FRANCE. Five new natural sites were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List by the UN body's World Heritage Committee meeting at its Paris headquarters last week. The newly protected natural sites were listed along with 19 new cultural sites, some of which are also valued for their natural features. The World Heritage List compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) committee now numbers 754 sites, including 149 natural, and 582..
http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2003/2003-07-08-02.asp

Report Criticizes Federal Oversight of State Medicaid - July 7, 2003

by Robert Pear 07 Jul 03 The Bush administration has allowed states to make vast changes in Medicaid but has not held them accountable for the quality of care they provide to poor elderly and disabled people, Congressional investigators said today. The administration often boasts that it has approved record numbers of Medicaid waivers, which exempt states from some federal regulations and give them broad discretion to decide who gets what services. But the investigators, from the General...
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/07/politics/07MEDI.html

Sugar Giants Shove Their Sweetener - July 4, 2003

by Chris Tenove JulAug 2003 Issue What does anybody know about the sugar industry The people who put the frosting on the frosted flakes keep a low profile and are happy when folks are too busy eating to ask a lot of questions. Now, though, a dust-up with the World Health Organization (WHO) has flushed them into the limelight, where they're pitting profits against public health. The conflict was inflamed by a new set of dietary guidelines drawn from two years of research by the WHO and the..
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/48/articles/sugar_industry.html