Anger mounts in Indian Kashmir after worst flood in over century
SRINAGAR India
(Reuters) - Residents of revolt-torn Indian Kashmir turned their wrath on state administrators for failing to provide them with succour after the worst flooding in over a century, angrily dumping food parcels into gutters.
A week into the disaster, large parts of Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, lay under water with many people still trapped atop their homes, and others crowded in relief camps.
Their misery has added to problems of the administration in a Muslim-majority region where a revolt against Indian rule has simmered for nearly a quarter century.
Many complain that the government, which has maintained a heavy presence in the territory to keep a lid on the revolt, has left them to their fate.
Ukraine PM says Putin’s goal is to destroy his country
Kiev conference told Russian leader is a threat to European security
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s goal is to destroy Ukraine as an independent country and to restore the Soviet Union, Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuksaid today.
Speaking at an conference in Kiev attended by European and Ukrainian politicians and business leaders, Mr Yatseniuk also praised a new wave of economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union and the United States and said they posed a major threat to the Russian economy.
“We are still in a stage of war and the key aggressor is the Russian Federation. Putin wants another frozen conflict (in eastern Ukraine),” Mr Yatseniuk said.
“His goal is to take the entire Ukraine ... Russia is a threat to the global order and to the security of the entire Europe. ”
Bullet trains help China tighten its grip on Xinjiang province's people and resources
September 13, 2014 - 2:30PMSimon Denyer
Urumqi, China: The new bullet train slices past the edge of the Gobi desert, through gale-swept grasslands and past snowy peaks, a high-altitude, high-speed and high-tech manifestation of China's newly re-imagined Silk Road meant to draw the country's restive west ever tighter into Beijing's embrace.
With growing determination, China is spreading its wings to the west, across its own vast and resource-rich province of Xinjiang, and towards Central Asia and its huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
The $23-billion, high-speed train link, which is still being tested, is just one symbol of that broader determination: to cement China's control over its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region through investment and economic growth, to secure important sources of energy and escape any risk of encirclement by US allies to the east.'Blurred lines' on Angolan wealth fund
The IMF is worried that aspects of the alluring sovereign wealth pool are not clearly outlined.
The launch of Angola’s $5-billion sovereign wealth fund was hailed as a major step in the country’s post-war economic development and asset managers from around the world licked their lips in anticipation of an opportunity to work with Africa’s second-biggest oil producer.
Nearly two years on from its high-profile beginning in October 2012, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) is still regarded in investor circles as a tantalising opportunity, but it is dogged by a number of unanswered questions.
First, there is the discomfort around the fund being chaired by José Filomeno dos Santos, the eldest son of Angola’s president José Eduardo, who since 1979 has led one of Africa’s most corrupt countries where vast oil revenues have done little to address grinding poverty.
How global brands are (finally) investing in factory workers
The HERproject reaches factory workers in developing countries through peer mentoring. The training includes health and preventive care and instruction on how to create a savings account and a family budget.
Factory workers in Bangladesh and other low-income countries deal with undeniably miserable working conditions—the collapse of Rana Plaza last year being the most public, devastating event in recent memory. But certain companies have been taking steps to improve workers’ lives in these emerging markets for years, and one project stands out for involving the biggest of the big brands.
Levi’s, H&M, and Timberland have invested millions in training programs that teach factory workers life skills, like how to take care of their health and how to save money. It may sound basic, but the case for investing in these types of initiatives isn’t usually made to companies in a compelling way.
Ebola hospital workers walk out over pay |
Staff at major district hospital in Sierra Leone say they have not been paid for two weeks despite huge risk involved.
Ashley HamerLast updated: 13 Sep 2014 07:13
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Local workers have gone on strike in an overcrowded Ebola ward at a major district hospital in Sierra Leone's disease-stricken east over claims the government is failing to pay them.
Up to 80 workers crowded the entrance compound to the hospital on Friday, deserting their posts and bringing operations at the Ebola treatment ward to a standstill. The workers were peaceful but frustrated.
The action comes after several other strikes at the same hospital by staff protesting poor working conditions, infection rates among colleagues and rates of pay they say do not make up for the risks they take.
The workers were recruited nationally to boost staff numbers at Kenema Government Hospital, where they operate inside a tented 'high-risk' zone as nurses and support staff tasked with treating the sick, disinfecting contaminated equipment, cleaning faeces, vomit and bloodm, and removing and burying dead bodies.
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