Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from June 2007:
IRAQ: ANALYSTS CAST WARY EYE TOWARD U.S. TALKS WITH IRAN
Jun 01, 2007;
CHINA: 2008 OLYMPICS WILL BE SMOKE-FREE, PLANNERS SAY
Jun 01, 2007;
BURKINA FASO: QUOTA LAW WOULD USHER WOMEN INTO PARLIAMENT
Jun 01, 2007;
IRAQ/U.S.: WHITE HOUSE TALKS OF CUTTING TROOP SURGE BY EARLY 2008
Jun 01, 2007;
ARGENTINA: LOW-INCOME FAMILIES RECEIVE SHELVES OF FREE BOOKS
Jun 01, 2007;
U.N.: REPORT BLAMES SECURITY COUNCIL FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Jun 01, 2007;
KENYA: CONSERVATIONISTS MAY SEAL BORDERS OF NATIONAL PARK
Jun 01, 2007;
ENVIRONMENT: ACTIVISTS ENVISION A GREEN GLOBAL ECONOMY
Jun 01, 2007;
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LAWSUIT RECALLS ATROCITIES UNDER TRUJILLO
Jun 01, 2007;
MALAWI: PROVISION OF ETHANOL STOVES MAY SLOW DEFORESTATION
Jun 01, 2007;
SOUTH AFRICA: RESEARCHERS DISCUSS PLIGHT OF ECONOMIC MIGRANTS
Jun 01, 2007;
IRAN: RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE CRACKDOWN ON DUAL CITIZENS
Jun 01, 2007;
Q&A: CHILDREN IN RUSSIA REMAIN 'HIGHLY VULNERABLE'
Jun 01, 2007;
LATIN AMERICA: GOVERNMENTS BAN SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
Jun 01, 2007;
THAILAND: JUNTA-BACKED TRIBUNAL BANS POPULAR POLITICAL PARTY
Jun 01, 2007;
FINLAND: ACTIVISTS SAIL TO G-8 SUMMIT IN 70-YEAR-OLD SHIP
Jun 01, 2007;
BRAZIL: ACTIVIST OCCUPATIONS MOBILIZE HOMELESS POPULATION
Jun 01, 2007;
MIDEAST: BARAK PULLS AHEAD IN RACE FOR HELM OF LABOR PARTY
Jun 01, 2007;
EUROPE: AFRICAN DIASPORA IS URGED TO INVEST IN HOME COUNTRIES
Jun 01, 2007;
DEATH PENALTY: FRENCH JOURNALIST CAMPAIGNS TO END EXECUTIONS
Jun 01, 2007;
SERBIA: CHINESE AND IRAQI IMMIGRANTS RECEIVE QUIET WELCOME
Jun 01, 2007;
SRI LANKA: COMMUNITY RADIO STATION PROMOTES ETHNIC HARMONY
Jun 04, 2007; ... Kalinga Seneviratne Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 KOTHMALE, Sri Lanka, Jun. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A state-run community radio station in Sri Lanka is promoting peaceful dialogue among the country's Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim ethnic groups by broadcasting ...
EASTERN EUROPE: BUSH SEEKS SUPPORT FOR MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
Jun 04, 2007; ... Zoltn Dujisin Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jun. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- President George W. Bush traveled to the Czech Republic and Poland this week with the aim of persuading the region's leaders to permit the construction of a missile ...
RUSSIA: PREVENTION EFFORTS FAIL TO STEM SPREAD OF HIV
Jun 04, 2007; ... Kester Kenn Klomegah Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 MOSCOW, Jun. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Russia's HIV infection rate continues to rise -- most notably among heterosexuals who do not use drugs -- despite steady increases in funds to fight the disease....
GERMANY: PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST G-8 ENDS IN BLOODY BATTLE
Jun 04, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 ROSTOCK, Germany, Jun. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Police forces and a splinter group of masked demonstrators fought a violent street battle following a peaceful demonstration against the G-8 summit Saturday in Rostock, ...
GREAT BRITAIN: BLAIR COMPLETES LAST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AFRICA
Jun 04, 2007; ... Moyiga Nduru Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jun. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair received a mixed welcome during his last official visit to Africa last week.The five-day trip, which ended ...
AFRICA: PILOT PROJECTS PROMOTE ELECTRONIC LEARNING
Jun 04, 2007; ... Joyce Mulama Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Electronic learning is proving useful in a number of African countries that face shortages of qualified teachers.For example, more than half the teachers in the East ...
BRAZIL: CLIMATE CHANGE MAY FORCE FARMERS TO SWITCH CROPS
Jun 04, 2007; ... Roberto Villar Belmonte Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jun. 2, 2007 (IPS/IFEJ) -- Agricultural researchers in Brazil are scrambling to prepare the country's farmers for the effects of climate change, which has already begun changing ...
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: GALA COINCIDES WITH AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT
Jun 04, 2007; ... Meena Janardhan Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jun. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A group of Iranian artists spent May 10-31 in the United Arab Emirates, serving as informal cultural ambassadors during a visit by Iranian President ...
U.S./IRAQ: BUSH SEEKS TO BUILD PERMANENT MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ
Jun 04, 2007; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 WASHINGTON, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- President George W. Bush appears to have rejected the Iraq Study Group's call to pledge not to establish permanent military bases in Iraq.White House spokesman Tony Snow ...
COLOMBIA: CROSSFIRE OF WARRING MILITIA GROUPS TRAPS CIVILIANS
Jun 04, 2007; ... Constanza Vieira Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 BUENAVENTURA, Colombia, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- "We can't go from one barrio to another. Whoever does that is at risk of losing their life," said a community organizer in Buenaventura, a Pacific port city in ...
BURUNDI: PROCESSING PLANT TURNS URBAN WASTE INTO FUEL
Jun 04, 2007; ... Jrme Bigirimana Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 BUJUMBURA, Burundi, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A new waste management system has enabled residents of the Burundian capital to transform their garbage into fuel.Several months ago the city of Bujumbura was ...
CUBA: SUGARCANE WASTE MAY PROVIDE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
Jun 04, 2007; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 HAVANA, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Cuban researchers are eager to transform the byproducts of the country's sugar industry into electricity, alcohol and even pharmaceutical products. Like other Latin American ...
IRAQ: SICK AND SCARED, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TRAVEL ABROAD
Jun 04, 2007; ... Ali al-Fadhily* Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Fed up with the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, some Iraqis have begun making harsh jokes about their leaders, several of whom have been diagnosed with serious ...
CHINA/U.S.: PENTAGON RAMPS UP MISSILE TESTS IN THE PACIFIC
Jun 04, 2007; ... John Lasker Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 COLUMBUS, OHIO, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Chinese government's decision to blast one of its satellites into thousands of pieces earlier this year may have been an attempt to persuade the U.S. to negotiate a ...
BULGARIA: SOFIA MAYOR GAINS POPULARITY FOR ANTI-CRIME STANCE
Jun 04, 2007; ... Claudia Ciobanu Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov -- who has promoted himself as an anti-crime crusader -- is making his way towards the prime minister's chair.Bulgarians voted for the ...
INDIA: SAND MINING ACCELERATES EROSION OF THE KERALA COAST
Jun 04, 2007; ... Max Martin Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 THRISSUR, India, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Arabian sea claims large chunks of the shore every season in the southwest Indian state of Kerala.Despite the accelerating loss of coastline, sand miners ...
GERMANY: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PLAN TO SPEAK OUT AT G-8 SUMMIT
Jun 04, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 06-04-2007 BERLIN, Jun. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Emissaries from Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa are preparing to fight for the interests of developing countries June 6-8 at a summit of the world's Group of Eight ...
THAILAND: PARTIES SEEK TO INFLUENCE CONSTITUTIONAL PLEBISCITE
Jun 05, 2007;
G-8: LEGISLATORS DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE ACCORD
Jun 05, 2007;
G-8: BUSH PROPOSES ENVIRONMENTAL PACT AND AIDS FUNDING
Jun 05, 2007;
INDIA: RISING SEAS DESTROY CROPS IN SUNDERBANS DELTA
Jun 05, 2007;
G-8: GERMANY BRACES FOR POTENTIAL FAILURES AT SUMMIT
Jun 05, 2007;
POLL-U.S.: ARAB AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES SHARE PEACE GOALS
Jun 05, 2007;
COLOMBIA: SENATE HEARS TESTIMONY ON CIVILIAN MASSACRES
Jun 05, 2007;
ST. LUCIA: CABINET SEEKS MEDICAL REPORT ON AILING PRIME MINISTER
Jun 05, 2007;
CHILE: POLLUTION VICTIMS WIN COURT BATTLE FOR COMPENSATION
Jun 05, 2007;
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FILM ON HAITIAN MIGRANTS SPURS BACKLASH
Jun 05, 2007;
LEBANON: FIGHTING ESCALATES OUTSIDE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS
Jun 05, 2007;
IRAQ: SECURITY CRACKDOWN BREEDS RESENTMENT IN FALLUJAH
Jun 05, 2007;
SIERRA LEONE: VICTIMS FOCUS ON SURVIVAL, NOT WAR-CRIMES TRIAL
Jun 05, 2007;
CENTRAL AFRICA: POWER IMBALANCE HAMPERS TRADE TALKS WITH EU
Jun 05, 2007;
IRAN/U.S.: AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STABILIZATION OF IRAQ
Jun 05, 2007;
SOUTH ASIA: SOLDIERS POLLUTE AND MELT SIACHEN GLACIER
Jun 06, 2007;
INDIA-U.S.: DIPLOMATS FAIL TO REACH NUCLEAR COOPERATION DEAL
Jun 06, 2007;
U.S.: JUDGE SENTENCES CHENEY'S AIDE TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON
Jun 06, 2007;
RIGHTS-U.S.: RULING LIMITS POWER OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS
Jun 06, 2007;
G-8: CALDERON MAY USE SUMMIT TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH INVESTORS
Jun 06, 2007;
G-8: ACTIVISTS CALL FOR ACTION ON POVERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Jun 06, 2007;
G-8: LULA TOUTS BIOFUELS AT INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT
Jun 06, 2007;
POLITICS-U.S.: BUSH AVOIDS INVOLVEMENT IN MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS
Jun 06, 2007;
POLITICS: AL-QAIDA MAY ATTEMPT TO TRIGGER U.S. WAR WITH IRAN
Jun 06, 2007;
G-8: BUSH RESISTS EUROPEAN PUSH TO LIMIT AIR POLLUTION
Jun 06, 2007;
U.N.: PROPOSED SUMMIT WOULD BOOST SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
Jun 06, 2007;
U.S.: EXECUTION TEAMS PREPARE TO KILL INMATES IN FLORIDA
Jun 06, 2007;