IPS Inter Press Service - North AmericaIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.FINANCE: Investment Curbs Seen Stifling World Economy- (Found June 29, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jun 26 (IPS) - The United States and other beneficiaries of foreign investment are seeking to restrict it, a leading U.S. think tank says in a report warning that this "protectionist drift" could roil capital markets and stifle global economic growth for years to come.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42988 POLITICS: U.S. and China Go Bump in the Middle East- (Found June 29, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jun 26 (IPS) - For China these days it seems that nothing -- not rising energy prices; not sanctions aimed at its more unsavoury business partners, Burma and Sudan; not even the prospect of a nuclear Iran -- can curb its thirst for oil.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42989 IRAQ: Whoever Wins, They Lose- (Found June 29, 2008 ) BAQUBA, Jun 24 (IPS) - Iraqis seem divided on who they would like to see as the next U.S. president, but few believe that either will end the occupation.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42937 |