Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from May 2007:
SOMALIA: LULL IN FIGHTING IS ONLY TEMPORARY, ANALYSTS SAY
May 01, 2007; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Four months after U.S.-backed Ethiopian forces drove the Islamic Courts Union out of its last stronghold in Kismaayo, experts say the prospect of achieving stability in Somalia ...
U.S.: WAL-MART STIFLES LABOR ORGANIZING BY SKIRTING LAWS
May 01, 2007; ... Eli Clifton Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Wal-Mart routinely quells labor organizing without breaking major U.S. laws, according to a report released Monday on the eve of May Day, an international labor holiday....
U.S.: WOLFOWITZ CHASTISES WORLD BANK'S DIRECTORS
May 01, 2007; ... Emad Mekay Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz lashed back at the bank's directors on Monday, accusing them of describing his role in an alleged nepotism scandal in "unjust" and ...
MAY DAY-PERU: STRIKING MINERS SAY OUTSOURCING MUST END
May 01, 2007; ... Milagros Salazar Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 LIMA, Peru, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Peru's miners began an indefinite strike Monday, demanding the elimination of subcontractors and outsourcing companies.An estimated 80 percent of the 100,000 workers ...
Q&A-SOUTH AFRICA: MARKETS SPURN FEMALE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
May 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 Interview with Martha MosideJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Many female subsistence farmers in South Africa struggle to gain access to markets, secure bank loans and retain reliable workers to ...
MAY DAY-BOLIVIA: AS UNIONS SHRINK, INFORMAL SECTOR EXPANDS
May 01, 2007; ... Bernarda Claure Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 LA PAZ, Bolivia, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Bolivian government is scrambling to adapt to massive shifts in Bolivia's economy that have decimated labor unions and channeled many people into the informal ...
LATIN AMERICA: ACTIVISTS AND LEFTIST LEADERS DISCUSS FAIR TRADE
May 01, 2007; ... Humberto Mrquez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The economic and political integration of left-leaning Latin American states was the focus of a gathering in Venezuela last weekend, which united progressive ...
KENYA: LABOR ABUSES PERSIST WITHIN EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
May 01, 2007; ... Joyce Mulama Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Kenya's Export Processing Zones were created in 1990 to attract export-oriented investments, but some workers complain they have given way to labor abuses and inhumane ...
U.S./IRAQ: DETAINEES SUFFER WITHOUT RECOURSE IN MILITARY PRISONS
May 01, 2007; ... Aaron Glantz Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Three years after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal surfaced, an estimated 18,000 Iraqis incarcerated by the U.S. military continue to be deprived of their basic ...
AFGHANISTAN: PROTESTERS CONDEMN KILLINGS BY U.S.-LED COALITION
May 01, 2007; ... Abdul Samad Rohani and S. Mudassir Ali Shah* Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 KABUL, Afghanistan, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Thousands of furious people took to the streets Monday in Afghanistan to denounce a "cold-blooded massacre" of dozens of civilians ...
U.S./SUDAN: PROTESTERS CALL FOR DIVESTMENT FROM SUDAN
May 01, 2007; ... Michael Deibert Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 NEW YORK, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- It's a blazing spring day in New York's financial district. As executives hurry past in suits and ties, a handful of protesters position themselves in front of the ...
CARIBBEAN: LEADERS MAY CUT FREE-TRADE DEALS WITH BUSH
May 01, 2007; ... Bert Wilkinson Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Trade negotiations seem likely to dominate an upcoming meeting that will bring a full entourage of Caribbean leaders face to face with a U.S. president for the ...
CUBA: MLK-INSPIRED SOCIAL JUSTICE CENTER CELEBRATES 20TH YEAR
May 01, 2007; ... Dalia Acosta Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 HAVANA, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- An unusual Havana institution recently entered its 20th year -- the nongovernmental Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center, which draws its inspiration from the famous civil ...
MALAYSIA: LAW WOULD PUNISH HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, NOT VICTIMS
May 01, 2007; ... Baradan Kuppusamy Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2007 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Malysian parliament may soon pass legislation to crack down on perpetrators of human trafficking and decriminalize trafficking victims, who are currently ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: EFFECTS OF 2007 POLICIES MAY LINGER FOR YEARS
May 02, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 KOLN, Germany, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- International environmental policies made this year could play a fundamental role in determining whether climate change will continue to intensify at its current rate....
RUSSIA: MURDERED REPORTER RECEIVES POSTHUMOUS AWARD
May 02, 2007; ... Kester Kenn Klomegah Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 MOSCOW, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative reporter who exposed human rights abuses in Chechnya, is set to receive a posthumous award from the U.N on Thursday, in honor of World ...
GUATEMALA: FARMERS PROFIT UNDER FAIR-TRADE SYSTEM
May 02, 2007; ... Ins Bentez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, May 2, 2007 (IPS/IFEJ) -- Thousands of small-scale farmers in Guatemala have improved their living and working conditions by joining the fair-trade system, which sets more ethical rules ...
JAPAN: TOKYO NURTURES TIES WITH CENTRAL ASIA
May 02, 2007; ... John Feffer Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 WASHINGTON, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Countries in Central Asia are seeking alliances with Japan in an effort to demonstrate their independence from both Washington and Moscow.Japan has responded ...
PAKISTAN: PRESS FREEDOMS FADE NEAR BORDER WITH AFGHANISTAN
May 02, 2007; ... Ashfaq Yusufzai Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Reporters along Pakistan's porous border with Afghanistan live in fear of both the federal government and pro-Taliban groups.Press freedoms are particularly ...
LEBANON: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES RELY ON NGO FOR BASIC SERVICES
May 02, 2007; ... Dahr Jamail Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Health and transportation services provided by a nongovernmental organization have become increasingly vital to a large population of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon....
IRAN: WORKERS COMPLAIN OF REPRESSION AND LOW WAGES
May 02, 2007; ... Kimia Sanati Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 TEHRAN, Iran, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Workers rallied against unemployment, low wages, shortcomings in labor laws and suppression of workers' unions at a well-attended May Day gathering Tuesday at Tehran's ...
FRANCE: SARKOZY LEADS IN POLLS, DESPITE XENOPHOBIC THREATS
May 02, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 PARIS, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Opinion polls suggest that ruling party candidate Nicolas Sarkozy may win the second and decisive round of the French presidential elections May 6, despite his reputation among ...
ROMANIA: REFERENDUM WILL DECIDE FATE OF SUSPENDED PRESIDENT
May 02, 2007; ... Claudia Ciobanu Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2007 BUCHAREST, Romania, May 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Romanian parliament has cast President Traian Basescu into political limbo, where he must remain until May 19, when the voting public will decide whether to keep ...
THAILAND: ACTIVISTS RESIST INTERNET CENSORSHIP
May 03, 2007;
INDIA: TRILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMY MAY BE A MIXED BLESSING
May 03, 2007;
ROMANIA: SMEAR CAMPAIGN TARGETS INTELLECTUALS
May 03, 2007;
THAILAND: RISING SEA LEVELS SUBMERGE FISHING VILLAGE
May 03, 2007;
Q&A-COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING CORRUPTS NEWSPAPERS
May 03, 2007
ARGENTINA: FALKLAND WAR TRAGEDY HAUNTS VETERANS
May 03, 2007;
COTE D'IVOIRE: CYCLE OF LAND DEGRADATION ENSNARES FARMERS
May 03, 2007;
COLOMBIA: URIBE SEEKS DEMOCRATIC SUPPPORT FOR TRADE DEAL
May 03, 2007;
BRAZIL: WITH CATHOLICISM ON THE DECLINE, POPE PLANS VISIT
May 03, 2007;
SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT FORCES REPORTERS TO TOE OFFICIAL LINE
May 03, 2007;
ENVIRONMENT: INDUSTRIAL FARMING THREATENS BIODIVERSITY
May 03, 2007;
TURKEY: COURT ANNULS OUTCOME OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
May 03, 2007
Q&A-COLOMBIA: ACTIVIST PRIEST TRACKS TORTURES AND KILLINGS
May 03, 2007
POLAND: MERKEL SEEKS SUPPORT FOR EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY
May 04, 2007;
BULGARIA: PLANNED OIL PIPELINE STRENGTHENS TIES TO RUSSIA
May 04, 2007;
CLIMATE CHANGE: BOLIVIAN COOPERATIVE AGREES TO TRADE CARBON
May 04, 2007;
GERMANY: GUERRILLA'S REQUEST FOR CLEMENCY STIRS PRISON DEBATE
May 04, 2007;
THAILAND: ELITES OPPOSE ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
May 04, 2007;
SLOVAKIA: PARTY CHAIRMAN VOWS TO SERVE ETHNIC HUNGARIANS
May 04, 2007;
CENTRAL AMERICA: HUMAN-RIGHTS SETBACKS DISHEARTEN ACTIVISTS
May 04, 2007;
COLOMBIA: UNDER ATTACK, JOURNALISTS FORM NATIONAL FEDERATION
May 04, 2007;
POLITICS-U.S.: WOLFOWITZ LASHES BACK AT WORLD BANK DIRECTORS
May 04, 2007;
IRAN/U.S.: RELATIONS MAY SOFTEN AS WASHINGTON SEEKS HELP IN IRAQ
May 04, 2007;
WESTERN SAHARA: TALKS RESUME OVER LAND DISPUTE WITH MOROCCO
May 04, 2007;
SUDAN: KHARTOUM REJECTS WARRANTS FROM INTERNATIONAL COURT
May 04, 2007;
SOMALIA: FACING DEATH THREATS, REPORTERS GO UNDERCOVER
May 04, 2007;
U.S./IRAQ: BUSH HOLDS IRANIAN OFFICIALS AS BARGAINING CHIPS
May 04, 2007;
UNITED NATIONS: U.S. TURNS ITS BACK ON HUMAN-RIGHTS GROUP
May 04, 2007;
CENTRAL ASIA: SPATS DELAY CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINES
May 04, 2007;
MEDIA: PRESS IS SHACKLED IN MOST PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
May 04, 2007;
INDIA: VILLAGERS PROTEST BIODIVERSITY LAW
May 07, 2007;
IRAQ: U.N. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS SPARKS UPROAR IN KURDISTAN
May 07, 2007;
SOUTH ASIA: LOCAL ANALYSTS CRITICIZE REPORT ON PRESS FREEDOMS
May 07, 2007;
LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH EARNS GRATITUDE OF BOMBING VICTIMS
May 07, 2007;
DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL GROUP EXTENDS ANTI-POVERTY CAMPAIGN
May 07, 2007;
INDIA: NEGLECT OF ANCIENT RESERVOIRS CAUSES WATER SHORTAGES
May 07, 2007;
ARGENTINA: HUNTING DECIMATES JAGUAR POPULATION
May 07, 2007;
IRAN: U.N.-IMPOSED SANCTIONS FUEL ATTACKS ON CIVIL RIGHTS
May 07, 2007;
MEXICO: SUPREME COURT MAY RULE TO DEMOCRATIZE MEDIA
May 07, 2007;
U.S.: BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY TAKES A REALIST TURN
May 07, 2007;
PERU: FARMERS ACCUSE GOLD MINERS OF POLLUTING RIVER
May 07, 2007;
PERU: INDIGENOUS GROUP THREATENS TO SUE U.S. OIL GIANT
May 07, 2007;