Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from September 2008:
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN TWEAKS MEDIA COVERAGE TO ITS LIKING
Sep 02, 2008; ... Ashfaq Yusufzai Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sep. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Pakistani government has frozen the bank accounts of the Taliban factions in the North-West Frontier Province, but it has not been able to diminish the ...
SIERRA LEONE: LOCAL CORRUPTION SAPS POWER OF FOREIGN AID
Sep 02, 2008; ... Lansana Fofana Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Sep. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Sierra Leone has been a major recipient of foreign aid since the end of its devastating 11-year civil war in 2002, and government officials, donors and citizens ...
PHILIPPINES: COMMUNITY RADIO BRINGS HOPE TO TROUBLED REGION
Sep 02, 2008; ... Kalinga Seneviratne Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 UPI, Philippines, Sep. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The religiously mixed population of North Cotabato has embraced a community radio station as a beacon of peace, even as conflict rages on between government ...
GEORGIA: OSSETIA FEUD DRIVES WEDGE BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA
Sep 02, 2008; ... Antoaneta Bezlova Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 BEIJING, Sep. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Moscow's decision to recognize the two separatist regions of Georgia as independent states has exposed the divergence of geopolitical interests within the six-nation ...
INDIA: DEAL IN JAMMU DOES LITTLE TO COOL DOWN KASHMIR VALLEY
Sep 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Praful Bidwai Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 NEW DELHI, Sep. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Jammu region of India is settling down to normality and peace, but the two-month turmoil in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley has shown no signs ...
IRAQ: AL-MALIKI'S DEMAND FOR WITHDRAWAL BLINDSIDES BUSH TEAM
Sep 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Gareth Porter* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 WASHINGTON, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signaled last week that that all U.S. troops -- including those with non-combat functions -- must be out of the country ...
CHILE: UNDER BACHELET, PRESCHOOLS TEACH INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
Sep 02, 2008; ... Daniela Estrada Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 SANTIAGO, Chile, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "Mari, mari!" shout the excited group of 20 Chilean, Peruvian and Ecuadorean preschoolers, using the Mapuche greeting to welcome a visitor to their intercultural day ...
TRADE: DOHA TALKS ARE IN PERIOD OF HIBERNATION, ECONOMIST SAYS
Sep 02, 2008; ... Gustavo Capdevila Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 GENEVA, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "History tells us that multilateral trade negotiations never die, and the current Doha Round is no exception," said economist Carlos Prez del Castillo, Uruguay's former ...
DEVELOPMENT: 'ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION' IS TOO WEAK, NGOS SAY
Sep 02, 2008; ... Miriam Mannak Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 ACCRA, Ghana, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Representatives of civil society have raised concerns that the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra could represent a step backward in efforts to improve ...
SUDAN: CUBAN-EDUCATED REFUGEES RETURN HOME TO REBUILD
Sep 02, 2008; ... Skye Wheeler Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 JUBA, Southern Sudan, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Bona Bol's ambitions are even bigger than his 6-foot-5-inch frame. Together with his partner Majok Wek, he has already started a company importing goods into ...
GUINEA: MILITARY KILLINGS OF CHILDREN REMAIN UNPUNISHED
Sep 02, 2008; ... Saliou Samb Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 CONAKRY, Guinea, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Kadiatou Diallo Sylla is haunted by memories of her 14-year-old son, an only child who was killed by the military during anti-government demonstrations in January ...
THAILAND: PROTESTERS THREATEN TO TOPPLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Sep 02, 2008; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A tense political drama playing out in the Thai capital has pitted anti-government protestors against a democratically elected dispensation, thereby threatening ...
PERU: COURT REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO LIEUTENANT'S MURDER
Sep 02, 2008; ... ngel Pez Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 LIMA, Peru, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Chief Prosecutor Pablo Snchez has requested a new trial in the case of the 1988 kidnapping, torture and murder of Marco Barrantes, a second lieutenant in the Peruvian army who was ...
GHANA: DEVELOPMENT FORUM WILL FOCUS ON MAKING AID EFFECTIVE
Sep 02, 2008; ... Francis Kokutse Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 ACCRA, Ghana, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- About 1,000 delegates are expected to take their seats tomorrow in Ghana's capital at a high-level forum on the effectiveness of aid. Some local residents are expressing ...
SOUTH PACIFIC: AS SEA RISES, SMALL ISLANDS LOOK TO AUSTRALIA
Sep 02, 2008; ... Stephen de Tarczynski Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 MELBOURNE, Australia, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- With the apparent effects of global warming already being felt among Pacific island nations, Australia and New Zealand are being urged to do more to prepare ...
PAKISTAN: MILITARY STANDS BACK AS DEMOCRACY PUTS DOWN ROOTS
Sep 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Beena Sarwar Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistan's army has continued to keep its distance from politics and the political leadership has been affirming the country's democratic process, even as ...
MEXICO: PEASANTS SEEK TO BLOCK CANADIAN-RUN GOLD MINE
Sep 02, 2008; ... Diego Cevallos / Tierramrica * Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Aug. 31, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Peasant farmers have disrupted a Canadian corporation's plan to begin mining gold and silver in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, an area ...
RWANDA: BASKET SALES ABROAD SUPPORT WIDOWS, PEOPLE WITH HIV
Sep 02, 2008; ... Lauren Vopni Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 KIGALI, Rwanda, Aug. 31, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- In the courtyard of a red brick home, three women sit together on a bench, laughing and gossiping as they wrap lengths of crimson twine around a curl of bunched straw in ...
POLITICS: THAI WOMEN TAKE LEAD IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT CLASHES
Sep 02, 2008; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 BANGKOK, Aug. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Businesswoman Somchit Suwanasay is one of thousands of middle-aged women making their presence felt at anti-government protests in the Thai capital.Somchit, who runs ...
RIGHTS: TREATY BANNING "ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE" STALLED
Sep 02, 2008; ... Haider Rizvi Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - They have vanished, but are not forgotten. Whether those who have "disappeared" have been killed or are being kept in secret, dark, and unknown prisons, their relatives, ...
DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL GROUP CONSIDERS WORLD WITHOUT 'AID'
Sep 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Ramesh Jaura Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 BERLIN, Aug. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Imagine the dawn of a day when development aid ministries in Europe are shut down because there are no countries left in the 'South' that depend on ...
ECONOMY-NAMIBIA: DIAMOND DEPOSITS DWINDLE AFTER 100 YEARS
Sep 02, 2008; ... Brigitte Weidlich Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 WINDHOEK, Aug. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Namibia's once rich diamond deposits are dwindling after a century of exploitation, forcing miners to look for the hard stones offshore while the country's fledgling ...
TRADE-AFRICA: ASIAN DUMPING SEEN AS MAJOR THREAT
Sep 02, 2008; ... Francis Kokutse Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 ACCRA, Aug. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - The economic partnership agreements (EPAs) are being given a bad name for nothing, according to Ghanaian parliamentarian JB Danquah.Danquah, who is a member of the Ghanaian ...
CUBA: SHORING UP THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Sep 02, 2008; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 HAVANA, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - In the new school year, which begins next Monday, Cuba's educational system will be trying out several changes aimed at overcoming the decline in the quality of teaching, blamed ...
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: U.N. WOMEN'S PROJECT STALLED AGAIN
Sep 02, 2008; ... Ephraim Nsingo Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 HARARE, Aug. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - In 2006, there was shared concern among donors and women's organisations over the fragmented approaches to gender and women's empowerment programs in Zimbabwe."This resulted ...
POLITICS-US: THE REINTERPRETATION OF DREAMS
Sep 02, 2008; ... Ali Gharib Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and gave a speech that went down as one of the greatest in U.S. history.The ...
POLITICS-US: MCCAIN'S VP PICK SEEN AS HIGH-STAKES GAMBLE
Sep 02, 2008; ... Jim Lobe* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain stunned the political establishment Friday by choosing as his running-mate the little-known Alaska governor with virtually no ...
POLITICS-US: MUSLIM CHARITIES NEGOTIATE A MINEFIELD
Sep 02, 2008; ... William Fisher Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - As Muslims begin one of their most sacred holidays -- the month of Ramadan -- charitable organisations serving the American Muslim community are taking what some observers ...
MEXICO: NATIVE WOMEN MOBILISE FOR THEIR RIGHTS
Sep 02, 2008; ... Diego Cevallos Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - If the Mexican government has not addressed the demands of indigenous women in the southern state of Oaxaca by the end of the first week of September, 10,000 native women ...
POLITICS: KENYA FALTERS IN HEALING DEEP ETHNIC TENSIONS
Sep 02, 2008; ... Thalif Deen Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - A power-sharing agreement between the opposition Orange Democratic Movement and the Party of National Unity in Kenya has failed at healing ethnic divisions in the one-time ...
ISRAEL: OLMERT HAS A LAST GO AT A LEGACY
Sep 02, 2008; ... Analysis by Peter Hirschberg Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 JERUSALEM, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert may have announced that he will resign as soon as his ruling Kadima party has chosen a new leader next month, but that ...
CUBA: FOREIGN INVESTORS KEEN ON SUGAR PRODUCTION
Sep 02, 2008; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 HAVANA, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Foreign direct investment in the sugar industry is acceptable to the Cuban government for producing alcohol and other derivatives, but it continues to be a topic that the ...
IRAQ: KIDNAPPINGS NOW BECOME 'UNOFFICIAL'
Sep 02, 2008; ... Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 BAQUBA, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Residents of Baquba deny police claims that kidnappings are now a matter of the past."There are fewer people disappearing, but it continues," a trader who asked ...
RIGHTS-EUROPE: THE DALAI LAMA, NOW THE ONCE WELCOMED
Sep 02, 2008; ... Julio Godoy Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-02-2008 PARIS, Aug. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - EU leaders speak repeatedly of tying increasing Chinese investment in Africa to respect for human rights. But no such considerations come in the way of the EU's own dealings with ...
U.S.: MCCAIN'S VP PICK STIRS CONTROVERSY AND UNCERTAINTY
Sep 03, 2008; ... Ali Gharib and Jim Lobe* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Voters and journalists are struggling with a big question, following Sen. John McCain's decision to pick a little-known Alaskan governor as his vice presidential ...
MALAYSIA: STUNG BY ELECTORAL SETBACK, STATE CENSORS NEWS SITE
Sep 03, 2008; ... Baradan Kuppusamy Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Malaysian government has closed down a popular and controversial Web site, thereby abandoning its decade-old promise to maintain Internet freedom....
SPAIN: OPPOSITION PARTY SLAMS INVESTIGATION OF CIVIL WAR VICTIMS
Sep 03, 2008; ... Tito Drago Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 MADRID, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Internationally renowned Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzn has unleashed a heated debate in Spain by ordering the authorities to provide information on human rights crimes committed ...
CHILE: NGOS CALL FOR HALT TO EXPANSION OF SALMON FARMING
Sep 03, 2008; ... Daniela Estrada Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Nongovernmental organizations are calling for an end to the expansion of salmon farming while simultaneously demanding support for thousands of workers who have lost ...
CANADA: ALBERTA'S OIL LOBBYISTS STRIVE TO WIN OVER OBAMA
Sep 03, 2008; ... Chris Arsenault Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 VANCOUVER, Canada, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Canadian politicians and oil executives are stepping up lobbying efforts to make sure that the U.S. president elected this November will continue purchasing ...
GHANA: SUMMIT AIMS TO FORGE BETTER AID PARTNERSHIPS
Sep 03, 2008; ... Miriam Mannak Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 ACCRA, Ghana, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- More than 1,000 government and civil society delegates have gathered in the Ghanaian capital to debate how best to deliver and administer aid, and the summit is rapidly ...
PERU: NATIVE GROUPS THREATEN OIL COMPANY WITH BLOODSHED
Sep 03, 2008; ... Milagros Salazar Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 SATIPO, Peru, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "We will not allow the oil company to come in because it will bring pollution and we will suffer," said Medaly Pancho, a member of the Ashaninka community in the ...
EU: ANTI-POVERTY ACTIVISTS SAY 'SOCIAL PACKAGE' IS TOO WEAK
Sep 03, 2008; ... Analysis by David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Several events over the past year have raised fundamental questions about whether the European Union's primary mission is to ensure the smooth operation of ...
Q&A: U.S. ELECTION WILL BE 'WON AT THE MARGINS,' BONIOR SAYS
Sep 03, 2008; ... Bankole Thompson Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 DETROIT, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Michigan is a key state for the contenders in the U.S. presidential election, and it remains to be seen which way the state's voters will lean.Unlike Democratic nominee ...
NICARAGUA: NATION FORMALIZES IDENTITY OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN
Sep 03, 2008; ... Jos Adn Silva Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 BILWI, Nicaragua, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Some 250,000 indigenous children and adolescents who had no legal identity in Nicaragua are now being registered, a step that may help them to achieve recognition of ...
TRINIDAD: COMMUTATION OUTRAGES SUPPORTERS OF DEATH PENALTY
Sep 03, 2008; ... Peter Ischyrion Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-03-2008 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The government of Trinidad and Tobago is facing renewed pressure to clarify its position on the death penalty, following a high court ruling to take 52 ...
INDIA/US: Lawmaker's Disclosure May Torpedo Nuke Deal
Sep 04, 2008; ... Analysis by Praful Bidwai* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 NEW DELHI, Sep. 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Chances of the United States-India nuclear deal being completed have greatly receded with the release by a key U.S. lawmaker of a so-far-secret Bush administration ...
VIETNAM: PAYING FOR ECOSYSTEMS
Sep 04, 2008; ... Helen Clark Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 HANOI, Sep. 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), an environmental scheme now being trialled in this South-east Asian country, may serve as a model for the region, if found successful.Two ...
MEDIA-INDIA: COLUMNISTS SUPPORT KASHMIR'S SECESSION
Sep 04, 2008; ... Analysis by Rita Manchanda Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 NEW DELHI, Sep. 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - "Anti-national" is the charge hurled in India at the usual radical suspects who argue for the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people.But the recent ...
POLITICS-SOMALIA: U.S. POLICY LIKELY TO BRING BLOWBACK
Sep 04, 2008; ... Jim Lobe* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - U.S. counter-terrorism policies and support for the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia have helped create an increasingly desperate humanitarian and ...
Q&A: "I APPRECIATE THIS UNIQUE MOMENT"
Sep 04, 2008 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 Interview with Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidateDETROIT, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Whether he wins or loses in the November election, Barack Obama will have made U.S. history as the first African American to ...
COLOMBIA: JUSTICE ON STRIKE
Sep 04, 2008; ... Constanza Vieira Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 BOGOTA, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Some 34,000 judicial sector employees in Colombia began an indefinite strike Wednesday, demanding labour stability, the enforcement of a new salary scheme, and guarantees of ...
DEVELOPMENT: NICE, FUZZY, POSITIVE LANGUAGE ON AID
Sep 04, 2008; ... IPS correspondents Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 ACCRA, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Ministers and senior government officials from around the world have reportedly agreed an action plan to make the system of aid more effective after days of hard negotiations ...
POLITICS-US: CANDIDATES STAY THE COURSE ON LATIN AMERICA
Sep 04, 2008; ... Charles Davis Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - With an election to replace an immensely unpopular president just weeks away, Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama have both sought to distance ...
RIGHTS-CUBA: DISSIDENTS WORK FOR RACIAL INTEGRATION
Sep 04, 2008; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 HAVANA, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Dissident groups in Cuba are attempting to open up a debate on the problem of racism in the country, in order to promote "full integration" of all the island's citizens, without ...
POLITICS-US: THE RETURN OF THE RETURN OF HISTORY
Sep 04, 2008; ... Analysis by Daniel Luban Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - In the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia last month, many commentators have been quick to proclaim that the war signals "the return of history". But attentive ...
RIGHTS-US: DEATH ROW ACTIVIST PREPARES NEW APPEAL
Sep 04, 2008; ... Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 BOSTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Mumia Abu-Jamal rallied thousands of protesters in the U.S. city of Denver last week who were calling for the release of U.S. political prisoners.In a recorded message for ...
POLITICS-US: CHRISTIAN RIGHT SUMMIT STILL WIELDS CLOUT
Sep 04, 2008; ... Bill Berkowitz* Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 OAKLAND, California, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - If the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, survives the slings and arrows of intense media coverage, her next major ...
DEVELOPMENT-SWAZILAND: DON'T BLAME DONOR DEPENDENCY
Sep 04, 2008; ... James Hall Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 MBABANE, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - What happens to a nation whose people depend on the largesse of international donor agencies for their existence, once support is withdrawn?If forecasts for the small landlocked ...
RIGHTS-INDIA: KASHMIRIS SEE POWER IN PEACEFUL PROTESTS
Sep 04, 2008; ... Athar Parvaiz Bhat Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-04-2008 SRINAGAR, Sep. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Firefights between India's armed forces and separatist militants, a feature of life in Jammu and Kashmir state, have now given way to a different type of confrontation -- ...
GHANA: DONORS AND DEVELOPING NATIONS AGREE ON AID AGENDA
Sep 05, 2008; ... Francis Kokutse and IPS correspondents Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-05-2008 ACCRA, Ghana, Sep. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Delegates from both developing and developed countries have adopted the Accra Agenda for Action as a guide to improve the way in which aid is given ...
RIGHTS: BETANCOURT ADVOCATES POLITICAL NICHE FOR GUERRILLAS
Sep 05, 2008; ... Sabina Zaccaro Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-05-2008 ROME, Sep. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Ingrid Betancourt, the former presidential candidate who was held hostage by leftist guerrillas for more than six years, recently announced that resolution of the conflict in ...
NEPAL: LAWMAKERS DRAG FEET ON TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION BILL
Sep 05, 2008; ... Mallika Aryal Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-05-2008 KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Nepal's Supreme Court extended hope to many survivors in June 2007, when it directed the government to form a commission to investigate cases of forced disappearances ...
THAILAND: SATELLITE TV FUELS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
Sep 05, 2008; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-05-2008 BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The opposition movement associated with the People's Alliance for Democracy in Thailand is butting heads with the old media order as it tries to shape the ...
ECONOMY: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FEEL EFFECTS OF SLOWDOWN
Sep 05, 2008; ... Gustavo Capdevila Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-05-2008 GENEVA, Sep. 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The robust growth seen in developing countries may be checked by the slowdown in the industrialized world, according to a United Nations report on the outlook for the global ...
PAKISTAN: U.S. RAID MAY HERALD MORE CONFRONTATIONAL POLICY
Sep 05, 2008; ... Daniel Luban Inter Press Service English News Wire 09-05-2008 WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- An apparent raid into Pakistani territory by U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan has prompted angry denunciations from Pakistani officials.The raid, which took place ...