Q&A: ''There's a Limit to Fish Harvesting''
David Cronin interviews ISABELLA LÖVIN, Swedish fisheries policy activist
BRUSSELS (IPS) - The perilous state of the world’s fish stocks has received less media attention than the more visible, palpable environmental problems like air pollution. Isabella Lövin is seeking to redress that balance. Her 2007 book ‘Tyst hav’ (Silent Seas) hit the best-seller list in her native Sweden, garnering her three awards, including the title of 'Journalist of the Year'.

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EUROPE: Poland's Pension Cuts - Cue for Former Eastern Bloc
Pavol Stracancsky
WARSAW (IPS) - Poland’s pension cuts on tens of thousands of former communist functionaries and secret police officers are adding fillip to campaigns in other East European states for similar legislation.

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DEVELOPMENT: Crisis Could Open Doors for Change, Says UNCTAD
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - As the financial crisis continued to threaten world economies last year, the White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel famously declared: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."

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RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON (IPS) - Bahrain's security forces should immediately cease the use of torture to elicit confessions from prisoners suspected of security offences, says the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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US-IRAN: Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day
Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON (IPS) - If there were any doubts about what exactly U.S. President Barack Obama meant when he warned Iran of "growing consequences" during his State of the Union address last month, they seem to be dispelled by recent statements from top administration officials, who are beating the sanctions drum loud and clear.

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