http://ipsnorthamerica.net/headlines.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:26:11 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/logo_ips.gif http://ipsnorthamerica.net/ 100 42 IPS North America en mgutierrez@ips.org(Miren Gutirrez) newsletters@ipsnews.net(Walter Garcia) 60 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4071 WASHINGTON, 4 Feb (IPS) - When Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius this week that he believes Israel was likely to attack Iran between April and June, it was ostensibly yet another expression of alarm at the Israeli government's threats of military action. Analysis by Gareth Porter* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4070 ATLANTA, Georgia, 3 Feb (IPS) - Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the publication of a new notice which significantly tightens its procedures for the processing of public housing demolition applications by local housing authorities. Matthew Cardinale <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4069 WASHINGTON, 3 Feb (IPS) - Through its ties with Venezuela and other nations in Latin America, Iran is building an anti-U.S. alliance in the Western Hemisphere that poses a direct, imminent threat to the United States, an influential U.S. lawmaker said Thursday. Analysis by Charles Davis <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4068 WASHINGTON, 2 Feb (IPS) - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of the 11-year-old war here. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4067 WASHINGTON, 2 Feb (IPS) - While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the Indian small farmer, who stands to lose even more at the hands of the world's biggest commercial food retailer. Kanya D'Almeida <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4066 WASHINGTON, 1 Feb (IPS) - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well-placed senior military officers. Gareth Porter* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4065 WASHINGTON, 1 Feb (IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama should take steps to make threats of a possible U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran more credible, according to the fourth in a series of studies released here Wednesday by a 13-man 'bipartisan' task force dominated by Iran hawks. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4064 NEW YORK, 1 Feb (IPS) - An organisation of restaurant workers is suing Darden Restaurants, the largest full-service restaurant group in the world, in U.S. federal court, alleging widespread racial discrimination and illegal labour practices. Ben Case <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4063 WASHINGTON, 31 Jan (IPS) - International and local human rights groups Tuesday strongly denounced the ruling by an investigating judge in Haiti that former dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier should not face charges for massive human rights abuses committed during his 15-year reign, from 1971 to 1986. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4062 ATLANTA, Georgia, 31 Jan (IPS) - With more and more communities in the U.S. South turning to cooperatives as a way to produce and consume food in a sustainable manner, several cooperatives are hoping to expand on what they view as more than just a 'shopping experience' but a way of life. Matthew Cardinale <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4061 WASHINGTON, 31 Jan (IPS) - Home to over 44 million small retailers, many of them family- owned, neighbourhood stores no bigger than 200 square feet, India is a land renowned for its various 'wallas' – small traders who produce, hawk, repair or deliver just about anything you could want at any hour of the day or night. Kanya D'Almeida <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4060 WASHINGTON, 30 Jan (IPS) - The decision by the administration of President Barack Obama to approve limited transfers of military equipment to Bahrain is coming under renewed fire by human rights and pro-democracy groups here. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4059 WASHINGTON, 26 Jan (IPS) - Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4058 ATLANTA, Georgia, 26 Jan (IPS) - Unlike many of the younger democracies around the world, the United States still does not elect its president by popular vote. Indeed, a majority of U.S. citizens elected Al Gore to be President in 2000, but because the U.S. elects its presidents by way of a convoluted system called the electoral college, George W. Bush was declared the winner that year instead. Matthew Cardinale <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4057 WASHINGTON, 25 Jan (IPS) - The Pakistani military leadership's response to the U.S. report on its helicopter attack on two Pakistani border posts Nov. 26 assailed the credibility of the investigation by Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven Clark and expressed doubt that the attack could have been 'accidental'. Analysis by Gareth Porter* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100