BA says it needs Iberia merger to keep global status Nov 15, 2009
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Tale of two Tigers attests to the value of character Nov 14, 2009
Despite the differences between their sports, global status and incomes - Woods' $3. 3 million appearance fee for the Australian Masters is almost 10 times what Richardson might have earned this year - each conducts himself with an easy grace that reminds everyone why character matters in sport, and why it must avoid being reduced to a business for robotic professionals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
When will we ever learn? Nov 8, 2009
In a country that has the dubious distinction of the highest number of road accidents in the world according to the World Health Organisation's Global Status Report on Road Safety, this is a simply unacceptable. Doctors in trauma care who attend to victims of road accidents repeatedly speak of how countless lives could be saved if only the victims had been able to get to a hospital in time. (India Times)
China Vs. India: Will Rivalry Lead to War? Oct 25, 2009
What's at stake now isn't territory so much as influence and global status. China is an economic powerhouse, but ever since last year's signing of a civilian nuclear agreement between the U.S. and India, Beijing has become increasingly uneasy with India's growing clout. (Time.com)
Dollar's drop no cause to worry, for now Oct 21, 2009
So many nations have a stake in the greenback, he said, that no central bank would allow it to depreciate to the point of losing its global status. Editor: Yan. (Xinhuanet, China)
October surprise in US-Iran relations Oct 3, 2009
In other words, as aspects of a coherent global strategy that seeks to assert a trans-regional and indeed global status for Iran in light of Iran's geostrategic and geoeconomic importance. The details of the Geneva talks had not been made public at time of writing. (Asia Times Online)
Top Article: Past, Present And Future Oct 1, 2009
That history, now largely forgotten, has become part of a wider Chinese quest for national and global status today, and Chongqing is a key meeting point for questions that link China's past, present and future. For seven years, from 1938 to 1945, Chongqing was the temporary capital of China, whose Nationalist (Kuomintang) government, under Chiang Kai-shek, held out in resistance against the Japanese invasion. (India Times, India)
Domestic needs shape China's foreign policy Oct 1, 2009
What China will also continue to do, as Hu made clear in New York, is to deepen and broaden its interactions with developing countries, both for reasons of access to resource and markets, and as a reflection of its growing global status. A second strategy is engaging through multilateral institutions. (Asia Times Online)
A climate shift Sep 25, 2009
For the sake of our global status and the well-being of our children, we must pass that test. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
Liverpool seals biggest sponsorship deal with bank Sep 14, 2009
The cash injection will provide a big boost to American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr., who bought Liverpool in 2007 and had been surprised by the clubs inability to exploit its global status by generating money through commercial deals. Liverpool is British footballs most successful club, having won the English championship 18 times and the European Cup five times. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Chartered deal would earn GlobalFoundries global status Sep 8, 2009
(09/07/2009 6:32 AM EDT). LONDON Just over a month ago we wrote that if GlobalFoundries could build out its customer list with European chipmakers for its Dresden wafer fabs it could be the elusive EuroFoundry that many have discussed and more besides. (EETimes)
Cops turn robberson India's roads Aug 27, 2009
MUMBAI - India's planned US$70 billion road infrastructure investment over the next three years, and the country's growing heavyweight global status, are being undermined from within - by highway check-point policemen looting bribes from truckers worth a remarkable US$4. 5 billion annually. (Asia Times Online)
India leads world in road deaths: WHO Aug 17, 2009
NEW DELHI: In a dubious distinction for the country, the World Health Organization has revealed in its first ever Global Status Report o 00004000 n Road Safety that more people die in road accidents in India than anywhere else in the world, including the more populous China. Calling road fatalities an "epidemic" that will become the world's fifth biggest killer by 2030, the report said while rich nations had been able to lower their death rates, these were sharply on the rise in the third world. (India Times, India -- Community News)
The Skimmer: The WHO's Big Report on Road Safety Aug 16, 2009
Global Status Report on Road Safety: Time for Action World Health Organization, 287 pages. The Gist: The WHO's first-ever report on worldwide road safety calls attention to a growing global health and development problem and finds that 85% of the world's countries are woefully unprepared to address it. (Time.com)
India's foreign office goes for a change Aug 11, 2009
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, building upon the spadework on internal reforms initiated by her predecessors Shivshankar Menon and Shyam Saran, set the tone on the day she took charge by emphasising that expanding India's diplomatic capabilities in keeping with its growing global status will top her agenda. The manpower crunch - just 669 diplomats spread across the headquarters in New Delhi, 119 resident missions and 49 consulates - that has hobbled the ministry is now finally being addressed. (India Times)
* Bicycles: John Kemp Starleys near-perfect working machines Aug 1, 2009
As bicycling evolves from an activity favored by gentle liberal vegetarians with a taste for fresh air into a feral global status competition, quite a bit of intolerable fatuity and bestiality remains, as any hapless stroller sideswiped by a head-down, helmeted, muscle-bound, Day-Glo fanatic pedaling flat out along a towpath will testify. After all, it was bicyclists who made pedestrian a term of abuse. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
China deserves status of market economy Jul 31, 2009
But on the other hand, while the US is paying lip service to urging China moving toward a market economy, it probably is the last country in blessing the free convertibility of the yuan, as the dominant global status of the US dollar is at stake. As a result, it may be a good idea for China to announce a phased plan for yuan convertibility in exchange for Washington's recognition of its market economy. (Xinhuanet, China)
UN's Ban urges China to step up on climate change Jul 24, 2009
They can also direct responsibility to other key countries to do more," he said. China and other developing nations are opposed to any compulsory cuts in their emissions, saying the responsibility for solving the problem rests with the developed countries that have polluted for so long. But Ban noted that China was a top world emitter of greenhouse gases and said Beijing should play a leadership role on climate change commensurate with its rising global status. "With global power comes global... (Channelnewsasia.com)
New pact puts U.S.-India military ties under spotlight Jul 21, 2009
The Bush administration further elevated the importance of the U.S.-India ties in strategic and security context, regarding India as an emerging power with "global status.". When George W. Bush announced his new missile defense plan in May 2001, many in the international community opposed it. (Xinhuanet, China)
China's Triumph Tarnished by Rio Tinto Mess Jul 17, 2009
Rapid growth cant mask how ill at ease China is looking with its rising global status. ( is a Bloomberg News columnist. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
President Hu Jintao arrived in Rome on Sunday for a state visit to Italy, where he will also attend the outreach session of G8 summit scheduled for Thursday in the central city of L'Aquila.• Italian president hails China's role in world affairs Jul 5, 2009
The EU looks forward to China's recognition of Europe's global status, and hopes to extend the consensus reached at the 11th China-EU summit in May in Prague, he said. China plays a major role in maintaining regional stability, conventional and nuclear arms control, the international anti-terror campaign, aid for developing countries, poverty reduction and environmental protection, which will also dominate the upcoming G8 summit, and China also plays a crucial role in dealing with the global... (Xinhuanet, China)
Cold War Without End Jul 1, 2009
Beard called for an American continentalism content with hemispheric self-sufficiency, while Williams counseled for the rejection of a militaristic weltanschauung that sought to establish and maintain the American Way as the global status quo. With greater specificity, Lasch showed that an alternative tradition to the consumer-imperial state existed in the United States. (The American Conservative)
Monsanto-Cargill promoting GM in Ghana - Update Jun 16, 2009
The 'Report on Global Status of Biotech' a centerpiece document used in his press release in February 2009, is actually an ISAAA (and therefore a Monsanto-Cargill) document. In fact, Prof Alhassan is literally being a mouthpiece for ISAAA chairman Dr Clive James when it was noted in the original article. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
EDIT: End Prejudice Jun 3, 2009
But as India aspires to global status, it cannot afford to look the other way while the fundamental right of a woman to live in dignity is violated. If India wants to be seen as a mature, civilised society, it must take action to ensure that its women are treated with the consideration they deserve. (India Times, India)
Karnataka IT poised for super growth May 23, 2009
To achieve a global status, we also need to create room for increased citizen involvement in governance, says Sajan Poovayya, chairman, FICCI.. Karnataka has seven climate zones and 20 different types of soils, making it a farmers delight. (India Times)
Ghana: NGO Sounds Alarm Over GM Crops May 16, 2009
Prof Alhassan says "the report on Global Status of Biotech/GM crops identified challenges in the agricultural sector in Africa as low technological deployment, climate change problems, market constraints among others and stated that biotechnology is one of the tools that can make a meaningful contribution to the challenges facing the continent. Therefore it would be wise for us to embrace this idea to meet the challenges.". FoE Ghana's Programme Officer on GMO's Cheryl Agyepong hits back that... (allAfrica.com)
Rising at Ground Zero, symbol of resilience May 11, 2009
But that's not such a problem, Wood says, because the tower was intended to boost its nation's global status. Now, Freedom Tower is part of a global, recession-era skyscraper boom that has helped ruin its chance to be the world's tallest. (USA Today)
Where is Russia heading for under Medvedev? May 9, 2009
Since the "reset" process between Russia and the United States is apparently heading to a right direction, and Russia bears the natural advantage as an energy supplier, Russia may further regain and promote its global status and influence, said the analysts. Medvedev also initiated a massive military reform aiming at renovating the army. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Hong Kong top for foreign trade, IEAT survey says Apr 15, 2009
The government was also asked to increase the branding aid budget to help companies lift their global status, the report said. This story has been viewed 357 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* China confirms it will build aircraft carrier: state press Mar 24, 2009
China needs an aircraft carrier because its global status is rising and it needs to defend its maritime territory and help maintain international peace, said Jia Qingguo (y), an international security expert at Peking University. Sooner or later China will build an aircraft carrier. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Powell: 'Educate a woman, create a nation' Mar 14, 2009
Last month, the U.S. Senate created a Foreign Relations subcommittee that will focus on the global status of women, led by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California. (CNN -- US)
Ghana to undertake field trials on GM crops Feb 28, 2009
Professor Walter Alhassan, a Consultant for African Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy Platform, said this at this year's press briefing in Accra on Thursday to highlight the current global status of commercialization of biotech crops and Genetically Modified crops ... The report on Global Status of Biotech/GM crops identified challenges in the agriculture sector as low technological deployment, climate change problems, market constraints, low levels of investment in agriculture, conflicts and... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
2008 Elections and Tensions in Ghana: The Solution is The United Africa Feb 8, 2009
Although the accolade of pioneer of democratic maturity is duly earned, without fundamental constitutional reforms, the envious global status may be difficult to sustain. This is because the nascent democracy is dangerously threatened by the political dynamics. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
