Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from May 2008:
DRC: REBEL LEADER'S INDICTMENT COULD DERAIL PEACE PACT
May 01, 2008; ... Michael Deibert Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 JOHANNESBURG, May 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - A warrant for the arrest of a notorious militia leader accused of "enlisting, conscripting and using" child soldiers among other serious abuses has been unsealed, almost ...
RIGHTS: SURVEY FINDS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SUPPORT FREE MEDIA
May 01, 2008; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 WASHINGTON, May 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserted the individual's right to "receive and impart information and ideas through any media", it appears that most of ...
Q&A: DIVISIONS BETWEEN ANC AND LABOR GROW WIDER
May 01, 2008 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 Interview with Stephen FriedmanCAPE TOWN, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Ahead of May Day (May 1, 2008), when workers around the world rally and protest to demand their rights, IPS reporter Stephanie Nieuwoudt spoke to ...
RIGHTS: NATIVE PEOPLE WARN U.N. OF BIOFUELS DISASTER
May 01, 2008; ... Haider Rizvi Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Growing demand for biofuels by the world's rich nations is propelling attacks on indigenous people and destroying their lands and forests, according to native leaders ...
CANADA: JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE ENERGISED BY ISRAEL'S FAR RIGHT
May 01, 2008; ... Paul Weinberg Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 TORONTO, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Like a group of aging retro rocker musicians, the Jewish Defence League (JDL) resurfaced in Toronto recently after a decade of dormancy, trying to look a little more ...
RIGHTS-US: DEATH PENALTY CASES COST STATES MILLIONS, STUDY FINDS
May 01, 2008; ... Michael J. Carter Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 SEATTLE, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - The death penalty costs millions of dollars yearly and may do little to make citizens any safer, according to a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of ...
LEBANON: HATE THE U.S., AND HEAD FOR IT
May 01, 2008; ... Mona Alami Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 BEIRUT, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - The growing rift between the U.S. and Iran has spread also to Lebanese soil, with Shia youngsters frequently seen burning U.S. flags. But ironically, for many of Hezbollah's Shia ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: FIRMS COMING CLEAN ON CARBON
May 01, 2008; ... Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 JOHANNESBURG, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Thousands of companies supplying some of the world's largest corporations know climate regulations are coming and are agreeing to measure their emissions of ...
LABOR-CUBA: THE CHALLENGE OF BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY
May 01, 2008; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 HAVANA, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Workers are facing thorny questions related to productivity, wages, participation in decision-making or unemployment at a time when the government is discreetly adopting ...
Q&A: RISKS SEEN TO CIRCUMCISION AS A DEFENSE TO HIV
May 01, 2008 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 Interview with Mark HeywoodJOHANNESBURG, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Results from trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda in 2006 showed that male circumcision reduced the transmission of HIV from women to men by up to ...
TRADE-RUSSIA: ETHIOPIA SEEKS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR COFFEE
May 01, 2008; ... Kester Kenn Klomegah Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 MOSCOW, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - After several months of trade negotiations in the joint Russian-Ethiopian economic commission, Russia is considering allowing Ethiopia to bring in its different brands of ...
Q&A: HOW FAITH COMMUNITIES FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
May 01, 2008 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-01-2008 Interview with UNICEF expert Eduardo GallardoBOGOTA, Apr. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - "It's important to know how families view the power relations that make them protective or destructive of rights," in a world where every year ...
EGYPT: ACTIVISTS PLAN GENERAL STRIKE FOR MUBARAK'S BIRTHDAY
May 02, 2008; ... Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2008 CAIRO, Egypt, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Undeterred by the detention of their compatriots, Egyptian activists are planning to hold a second general strike on May 4, to coincide with ...
UKRAINE: RIVALRY ESCALATES BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND PM
May 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Zoltn Dujisin Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2008 PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The conflict between the pro-Western allies governing Ukraine -- President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yuliya Timoshenko -- is escalating. ...
BANGLADESH: STATE GRANTS AMNESTY TO CORRUPT BUSINESSMEN
May 02, 2008; ... Farid Ahmed Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2008 DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Bangladesh's military-backed interim government is planning to set up a truth commission in order to give tainted executives an opportunity to revive their ...
INDIA: AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT MAY KICK-START ENERGY COOPERATION
May 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Praful Bidwai Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2008 NEW DELHI, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's one-day visit to New Delhi on Tuesday is expected to revive long-stalled talks concerning contracts for the purchase ...
BOSNIA: WORKERS MARCH THROUGH CAPITAL, DEMANDING RIGHTS
May 02, 2008; ... Zack Baddorf Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-02-2008 SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "Parliamentarians, shame on you!" read a sign in Bosnian carried by four union workers May 1 in downtown Sarajevo.The workers hoisted the banner above ...
FIJI: JOURNALIST FACES DEPORTATION ON EVE OF PRESS FREEDOM DAY
May 05, 2008; ... Shailendra Singh Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 SUVA, Fiji, May 5, 2008 (IPS) -- Fiji's interim government has come under withering criticism nationally and internationally for the deportation on Friday of Evan Hannah, the Australian publisher of the Fiji ...
EAST TIMOR: ARMY DESERTERS REFUSE TO REAPPLY AS FRESH RECRUITS
May 05, 2008; ... Setyo Budi Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 DILI, East Timor, May 5, 2008 (IPS) -- The leader of the group of renegades accused of attempting to assassinate East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta on Feb. 11 has surrendered, but there is still little sign of ...
BOLIVIA: AUTONOMY REFERENDUM SPARKS VIOLENCE IN SANTA CRUZ
May 05, 2008; ... Franz Chvez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 4, 2008 (IPS) -- At least eight people were injured Sunday in clashes between backers of autonomy in the eastern Bolivian province of Santa Cruz and supporters of the government of Evo ...
HEALTH: NEW BOOK SAYS BIODIVERSITY HOLDS KEY TO NEW MEDICINES
May 05, 2008; ... Stephen Leahy /Tierramrica * Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "When we harm nature, we are harming ourselves," said Aaron Bernstein, a doctor at Harvard Medical School. "Few people realize that our health ...
BOLIVIA: VOTERS WEIGH CONTROVERSIAL AUTONOMY STATUTE
May 05, 2008; ... Analysis by Franz Chvez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Voters in the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz are set to decide Sunday on a regional autonomy statute that runs counter to the national constitution....
SYRIA: UNABLE TO FIND WORK, IRAQI REFUGEES SEEK ENTRY TO EUROPE
May 05, 2008; ... Zack Baddorf Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 DAMASCUS, Syria, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "I'll go to any country," said Zirgon Tomas al-Aya, a 60-year-old Iraqi man standing outside the U.N. refugee agency headquarters in Damascus. "I like Syria but I can't ...
EU-REPORT: COMPLICITY IN U.S. RENDITIONS HURT BLOC'S CREDIBILITY
May 05, 2008; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Collusion between European Union members and the United States' secret torture and kidnapping program has damaged the EU's efforts to promote human rights throughout the ...
PERU: GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
May 05, 2008; ... Angel Pez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 LIMA, Peru, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Peruvian government, with the backing of the parliamentary bloc that supports former President Alberto Fujimori, has unleashed a campaign against nongovernmental organizations ...
IRAQ: DWINDLING FOOD RATIONS ARE INCREASINGLY OLD, POLLUTED
May 05, 2008; ... Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 FALLUJAH, Iraq, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Iraqis are already enduring unemployment and impoverishment, and now they also face a cutting down of their monthly food rations, which have ...
SERBIA: SIGNING OF PACT WITH EU DEEPENS NATION'S POLITICAL RIFT
May 05, 2008; ... Vesna Peric Zimonjic Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 BELGRADE, Serbia, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Serbia achieved a long-standing foreign policy goal earlier this week when it signed a pre-membership pact with the European Union in Luxembourg.Signing such ...
THAILAND: U.N. URGES JOURNALISTS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES
May 05, 2008; ... Lynette Lee Corporal Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 BANGKOK, Thailand, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- United Nations officials, activists and journalists met Friday in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the need for media agencies to make use of their freedom of ...
Q&A-PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT-ELECT AIMS TO REACH OUT TO BOLIVIA
May 05, 2008; ... David Vargas Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 ASUNCION, Paraguay, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Fernando Lugo has rocketed into Paraguayan history: Not only is he the first Catholic bishop to be elected president, but he has also ended 61 years of rule by the ...
U.S.: VETERANS AWAIT VERDICT ON CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST VA
May 05, 2008; ... Aaron Glantz Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A class-action trial brought on behalf of the 1.7 million U.S. veterans is drawing toward its close, with lawyers delivering closing arguments at the Federal Building in ...
MEXICO: LARGE SUPERMARKETS SHUT OUT SMALL-SCALE FARMERS
May 05, 2008; ... Diego Cevallos / Tierramrica * Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 MEXICO CITY, Mexico, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A handful of large supermarkets have become increasingly powerful in Mexico, pushing out neighborhood shops and raising the prices of products such ...
BOLIVIA: LAND REFORMS EXPOSE HACIENDAS' USE OF GUARAN SLAVES
May 05, 2008; ... Bernarda Claure Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Efforts by Bolivia's land reform authorities to free 167 Guaran families living in servitude have brought to light a phenomenon that had remained largely hidden and ...
MEDIA: REPORTERS FACE MOST RISK IN IRAQ, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA
May 05, 2008; ... Mirela Xanthaki Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 NEW YORK, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- At least 500 journalists have been killed directly because of their work within the last 15 years, and the perpetrators have been brought to justice in less than 15 percent of ...
U.S.: EXPERTS ATTRIBUTE RISE IN CONSUMER SPENDING TO INFLATION
May 05, 2008; ... Abid Aslam Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in March, but consumers are shelling out more money not to buy more goods but because food, fuel and other daily staples grow increasingly ...
MOZAMBIQUE: CHOLERA AND DYSENTERY RAVAGE FLOODED NATION
May 05, 2008; ... Steven Lang Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- More people have died of cholera following the recent floods in Mozambique than the number who perished in the rising floodwaters.Most rivers in central and ...
U.S.: JUDGE DEEMS AVANT-GARDE ARTIST INNOCENT OF BIOTERRORISM
May 05, 2008; ... William Fisher Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-05-2008 NEW YORK, May 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A U.S. federal judge has dismissed all charges against an avant-garde artist whom public officials had condemned as a bioterrorist.The accusations led to a four-year legal ...
GAZA: ISRAELI-IMPOSED FUEL SHORTAGE WRACKS FISHING INDUSTRY
May 06, 2008; ... Mohammed Omer Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- It's been strangely quiet for some time at the port in Gaza: There's no clanging of hooks, no creaking of cranes and no thumping of nets upon decks.Boat ...
FILM: SRI LANKA DECRIES DOCUMENTARY ON TAMIL SUICIDE BOMBERS
May 06, 2008; ... Tarjei Kidd Olsen Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 OSLO, Norway, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A Norwegian filmmaker has outraged the Sri Lankan government by releasing a documentary about two 24-year-old Tamil women training to end their lives as ...
LEBANON: INSTABILITY THREATENS NATION AS GRIDLOCK PERSISTS
May 06, 2008; ... Analysis by Mona Alami Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Lebanon is walking a fine line between stability and violence, especially now that clashes between supporters of Lebanon's feuding factions have become ...
MALAYSIA: ACTIVISTS BLAME RISING FOOD PRICES ON SPECULATORS
May 06, 2008; ... Analysis by Anil Netto Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 PENANG, Malaysia, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Speculative investors are turning to fuels and the food sector as a "safe haven," driving up prices in the process, some food security activists say.With ...
AUSTRALIA: INQUIRY INTO TERRORISM CASE LACKS TEETH, CRITICS SAY
May 06, 2008; ... Stephen de Tarczynski Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 MELBOURNE, Australia, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Australia's judicial inquiry into the case of a former terrorism suspect, Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, may well become a waste of taxpayers' money if ...
GHANA: WORLD BANK URGES LIGHTING FIRMS TO INVEST IN AFRICA
May 06, 2008; ... Abid Aslam Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 WASHINGTON, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- An international campaign to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's residents is entering a new phase this week with talks to draw investors to markets outside the ...
U.N.: BAN KI-MOON REBUTS ATTACKS ON FAO FROM AFRICAN CRITICS
May 06, 2008; ... Thalif Deen Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday rose to the defense of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization, which has come under fire for its failure to ...
ZAMBIA: FARMERS STRUGGLE TO RECOVER FROM SEVERE FLOODS
May 06, 2008; ... Newton Sibanda Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 LUSAKA, Zambia, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Samson Mwenda, a farmer from Namwala in Zambia's Southern Province, is worried about the long-term economic effects of the massive floods that isolated his farm during ...
BOLIVIA: VOTE IN SANTA CRUZ STRENGTHENS AUTONOMY MOVEMENT
May 06, 2008; ... Franz Chvez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Voters in Bolivia's richest province overwhelmingly voted in favor of regional autonomy on Sunday, posing a challenge to the reforms being ushered in by the government ...
BURMA: JUNTA HOLDS UP U.N. RELIEF EFFORT IN CYCLONE'S WAKE
May 06, 2008; ... Larry Jagan Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 BANGKOK, Thailand, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- At least 4,000 people in Burma have died and another 3,000 have disappeared following the cyclone that devastated that country on Saturday, according to the country's ...
ECUADOR: NEW CONSTITUTION AFFIRMS NATION'S ETHNIC DIVERSITY
May 06, 2008; ... Kintto Lucas Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 QUITO, Ecuador, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Ecuador's new constitution, which a constituent assembly expects to finish drafting by mid-June, explicitly recognizes the importance of pursuing equality between the ...
UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS SEEK INDEPENDENCE FOR NORTHWEST REGION
May 06, 2008; ... Kuban Abdymen Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- An independent political group has begun demanding a referendum in hopes of achieving independence for Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region in the northwest of ...
FRANCE: DECLINING READERSHIP TRIGGERS CRISES FOR PRINT MEDIA
May 06, 2008; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 PARIS, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- French newspapers have been hit hard by a steady loss of readers and advertising, as well as by the emergence of the Internet and free newspapers, leaving them in dire financial ...
GERMANY: FINANCIAL CRISES PUT CHURCHES ON REAL ESTATE MARKET
May 06, 2008; ... Clive Freeman Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 BERLIN, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Many churches in Germany are being converted into luxury apartments, offices, theaters, museums, bistros and restaurants, having lost their congregations.From massive ...
KOSOVO-REPORT: OFFICIALS HAVE RENEGED ON ANTI-GRAFT PROMISES
May 06, 2008; ... Apostolis Fotiadis Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 KRISTINA, Kosovo, May 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The new government in Kosovo has failed so far to live up to its promise of fighting corruption, according to a report published last week by a Pristina-based ...
SOUTH AFRICA: ABUSE OF ZIMBABWEANS JOGS MEMORIES OF APARTHEID
May 06, 2008; ... Michael Deibert Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The halls of downtown Johannesburg's Central Methodist Mission fill with weary figures every night as the autumn sun sets over South Africa's most populous ...
Q&A-SOUTH AFRICA: BISHOP SHELTERS ZIMBABWEAN IMMIGRANTS
May 06, 2008; ... Michael Deibert Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Bishop Paul Verryn has been on the frontlines of South Africa's political struggles ever since he came of age during the most contentious days of the fight ...
IRAQ-REPORT: 'DIVIDE AND RULE' STRATEGY MAY PROVE SHORTSIGHTED
May 06, 2008; ... Ali Gharib Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-06-2008 WASHINGTON, May 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Five years since U.S. president George W. Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech, the administration has yet to show that it has a credible plan for securing peace in Iraq ...
WEST BANK: ISRAELI WALL STILL BLOCKS VILLAGERS' ACCESS TO FARMS
May 07, 2008; ... Zack Baddorf Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 BI'LIN, The West Bank, May 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Some 1,700 Palestinians in the West Bank village of Bi'lin have been promised land, but so far it has not been delivered.The Israeli High Court of Justice ...
LEBANON: U.N. FORCE REMAINS ON 'HIGH ALERT' AGAINST AL-QAIDA
May 07, 2008; ... Mona Alami Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman Zawahiri, announced in an audiotape broadcast on April 21 that Islamic groups will play a pivotal role in a war against Jews....
EGYPT: FEW PARTICIPATE IN STRIKE OVER FOOD, DUE TO SALARY HIKE
May 07, 2008; ... Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 CAIRO, Egypt, May 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Calls for a nationwide protest against the rising cost of living ended in an anticlimax on Sunday, with most Egyptians going to work as usual....
CHINA: TALKS WITH DALAI LAMA'S ENVOYS MAKE SCANT PROGRESS
May 07, 2008; ... Antoaneta Bezlova Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 BEIJING, May 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Unrest is smoldering in Tibet, and international pressure is building up on Beijing to negotiate with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. As a result, ...
PAKISTAN: STONINGS OFFER PROOF OF TALIBAN'S RESURGENCE
May 07, 2008; ... Ashfaq Yusufzai Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Taliban has confirmed that its sympathizers have stoned to death a runaway couple in a remote tribal region of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan.The ...
U.S.: TEXAS COURT SETS AUG. 5 EXECUTION DATE FOR MEXICAN INMATE
May 07, 2008; ... Diego Cevallos Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 MEXICO CITY, Mexico, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Mexican government's aggressive strategy to prevent the execution of Mexican citizens in the United States has so far failed to bear fruit, despite a landmark ...
U.S.-REPORT: DRUG WAR HAS UNJUSTLY TARGETED BLACK COMMUNITIES
May 07, 2008; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 WASHINGTON, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- African-Americans have suffered much higher rates of arrests and imprisonment than whites in the nearly 30-year-old U.S. "war on drugs," according to two reports released this week ...
HONDURAS: PROSECUTORS HOLD HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST CORRUPTION
May 07, 2008; ... Thelma Meja Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Prosecutors in Honduras are holding a hunger strike to demand the dismissal of the attorney general and his deputy, accusing them of failing to investigate cases of ...
SPAIN: NGOS URGE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO ADOPT SAFEGUARDS
May 07, 2008; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 MADRID, Spain, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Nongovernmental groups' behind-the-scenes lobbying for safeguard policies paid off by the end of the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank, which concluded ...
LATIN AMERICA: CHAVEZ AND CORREA FEAR LOCAL AUTONOMY DRIVES
May 07, 2008; ... Humberto Mrquez Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 CARACAS, Venezuela, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Presidents Hugo Chvez of Venezuela and Rafael Correa of Ecuador are warning that the autonomy movement in the eastern Bolivian province of Santa Cruz is at risk of ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS DECRY CARBON MARKETS
May 07, 2008; ... Haider Rizvi / Tierramrica * Inter Press Service English News Wire 05-07-2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- International policymakers are facing fierce criticism from leaders of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples over plans to use carbon markets as a tool ...