http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:25:56 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/globalization.xml http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19053739 When Al Jazeera announced its plans to release English-language channel in 2005, the announcement was met with both support and protest in the United States. Recently, however, Burlington Telecom, owned by the small city of Burlington, Vermont (population 39,000), decided to carry Al Jazeera GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:25:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19053739 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19047590 But instead of gracefully transferring power, he intimidated Tsvangirai’s supporters with threats and violence, A June 27 run-off election offered a ballot that carried only Mugabe’s name. While some leaders in Africa have demanded Mugabe’s ouster, most have YaleGlobal Online Magazine Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19047590 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19030464 The good news is that Trinidad and Tobago is no longer on the list for the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) . Even the oddly spoken Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister, Karen Nunez-Tesheria, got that right. Dog chases tail, tail chases dog, Finance KnowProSe.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:22:59 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19030464 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19053740 This will be our first attempt to cover the Sahrawi blogsphere. I, alongside Jillian York and Renata Avila will try to shed light on what the Sahrawi bloggers are saying each week, in Arabic, English and Spanish. This week's pick comes from the Western GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:46:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19053740 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19036389 Google perpetuates the American .com myth Posted on July 4th, 2008 by John Yunker John is president of Byte Level Research and author of The Web Globalization Report Card. But there is an inherent flaw in hosting an American visual at Google.com: The .com Global by Design Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:23:30 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19036389 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19035464 I have argued in a chapter in Gal Luft's forthcoming book on energy security that Japan should aim to be an efficiency superpower, promoting its unique ethic of conservation or "mottainai." Long the technology leader in Asia, Japan finds itself preparing for a future in which its energy policy must Fairer Globalization Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:19:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19035464 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19022474 With the United States and parts of Europe already stumbling through a slowdown, a downturn in China could kick a third leg out from beneath the global economy’s chair. As I write this week, China’s growth is so rapid that even though its economy Herald Tribune: Managing Globalization Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:06:39 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19022474 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048839 After the rescue dubbed as “perfect” by liberated former Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued by the Colombian army on Wednesday July 2nd along with 14 other hostages being held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:11:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048839 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19029429 Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of the Olympic Games. With the Beijing Olympics 2008 around the corner, the general public of Trinidad and Tobago probably knows more about the Olympics thanks to the branding of Coca Cola... yet does anyone in the country know who will be representing Trinidad and KnowProSe.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:16:55 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19029429 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19025101 The United States is the world’s biggest food exporter, but declining bee populations could make farming more difficult. Bees are responsible for pollinating one third of the crops grown in the US, and reduced bee populations will shrink the variety and size YaleGlobal Online Magazine Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19025101 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048840 “We are imperialists and prejudiced, but faced with other nations' prejudice, we forget our own. We turn our backs to Latin America and Africa, despite sharing with them the same history of colonization.” Sakamoto [pt] reflects on the way GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:38:25 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048840 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048091 Unzipped comments on recent statements made by newly-elected Russian president Dmitry Medvedev as well as the Council of Europe and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reaffirming the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. The blog asks GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:39:54 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048091 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19049640 Kourosh Ziabari writes that in a two day conference Durham University in UK has studied the Persian Gulf and the ancient trading habits of the seafaring Persians GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:34:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19049640 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048090 The Armenian Observer posts a video with English subtitles and comments on yesterday's rally by the radical opposition in Armenia. The blog says the movement led by the country's first president seems to be slowly turning into a lost cause GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:42:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19048090 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19046359 Red.CBGB at Bullog.cn has posted several of the images from Amnesty International's Beijing Olympics human rights campaign in a photo post, ‘Olympic project'. ‘It feels like a little too much,' writes one reader. ‘This is no GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:26:43 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19046359 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19043880 On June 6th, enthusiasts of literature and arts in Venezuela received the sad news of the death of one of the most important and influential writers in the last years: Eugenio Montejo. Anoche se fue Eugenio Montejo, dejándonos con esto encendido, no sin antes GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:09:22 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19043880 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19041606 Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. Whole blocks of GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:47:10 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19041606 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19038258 Danwei says Beijing recently announced traffic rules that will be in effect during the Olympics. As the Beijing Olympics comes closer with every passing day, the Games' influence on our lives is also increasing: commands to stop smoking and a ban on free GlobalVoices Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:11:04 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19038258 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19044999 Just over a month until the big games, Fons Tuinstra at China Herald takes a look around Beijing as the city prepares itself in ‘Olympic shutdown gets into places' GlobalVoices Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:25:41 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19044999 http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19030296 On Wednesday, Iranian members of parliament voted to discuss a draft bill that seeks to “toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society.” If the Iranian parliament approves this draft bill, bloggers fear they could be legally GlobalVoices Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:14:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/globalization/item/19030296