Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from November 2007:
EU: OFFICIAL BUTTS HEADS WITH NGOS OVER TRADE DEALS WITH AFRICA
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 Analysis by Sue ScottLONDON, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson went on the offensive this week, accusing nongovernmental organizations of misrepresenting the aims of the EU's ...
SRI LANKA: MINISTER DENIES U.N. ALLEGATIONS ABOUT USE OF TORTURE
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By IPS CorrespondentsCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Sri Lanka's minister for human rights has denied allegations by a top United Nations official that torture is "routine" in the country, but there is ...
U.S.: SENATE COMMITTEE RATIFIES LAW OF THE SEA TREATY
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17-4 Tuesday to ratify an international accord that sets rules governing ocean navigation, the exploitation of seabeds and ...
U.S.: REPUBLICAN MAVERICK CALLS FOR DIRECT TALKS WITH IRAN
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A senior Republican lawmaker has appealed to President George W. Bush to pursue "direct, unconditional and comprehensive talks" with Tehran.The appeal, which was ...
U.N.: SINGAPOREAN OFFICIAL DECRIES EFFORT TO SUSPEND EXECUTIONS
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The 192-member U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote in November on one of the most divisive political issues before the world body: a moratorium on the ...
PERU: ACTIVISTS ACCUSE PRIME MINISTER OF SIDING WITH MINING FIRM
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Milagros SalazarLIMA, Peru, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo has signed a memorandum of understanding with mayors and governors opposed to the Majaz mining company's Ro Blanco ...
SPAIN: COURT DECIDES ETA WAS NOT TO BLAME FOR TRAIN BOMBINGS
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Tito DragoMADRID, Spain, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A court in Madrid sentenced three men Wednesday to thousands of years in prison for the March 11, 2004, train bombings that killed 191 people and injured nearly ...
ITALY: IMMIGRANT POPULATION MAY SWELL TO 10 MILLION IN 30 YEARS
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Sabina ZaccaroROME, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Italy is on course to become one of the European Union countries with the highest populations of immigrants within the next 20 to 30 years, according to an annual ...
BURMA-REPORT: RECRUITERS FORCE CHILD SOLDIERS TO SERVE JUNTA
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Abra PollockWASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Burma's military government will face another round of international scrutiny next week when a working group from the U.N. Security Council meets to consider ...
NICARAGUA: DUE TO ABORTION BAN, DOCTORS STAND BY AS WOMEN DIE
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Jos Adn SilvaMANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Nearly 90 women have died in Nicaragua over the last year as a direct or indirect result of the repeal of legislation permitting abortions in the case of ...
SOUTH ASIA: YOUTH SIGN OPEN LETTER DEMANDING SEX ED IN SCHOOLS
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Zofeen EbrahimHYDERABAD, India, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Menstrual hygiene and masturbation are comfortable discussion topics for Sahinaz Khatun, a teenage student from a village in West Bengal state.Khatun -- ...
RWANDA: SUSPECT IN GENOCIDE CASE REMAINS ON THE LOOSE
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Stephanie NieuwoudtCAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Flicien Kabuga has managed to escape justice for years, despite having a reward of several million dollars on his head.Kabuga's name is at ...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OFFICIALS DENY PRESENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 By Digenes PinaSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Jos Taveras, a legislator from the Dominican Republic's governing coalition, recently asserted that anti-black racism and discrimination are ...
INDIA: CONGRESS PARTY AGREES TO HONOR NUCLEAR DEAL WITH U.S.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-01-2007 Analysis by Praful BidwaiNEW DELHI, Oct. 31, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- India's Congress Party-led coalition government is planning to push through the civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, having caved ...
BALKANS: LEADERS RESIGNATION HOBBLES BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT
Nov 05, 2007; ... Vesna Peric Zimonjic Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The resignation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Prime Minister Nikola Spiric has shown that 12 years after a historic peace agreement put an end to wars in the region, ...
KENYA: LOBBY GROUPS FILE LAWSUIT TO BLOCK TRADE DEAL WITH EU
Nov 05, 2007; ... Rosalia Omungo Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Two lobby groups have filed a lawsuit in Kenya to halt the signing of an economic partnership agreement that is being negotiated between the European Union and a bloc of eastern ...
TURKEY: RICE PLEDGES TO HELP CONTAIN THREAT OF KURDISH REBELS
Nov 05, 2007; ... Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The United States made a decisive step Friday toward appeasing Turkish public opinion by declaring the Kurdish Workers Party to be an enemy institution....
HONDURAS: RADIO REPORTER FLEES FOLLOWING DEATH THREATS
Nov 05, 2007; ... Thelma Meja Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The news director of the Radio Cadena Voces radio station, Dagoberto Rodrguez, fled Honduras Thursday after police warned him that he could be killed by paid gunmen in the ...
BRAZIL: SOCIAL FORUM WILL HIGHLIGHT DIVERSITY OF AMAZON REGION
Nov 05, 2007; ... Mario Osava Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The international council of the World Social Forum met this week in the northern Brazilian city of Belem to plan the eighth World Social Forum, which is to be held in ...
MEXICO: U.S. AND CALDERON CRAFT ANTI-DRUG PLAN IN SECRECY
Nov 05, 2007; ... Diego Cevallos Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Doubt, mistrust and political friction have arisen over the Merida Initiative, which has been negotiated virtually in secret by the governments of Mexico and the United ...
TRINIDAD: DOOKERAN BASES CAMPAIGN ON POLITICS OF CHANGE
Nov 05, 2007; ... Peter Ischyrion Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Winston Dookeran, an economist and former Central Bank governor, is hoping that the results of the Nov. 5 election will give him the chance to lead this oil-rich twin ...
U.N.: YOUTH SHARE THOUGHTS ON POVERTY WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Nov 05, 2007; ... Rajiv Fernando Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The youth contingents sent to participate in the United Nations General Assembly each September usually hail from European countries. This year, however, some youth delegates ...
AFRICA-REPORT: TUBERCULOSIS SPREADS AMONG PEOPLE WITH HIV
Nov 05, 2007; ... Miriam Mannak Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The prevalence of tuberculosis among people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa has reached crisis levels and will escalate further if decisive steps are not taken, according ...
CANADA: CITING DEATHS, CRITICS CALL FOR HALT TO USE OF STUN GUNS
Nov 05, 2007; ... Am Johal Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 VANCOUVER, Canada, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A 40-year-old Polish construction worker died last month at the Vancouver International Airport, after police jolted him with an electric stun gun.Robert Dziekanski had set ...
COLOMBIA: VENEZUELA, EUROPE ATTEMPT TO EASE HOSTAGE CRISIS
Nov 05, 2007; ... Analysis by Ana Carrigan Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 LONDON, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A legislator being held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia sent a grim message to Colombian President lvaro Uribe on Sept. 26, 2006: "Mr. President, we who ...
BANGLADESH: JUDICIARY BREAKS FREE OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Nov 05, 2007; ... Farid Ahmed Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Bangladeshs judiciary has been freed from the corrosive influence of the countrys bureaucracy and the political establishment, but it remains to be seen whether it will succeed ...
GUATEMALA: VIOLENT CAMPAIGNS CONCLUDE WITH RUNOFF ELECTION
Nov 05, 2007; ... Ins Bentez Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Retired Gen. Otto Prez, who has taken a tough stance on crime, is facing off with businessman lvaro Colom, who has put an emphasis on extending a helping hand of ...
BULGARIA: TEACHERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY, MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
Nov 05, 2007; ... Claudia Ciobanu Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Bulgarian teachers are continuing their collective strike, which is now in its sixth week, in an attempt to double their salaries and ensure that 5 percent of the country's ...
IRAQ: GANGS AND MILITIAS ROAM BAQUBA, DESPITE U.S. CHECKPOINTS
Nov 05, 2007; ... Ahmed Ali* Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-05-2007 BAQUBA, Iraq, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The much touted "surge" of U.S. troops in Baquba has caused more problems than it has solved, according to residents of that city, which has long been plagued by rampant violence and ...
CUBA: CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS SEEK TO PUT ASIDE THEIR CONFLICTS
Nov 06, 2007; ... Dalia Acosta Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 CRDENAS, Cuba, Nov. 6, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Various Christian denominations and ecumenical organizations in Cuba are seeking to smooth over their historical differences by using a discussion of ethics to foment mutual ...
TRINIDAD: RULING PARTY EMERGES AS VICTOR OF GENERAL ELECTION
Nov 06, 2007; ... Peter Ischyrion Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov. 6, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Early results show that Patrick Manning's People's National Movement took 26 seats in Trinidad and Tobagos 41-member parliament, giving him a margin that he described ...
MIDEAST: TRAVELING MEDICAL CLINIC TREATS PALESTINIAN VILLAGERS
Nov 06, 2007; ... Ramsey Ben-Achour Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 6, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Israeli citizens have access to some of the most sophisticated medical care in the world. Right next door, however, hundreds of thousands of poor Palestinian villagers ...
INDIA: SANITATION EXPERTS CALL FOR ALTERNATIVES TO SEWERS
Nov 06, 2007; ... Aparna Srivastava Reddy Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 NEW DELHI, Nov. 6, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Sanitation planners must embrace a radical shift away from septic tanks and sewers to enable the global community to halve the number of people without basic sanitation by ...
FIJI: HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Nov 06, 2007; ... Shailendra Singh Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 SUVA, Fiji, Nov. 6, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Civil society organizations are still celebrating a ruling handed down last month by Fijis High Court, which decided to give the media the right to publish a confidential audit ...
COTE D'IVOIRE: IMAM, PASTOR CALL FOR END TO FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
Nov 06, 2007; ... Fulgence Zambl Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 ABIDJAN, Cte d'Ivoire, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Muslim communities in certain parts of Africa have been strong advocates of female circumcision, mistakenly believing that this form of mutilation is a religious ...
PAKISTAN: POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS OF LAWYERS AND ACTIVISTS
Nov 06, 2007; ... Beena Sarwar Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has shown himself to be more interested in cracking down on progressive lawyers and judges than in scaling back the activities of ...
PAKISTAN: U.S. SEEMS WILLING TO CONTINUE FUNDING PAKISTANI ARMY
Nov 06, 2007; ... Khody Akhavi Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule, fired the country's chief justice and suspended its constitution Saturday, effectively seizing absolute power.The ...
ARGENTINA: FIRE IN CRAMPED PRISON LEAVES MORE THAN 30 DEAD
Nov 06, 2007; ... Marcela Valente Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A riot and subsequent fire that ripped through an overcrowded prison Sunday evening in northern Argentina left at least 33 inmates dead and a dozen injured.The ...
U.S.-REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE MAY POSE SEVERE SECURITY THREAT
Nov 06, 2007; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Global climate change, if left unaddressed, is on course to destabilize virtually every aspect of modern life," according to a major new report released Monday by two influential ...
CANADA: AFGHAN WOMAN RECEIVES AWARD FOR FEARLESS REPORTING
Nov 06, 2007; ... Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 TORONTO, Canada, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- "I am staying in Afghanistan to prove that women are brave and strong," Afghan journalist Farida Nekzad said.Nekzad received death threats even as she attended the funeral ...
SYRIA: ANALYSTS SAY ISRAELI RAID LIKELY TARGETED NUCLEAR SITE
Nov 06, 2007; ... Khody Akhavi Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- More than two months after Israeli warplanes conducted a mysterious raid in northeast Syria, there is a growing consensus among U.S. government officials and independent analysts that ...
GUATEMALA-ELECTION: SOCIAL DEMOCRAT BEATS RIGHT-WING RIVAL
Nov 06, 2007; ... Ins Bentez Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- "Guatemala is starting out on a path to change, and from now on I am president -- I am no longer identified with a single party," said social democrat lvaro Colom, urging ...
HONDURAS: CONSERVATIONISTS FIGHT TO PUT FOREST LAW INTO ACTION
Nov 06, 2007; ... Sonia Edith Parra* Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 LA CEIBA, Honduras, Nov. 5 (IPS/IFEJ) -- A political battle is raging in Honduras over the establishment of a legal framework for the countrys new forestry law -- long delayed in Congress -- which aims to regulate ...
INDIA: SCIENTIST CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO AVERT WARMING
Nov 06, 2007; ... Imelda Abano Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 NEW DELHI, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The world's richest countries must drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change impacts, according to the lead author of a United Nations report that is ...
IRAQ: DEATH THREATS AND ATTACKS FORCE FAMILIES TO FLEE
Nov 06, 2007; ... Ahmed Ali* Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 BAQUBA, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- At least 5 million Iraqis have fled their homes due to violence under the U.S.-led occupation, but half of them have been unable to leave the country, according to well-informed ...
RUSSIA: WOMEN HOPE TO DOUBLE THEIR REPRESENTATION IN DUMA
Nov 06, 2007; ... Kester Kenn Klomegah Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 MOSCOW, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Several female lawmakers are hoping that women will achieve a higher representation in parliament after Russias Dec. 2 elections."If we judge by the selection list of ...
BURMA: JUNTA ASKS U.N. ENVOY TO SHORTEN DIPLOMATIC VISIT
Nov 06, 2007; ... Larry Jagan Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari began holding talks this weekend with senior members of the Burmese military regime, but he seems unlikely to succeed in encouraging ...
COLOMBIA: FLOODING WORSENS SPREAD OF MALARIA THROUGH CHOCO
Nov 06, 2007; ... Constanza Vieira and Diana Cariboni* Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 QUIBD, Colombia, Nov. 3 (Tierramrica) -- The Atrato River is "full of malaria," according to a dozen men standing in the water that has inundated the village of Tangu in Colombia's northwestern ...
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF SEIZES POWER IN RESPONSE TO COURT ACTIONS
Nov 06, 2007; ... Analysis by Beena Sarwar Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistans Supreme Court set the stage for President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs declaration of a state of emergency by taking a stand on crucial constitutional issues ...
PAKISTAN: PRO-TALIBAN MILITANTS WREAK HAVOC IN SWAT VALLEY
Nov 06, 2007; ... Ashfaq Yusufzai Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Violence has escalated this week in Swat, a valley in Pakistan where a tenuous ceasefire was recently broken by pro-Taliban militants attacks on government targets....
Q&A-BOLIVIA: WE NEED PARTNERS, NOT MASTERS, MORALES SAYS
Nov 06, 2007; ... Sabina Zaccaro Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-06-2007 ROME, Nov. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales visited Italy this week to receive a special award for his government's commitment to social and health issues, which he has declared to be a political ...
SRI LANKA: INFLATION TRIGGERS CRISIS IN GARMENT INDUSTRY
Nov 08, 2007; ... Feizal Samath Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 8, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Thousands of young women from Sri Lanka's garment industry are clamoring for better wages in a campaign that could potentially trigger a shift in garment production ...
BRAZIL: U.N. OFFICIAL GATHERS DATA ON POLICE BRUTALITY, KILLINGS
Nov 08, 2007; ... Fabiana Frayssinet Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The police follow a policy of "extermination" in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro, according to a declaration signed by 105 artists, judges and human rights ...
EU: COMMISSIONER APPROVES ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA
Nov 08, 2007; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The European Union has decided to deepen its political and economic ties with Serbia, despite suggestions that authorities in Belgrade may be protecting one of the most ...
PORTUGAL: NATIONAL LEADERS SEEK LARGER ROLE IN IBERO-AMERICA
Nov 08, 2007; ... Mario de Queiroz Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Portuguese government has decided to cease being a wallflower at Ibero-American summits and take on a more active role in relation to Spanish-speaking ...
CANADA: NEW PAPER CRACKS MEDIA MONOPOLY IN NEW BRUNSWICK
Nov 08, 2007; ... Chris Arsenault Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 HALIFAX, Canada, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- For more than two years, the Irvings -- the 129th richest family in the world -- owned every single English language newspaper and magazine in the Canadian province of ...
ECUADOR: U.S. BASE IS NO LONGER WELCOME IN MANTA, CORREA SAYS
Nov 08, 2007; ... Charles Davis Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa has announced that he will not renew the United States military's lease on an Air Force base in Manta, a move cited by some in ...
DEVELOPMENT-REPORT: 162 MILLION LIVE ON LESS THAN 50 CENTS A DAY
Nov 08, 2007; ... Abid Aslam Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Aid strategies must be retooled and bigotry stamped out if the rising tide of global wealth is to reach the poorest of the poor, according to a new report.Developing ...
U.N.: MEMBER COUNTRIES WRANGLE OVER EXECUTION MORATORIUM
Nov 08, 2007; ... Thalif Deen Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- More than a dozen noncommittal United Nations member states are planning to vote neither nor against a draft resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty next ...
CUBA: VISIT FROM RAPPORTEUR PAVES WAY FOR MORE U.N. MISSIONS
Nov 08, 2007; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 HAVANA, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A U.N. official praised Cuba's creativity in coming up with solutions to feed its people, shortly before returning to Geneva from the Caribbean island late Tuesday, after an ...
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF USES STATE OF EMERGENCY TO STIFLE PRESS
Nov 08, 2007; ... Zofeen Ebrahim Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistan's television industry, save for the state-controlled Pakistan Television station, came to a grinding halt after the government blocked all transmission early ...
INDIA: PUBLIC DEPLORES BLOODY END OF INTERRELIGOUS MARRIAGE
Nov 08, 2007; ... Sujoy Dhar Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 CALCUTTA, India, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A spate of rallies and protests have rocked Calcutta, which has always prided itself for its intellectual and secular credentials, ever since Sept. 21, when a Muslim man ...
U.S.: RURAL ALASKAN VILLAGES SAVE MONEY BY USING WIND POWER
Nov 08, 2007; ... Barbara Maynard/ IFEJ* Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A school, an airstrip and 110 homes are clustered in the coastal village of Yup'ik, an Eskimo community of Toksook Bay.Residents in this village -- which is ...
Q&A-AFGHANISTAN: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE FEARS FOR HER LIFE
Nov 08, 2007; ... Am Johal Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 VANCOUVER, Canada, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Malalai Joya was 4 years old when her family fled Afghanistan in 1982 to the refugee camps of Iran and later Pakistan.Her father was a medical student who lost a foot ...
EU: EASTERN EUROPE TIGHTENS BORDERS FOR SCHENGEN EXPANSION
Nov 08, 2007; ... Zoltn Dujisin Inter Press Service English News Wire 11-08-2007 PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Nov. 7, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Cigarette smuggling, illegal refugee crossing and organized crime have thrived in recent years along the eastern borders of the EU, but governments in that area ...