Sep 27 China's Rare Earth Deposits Add Trade Tensions to Dispute With Japan By Maureen Hoch Amid the recent rise in tensions between China and Japan over Japan's arrest of a Chinese trawler captain, Beijing has unleashed a reported trading halt on an unusual commodity: rare earth. Rare earth are metallic elements that… Continue reading
Sep 24 Sudan in the Spotlight on Sidelines of U.N. Assembly By Larisa Epatko On the heels of his speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama threw his weight behind other U.N. members Friday urging Sudan to carry out its January referendum on southern independence peacefully and on time. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Many Pakistan Flood Victims Still in Need of Aid Flood levels are still rising in some parts of Pakistan and many remain in need of aid. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports from a village in the southern part of Pakistan. Continue watching
Sep 24 India's Games Go On, Despite Questions of Readiness By Larisa Epatko The Commonwealth Games -- former British colonies' version of the Olympics -- begin Oct. 3 in India, but preparations have been muddled by a collapsed pedestrian bridge, filthy athletes' village and the shooting of two tourists in New Delhi. Continue reading
Sep 24 Colombia's Santos Sees a Future With Less FARC The president got the news on his cell phone of a successful anti-guerrilla raid while jogging through New York's Central Park. But the president was not Barack Obama learning of the latest U.S. special operation in Yemen or Pakistan. It… Continue reading
Sep 24 Friday: At U.N., Obama Meets on Sudan, Asia; Japan to Release Chinese Captain A day after encouraging the international community to support Middle East peace talks and speaking about the importance of human rights and democracy in ensuring a stable world economy and global security, President Obama on Friday will attend… Continue reading
Sep 23 Obama's U.N. Remarks Cover Economy, Mideast Peace By Larisa Epatko President Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday on a wide range of issues, including reinstating Iran's need to demonstrate the peaceful intent of its nuclear program and calling for international support of Israeli and Palestinian peace efforts. Continue reading
Sep 23 Denver Company Gives Poor Farmers Tools to Rise Out of Poverty By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Denver-based International Development Enterprises works with farmers in poor areas to help them obtain irrigation, water sanitation and storage supplies. Continue reading
Sep 23 Obama Pushes U.N. on Mideast Peace; Tensions Rise in China-Japan Dispute President Obama shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. The president will address the General Assembly and world leaders on Thursday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. In a speech to the annual session of the United Nations General… Continue reading
Sep 22 'Art of Dirt' and Rural Life An exhibit sponsored by International Development Enterprises in Denver features paintings and photos of rural life in places such as India, Honduras, Ethiopia and Vietnam, along with models of IDE's irrigation and water sanitation equipment for visitors to try. Continue reading