Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from October 2007:
Q&A-BURMA: DISSIDENT ACTIVIST CALLS ON CHINA TO WEAKEN JUNTA
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ranjit Devraj Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Soe Myint has served as the symbolic face of Burmese resistance in India, ever since 1990, when he hijacked a Rangoon-bound Thai airliner to Calcutta to highlight the ...
INDIA: FISHERWOMEN PROTEST EXPANSION OF TOURISM INDUSTRY
Oct 01, 2007; ... M. Martin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney described his 2002 Kerala tour in one word -- "magical."For the thousands of tourists who visit Kerala's green ...
Q&A: DEATH PENALTY HAS NO FOUNDATION IN ISLAM, PROFESSOR SAYS
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abderrahim El Ouali Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Mustapha Bouhandi, a professor of comparative religion at Hassan II University in Casablanca, has drawn fierce criticism from Islamic extremists for arguing ...
MOROCCO: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION POSES SERIOUS HEALTH RISK
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abderrahim El Ouali Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Industrial pollution is causing at least 2 billion euros worth of damage every year in Morocco, according to environmentalists."This is a serious problem ...
NORTH AFRICA: ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS MOVE TO THE MAGHREB
Oct 01, 2007; ... Michael Deibert Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 PARIS, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- North Africa appears poised to become an electronics manufacturing hub, due to its abundance of skilled labor and the convenience of its proximity to the European market....
U.S./IRAQ: PENTAGON AWARDS $92 MILLION CONTRACT TO BLACKWATER
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ali Gharib Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Department of Defense has awarded a contract worth up to $92 million to Blackwater USA, a private security firm, despite lingering questions about its involvement in two ...
FINANCE: NEW IMF BOSS INHERITS AGENCY'S LEGITIMACY CRISIS
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abid Aslam Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- This November former French Socialist finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn is set to inherit the International Monetary Fund, along with outstanding debates about the ...
MEXICO: COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AVERT CONSTRUCTION OF SKYSCRAPER
Oct 01, 2007; ... Emilio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Mexico City residents have successfully blocked the municipal government's plan to build the tallest skyscraper in Latin America in their neighborhood.Strong ...
U.N.: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS EMERGENCY SESSION ON BURMA
Oct 01, 2007; ... Gustavo Capdevila Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 GENEVA, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council is planning to hold an emergency session next week to discuss the bloody crackdown on protesters carried out by the military regime ...
HEALTH: NEW AIDS DRUGS WILL SIMPLIFY CARE OF RURAL CHILDREN
Oct 01, 2007; ... Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 BOSTON, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A new form of AIDS treatment for children, targeted at families in rural areas, will be available within months, according to an official from the World Health ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: COMPANIES SEEK TECHNOLOGICAL CURES FOR CRISIS
Oct 01, 2007; ... Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 BROOKLIN, Canada, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The lack of governmental action on climate change is forcing scientists to consider implementing radical geo-engineering schemes to try and prevent the worst effects ...
LATIN AMERICA: ARTICLE ON CHILD LABOR WINS JOURNALISM PRIZE
Oct 01, 2007; ... Diana Cariboni Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- "Daniel San Juan Tolentino dug his own grave. A pile of earth fell on him and buried him." These sad sentences begin the article that won first prize in the "Latin ...
U.S.: AHMADINEJAD DELIVERS CONTROVERSIAL SPEECHES IN NEW YORK
Oct 01, 2007; ... Analysis by Khody Akhavi Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad courts controversy wherever he goes, and his visit to New York this week was no exception.The Iranian leader called for ...
ECUADOR: ELECTION SPARKS DEBATES ABOUT 21ST-CENTURY SOCIALISM
Oct 01, 2007; ... Kintto Lucas Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 QUITO, Ecuador, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Controversy in Ecuador over the meaning of "21st-century socialism" has heated up the campaign leading up to Sunday's election of the constituent assembly that will ...
BOOKS: POST-9/11 ADDENDUM EXPANDS ON 'END OF VICTORY CULTURE'
Oct 01, 2007; ... Daniel Luban Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- George W. Bush decision to invoke the legacy of Vietnam last month to justify a continued U.S. presence in Iraq marked the completion of a rhetorical journey that few would ...
MALAWI: BUSINESSWOMEN STRUGGLE TO ADAPT TO GLOBALIZED TRADE
Oct 01, 2007; ... Pilirani Semu-Banda Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 LILONGWE, Malawi, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Small businesswomen in Malawi are facing a major challenge as trade becomes increasingly sophisticated and global, especially because female adult literacy rates ...
BURMA: SOLDIERS KILL PROTESTERS, LAY SIEGE TO MONASTERIES
Oct 01, 2007; ... Moe Yu May and Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2007 RANGOON, Burma, Sep. 28, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Burma's heavily armed soldiers unleashed a hail of bullets Thursday upon civilian protesters who were chanting angry slogans outside a high ...
PAKISTAN: RESIDENTS ORGANIZE TO BUILD THEIR OWN SEWERS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Irfan Shahzad Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Muhammad Salam lets his children play out in the street without the slightest worry, unlike his anxious neighbors in the opposite lane.Salam's peace of mind comes ...
Q&A-BULGARIA: OPENING OF COMMUNIST FILES UNNERVES LEADERS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Claudia Ciobanu Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A coalition of Bulgarian nongovernmental groups held a series of rallies in Sofia last Thursday to protest the appointment of alleged collaborators with the communist ...
GERMANY: ANTI-TERRORISM PROPOSALS DIVIDE RULING COALITION
Oct 02, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BERLIN, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- National policy on the "war on terror" is dividing the German coalition government, with some right-wing Christian Democrat leaders seeking to shoot down commercial aircraft ...
CZECH REPUBLIC: PRESIDENT POOH-POOHS GLOBAL WARMING AT U.N.
Oct 02, 2007; ... Zoltn Dujisin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- "The recent rise in global temperatures has been very small in historical comparison, and its impact on man and his activities are basically negligible," Czech ...
PHILIPPINES: WOMEN AIM TO SUE MAYOR FOR BANNING BIRTH CONTROL
Oct 02, 2007; ... Stella Gonzales Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Within 12 years Lourdes Esplana-Osil gave birth to seven children. Warned by her doctor of complications from repeated pregnancies, she started using injectable ...
TURKEY: POLITICIANS RESUME MEMBERSHIP TALKS WITH EU
Oct 02, 2007; ... Analysis by Hilmi Toros Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The European Union and Turkey, which got engaged more than 40 years ago for a marriage that may never take place, are back in reconciliation mode after a ...
PAKISTAN: ORGAN PEDDLERS PREY ON POOR NEIGHBORHOODS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Zofeen Ebrahim Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Faqir Masih, a 23-year-old laborer from a poor Christian settlement on the fringes of Lahore, is one of many low-income Pakistani workers who have been duped into ...
ARGENTINA: LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT FOCUSES ON NATIONAL PARKS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Marcela Valente Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BARILOCHE, Argentina, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Latin America is blessed with the greatest biodiversity on the planet, but its export-based model of intensive economic development is rapidly destroying the ...
REPORT: U.S. SUPPLIED MOST ARMS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN 2006
Oct 02, 2007; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The United States has reclaimed its ranking as the developing world's top supplier of conventional arms, according to a new report on 2006 arms deals published by the ...
BRAZIL: DELL ASKS BUYERS TO SIGN PLEDGE AGAINST 'AXIS OF EVIL'
Oct 02, 2007; ... Mario Osava Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Dell is requiring its Brazilian customers to sign a declaration promising that their computers will not be exported to the "axis of evil" or used for weapons ...
U.N.-REPORT: URBAN POOR ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO DISASTERS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Frank Mulder Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The urban poor are the worst affected by crime, natural disasters and insecurity, according to a Global Report on Human Settlements released Monday by the United ...
ECUADOR: CORREA'S PARTY WINS MAJORITY IN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
Oct 02, 2007; ... Kintto Lucas Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 QUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Ecuador's governing Movimiento Alianza Pas won a landslide victory in the election for the country's constituent assembly on Sunday, clearing the way for leaders to lay ...
GUATEMALA: CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY
Oct 02, 2007; ... Ins Bentez Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Both of the presidential candidates who will face off in Guatemala's Nov. 4 runoff election have promised to remove the current de facto moratorium on capital ...
CHINA: OFFICIAL PRESS GLOSSES OVER VIOLENCE IN BURMA
Oct 02, 2007; ... Analysis by Antoaneta Bezlova Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BEIJING, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- One of China's more liberal official newspapers ran a lengthy feature article over the weekend about an ethnic Chinese entrepreneur striking it rich in ...
HEALTH: GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS NEEDS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BERLIN, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Developed countries, financial institutions and private companies agreed last week to channel an additional $9.7 billion for the global fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and ...
RUSSIA: POLITICIANS REBUT U.S. REPORT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Kester Kenn Klomegah Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 MOSCOW, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Russian authorities and analysts have rejected the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom, nonprofit organizations and democracy, calling it politically ...
AUSTRALIA: NEW CITIZENSHIP TEST IS INANE AND RACIST, CRITICS SAY
Oct 02, 2007; ... Stephen de Tarczynski Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Prospective Australian citizens are now required to pass a citizenship test to prove their understanding of "Australia's values, traditions, history and ...
SOUTH AFRICA: EXPANSION OF MINING OPERATIONS APPEARS IMMINENT
Oct 02, 2007; ... Steven Lang Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Sep. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Environmentalists and tour operators appear to be losing the battle against mining companies in Mpumalanga, a province in the east of South Africa.The ...
U.N.: SEXUAL ABUSE IS INFECTING CHILDREN WITH AIDS, OFFICIAL SAYS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BOSTON, Sep. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Sexual abuse, incest and early teenage sex are all sources of HIV transmission to children, so the executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS is calling ...
ZIMBABWE: DILAPIDATED SEWAGE SYSTEM SPREADS DISEASE IN HARARE
Oct 02, 2007; ... Tonderai Kwidini Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sep. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Every move that the young Zimbabwean couple made in the direction of the Glen View One Satellite Clinic revealed the great pain that they were experiencing....
SOUTHERN AFRICA: NONTARIFF BARRIERS BLOCK FLOW OF GOODS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Stephanie Nieuwoudt Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sep. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Southern African Development Community has moved toward liberalizing trade to make the flow of goods between countries easier and economically more ...
BURMA: BLOODY CRACKDOWN SULLIES IMAGE OF JUNTA'S WHITESHIRTS
Oct 02, 2007; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep. 30, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Burma's military regime has deployed "whiteshirts" against protesting civilians in much the same way that Benito Mussolini used Blackshirts and Adolf Hitler ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENTISTS USE ALGAE TO ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE
Oct 02, 2007; ... Julio Godoy /IFEJ Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BERLIN, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The possibility that algae could be used to capture carbon dioxide from the air is changing the negative reputation of these organisms, which are often seen as a plague ...
U.S.: PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGES EXISTENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Oct 02, 2007; ... Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BROOKLIN, Canada, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- This week's White House-sponsored summit on climate change ended Friday with President George W. Bush admitting that global warming is real and humans are responsible ...
Q&A: CROATIAN AUTHOR DISCUSSES POLITICS, LITERATURE
Oct 02, 2007; ... Claudia Ciobanu Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BUCHAREST, Romania, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Croatian writer and journalist Slavenka Drakulic is preparing to release the German edition of her latest novel, Frida, in Berlin this November.Last week she ...
BALKANS: SERBIAN LEADERS COURT RUSSIAN INVESTMENT
Oct 02, 2007; ... Vesna Peric Zimonjic Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-02-2007 BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro, Sep. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Visitors to Montenegro are welcomed by billboards in Russian, and many Serbs believe that similar signs might start appearing in the ...
PORTUGAL: BLACK ACTORS BREAK INTO TOP THEATER COMPANIES
Oct 03, 2007; ... Mario de Queiroz Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Dark-skinned Brazilian, African and Portuguese performers have begun appearing more frequently in films, television serials and plays in Portugal.Black ...
POLAND: VETO OF ANTI-DEATH PENALTY DAY CATERS TO VOTERS
Oct 03, 2007; ... Zoltn Dujisin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 KRAKOW, Poland, Oct. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Poland will not be observing a "European Day against the Death Penalty" next week, because its leader recently clashed head-on with the European Union and vetoed a ...
FRANCE: SARKOZY EXPRESSES INTEREST IN FULL NATO MEMBERSHIP
Oct 03, 2007; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 PARIS, Oct. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that France wants to be a full member of the Washington-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization, providing further proof of his eagerness to ...
IRAN: CHE GUEVARA'S CHILDREN DERAIL CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN
Oct 03, 2007; ... Kimia Sanati Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 TEHRAN, Iran, Oct. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A conference organized by the student militia of Tehran University has come to an abrupt end following complaints made by the son and daughter of the Argentine revolutionary ...
U.S.: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP DECRIES BIG BANKS FOR FINANCING COAL
Oct 03, 2007; ... Abid Aslam Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A U.S.-based environmental group launched a campaign Tuesday against Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp., two banks that the group has accused of leading the effort to ...
BURMA: U.N. COUNCIL DEPLORES CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTING MONKS
Oct 03, 2007; ... Gustavo Capdevila Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 GENEVA, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution Tuesday "strongly deploring" the violent crackdowns on protesters that have occurred in Burma over the last few ...
Q&A-MALI: INDEPENDENT FEMALE LEGISLATOR SHARES ELECTION STORY
Oct 03, 2007; ... Almahady Ciss Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 BAMAKO, Mali, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Hadara Ichata Ciss took her chances by running as an independent in Mali's parliamentary race earlier this year, despite the fact that even women with party backing often ...
SUDAN: ATTACKS ON PEACEKEEPERS THREATEN U.N. MISSION IN DARFUR
Oct 03, 2007; ... Thalif Deen Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The 15-member U.N. Security Council agreed Tuesday to condemn a "murderous attack" last weekend that killed 10 African Union peacekeepers in South Darfur, Sudan.A ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. BANKS INVEST IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
Oct 03, 2007; ... Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 BROOKLIN, Canada, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The United States' largest banks are investing billions of dollars in as many as 150 new coal-fired power plants around the country, even as global warming melts the ...
U.N.: COALITION SEEKS TO IMPROVE MATERNITY CARE WORLDWIDE
Oct 03, 2007; ... Alexandra Stahl Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A global coalition of governments and organizations has launched a new campaign to drastically improve pre- and post-natal health care in countries with inadequate ...
BELGIUM: FRENCH COMPANY MAY FACE CHARGES FOR WORK IN BURMA
Oct 03, 2007; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Total, a giant French energy company, may soon face charges in connection with crimes against humanity perpetrated by Burma's military junta in the 1990s.A ...
TRADE: CARIBBEAN STRUGGLES WITH LOSS OF SUGAR DEAL WITH EU
Oct 03, 2007; ... Bert Wilkinson Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The EU has unilaterally renounced a 32-year sugar protocol that formerly guaranteed fixed quotas and prices and an unlimited duration for sugar shipments from ...
TANZANIA: HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATES DISCUSS 'AID FOR TRADE' OPTIONS
Oct 03, 2007; ... Sarah McGregor Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Agricultural exporters in poor nations need more financial support and technical assistance to comply with food safety norms, according to World Trade ...
LATIN AMERICA-REPORT: CONSERVATION EFFORTS GAIN MOMENTUM
Oct 03, 2007; ... Marcela Valente /Tierramrica Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The size of protected areas in Latin America has nearly doubled within the past 10 years, according to a regional study provided exclusively ...
BURMA: U.N. ENVOY HOLDS CLOSED-DOOR MEETING WITH THAN SHWE
Oct 03, 2007; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Few foreigners are as qualified to explain Burma's dictatorship as Razali Ismail, a Malaysian diplomat who served five years as the special United Nations envoy ...
PERU: OFFICIALS STAND ACCUSED OF POST-EARTHQUAKE PROFITEERING
Oct 03, 2007; ... Angel Pez Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2007 LIMA, Peru, Oct. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A number of federal, provincial and municipal authorities in Peru appear to have benefited from the disaster caused by the Aug. 15 earthquake: They have been accused of lining ...
PARAGUAY: MORTALITY RATES REMAIN HIGH, DESPITE U.N. CAMPAIGN
Oct 04, 2007; ... David Vargas Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-04-2007 ASUNCION, Paraguay, Oct. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- It is becoming increasingly less likely that Paraguay will meet the health goals that United Nations member countries pledged to achieve by 2015. In fact, its health ...
BURMA: ACTIVISTS DECRY FRENCH COMPANY'S INVESTMENT IN PIPELINE
Oct 04, 2007; ... Michael Deibert Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-04-2007 PARIS, Oct. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Yadana natural gas pipeline runs from gas fields in the warm waters of the Andaman Sea through southern Burma and into Thailand. It also runs through the heart of a ...
ROMANIA: COMMUNE RESIDENTS REPEL ADVANCES OF MINING FIRM
Oct 04, 2007; ... Claudia Ciobanu Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-04-2007 ROSIA MONTANA, Romania, Oct. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- "I never had money, I never wanted money and I never will want money," said one determined resident of Rosia Montana. "I fear no one but God," said another. "I ...
SOLOMON ISLANDS: SOGAVARE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS
Oct 04, 2007; ... Stephen de Tarczynski Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-04-2007 MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of the Solomon Islands is pooh-poohing the results of a survey that showed widespread support among islanders for a ...
EU: REPORT QUESTIONS EU'S DECISION TO SUBSIDIZE BIOFUELS
Oct 04, 2007; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-04-2007 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The European Union could save money and do a better job of tackling climate change if it used the money it is spending on biofuels on carbon credits, according to a ...
PAKISTAN: MAYOR OF KARACHI SLOWS DOWN TOILET-BUILDING EFFORTS
Oct 04, 2007; ... Zofeen Ebrahim Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-04-2007 KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 4, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Hari Ram, the 60-year-old caretaker of a pay-and-use bathroom at Karachi's Civil Hospital, is too meek to argue with most of the people who demand to use the toilets ...