For complete list of INQUIRER.net RSS Feed visit http://services.inquirer.net/rss/rss.php http://services.inquirer.net/rss/globalnation_news.xml 2009-11-08T00:06:28+08:00 text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091105-234367/RP-wont-get-2-M-US-military-aid-on-rights-recordsolon The United States will not release $2 million worth of military aid to the Philippines for this year because of the country's failure to address human rights concerns and improve its rights records, according to a lawmaker who met with State Department officials. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091105-234365/OFW-overstaying-in-Saudi-jail-to-be-sent-homeDFA Overseas Filipino worker Jose Jonathan Botor Bigas, who should have been sent home after serving his sentence of one year imprisonment and 250 lashes in August 2008, is set to be repatriated, the Philippine embassy in Riyadh said. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091105-234362/Top-US-envoy-for-Asia-in-Japan-amid-base-row The top US diplomat for Asia was due to meet Japan's foreign minister on Thursday for talks amid a worsening row over an American military airbase on the southern island of Okinawa. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091105-234337/Asean-cities-tackle-climate-change Asean, home to about 583 million people, seeks to focus on the region’s carbon-producing cities in its efforts to tackle global warming, it was learned Thursday. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091105-234312/Better-protection-of-migrants-rightsUN-chief In an era where people are crossing borders in greater numbers seeking better opportunities, it is more vital than ever that states safeguard the rights of migrants, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a high-level gathering in Athens Wednesday. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091105-234311/US-Senate-approves-jobless-help-extension With jobless numbers soaring and year-end holidays close at hand, the US Senate on Wednesday voted to extend unemployment benefits and expand a vastly popular tax credit for homebuyers. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091103-233812/Experts-warn-of-fund-shortfall-for-AIDS The fight against acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries is facing a drastic funding shortfall amid rapidly rising treatment and prevention costs during the global financial crisis, experts said Tuesday. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091103-233734/Indonesian-maid-jailed-for-poisoning-Malaysian-employer An Indonesian maid has been sentenced to six years in jail for attempting to murder her elderly Malaysian employer by putting weedkiller in her coffee and soup, reports said Tuesday. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091103-233733/RP-Australia-in-regional-fight-vs-human-trafficking The Department of Interior and Local Government and the Australian embassy on Tuesday launched the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons (Artip) Project here which aims to strengthen the capability of the Philippine criminal justice system to combat people trafficking. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091103-233726/US-envoys-set-for-rare-Myanmar-visit Two senior United States envoys are due to arrive in Myanmar Tuesday for talks with the ruling junta and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, on the most high profile American visit to the country in 14 years. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091103-233724/UN-agency-to-help-create-Somali-coast-guard The head of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) has pledged that his agency will help Somalia repress piracy off its coast and in the Gulf of Aden, including through assisting in the creation of a national coast guard, the UN office here said in a statement. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091103-233723/UN-report-reminds-of-rights-of-people-on-the-move Former Dubai-based bus driver Lisandro feels less awkward despite having been on the road on a passenger seat for over 10 hours. He and 136 male bus drivers have grown accustomed away from the steering wheel since having been stranded in Dubai for three months before coming home April. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091102-233599/CHEd-urged-to-name-inferior-nursing-schools (UPDATE) The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has urged the Commission on Higher Education to reveal the names of the 177 schools with substandard nursing education so that parents and nursing students may be guided accordingly. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091102-233574/China-invests-big-in-Asean-plunks-25B China is investing big in the integration of Asean, committing $10 billion for the China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund and $15 billion in credit support for the 10 member-states of the regional bloc, it was learned over the weekend. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091102-233535/Israel-delays-expulsion-of-1200-children-of-foreign-workers Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed until the end of the school year the expulsion of 1,200 children of foreigners working illegally in Israel, his office said on Sunday.