Joy Online Feature: Weaning Ghana off Foreign Aid: Is it Possible? Africa remains the world’s most aid-dependent and indebted region. Despite the programmes of debt relief which became significant in the 1990s and the increased commitment to fostering prosperity in A... (photo: GFDL / Fogster)
The Independent Letters: Blood diamonds | The return of blood diamonds must not be allowed to happen (report, 25 June). The underlying cause of diamond smuggling, and the atrocities it leaves in its wake, is poverty. Corruption and exploita... (photo: Creative Commons / The Obento Musubi)
Philadelphia Daily News Oil up to near $72 on dollar fall, Nigeria attack | PABLO GORONDI | The Associated Press | Oil prices rose to near $72 a barrel Tuesday after briefly jumping above $73 as a weakening U.S. dollar and attacks on oil installations in Nigeria helped push... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) BusinessNigeriaOilPhotosPrices
The Independent The IoS pink list 2009 in full | 1 (last year's rating 64) Peter Mandelson | First Secretary of State; Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; Lord President of the Council | Where do w... (photo: Creative Commons / Mattbr) BusinessDemocraticInnovationPhotosPresident