Inter Press Service English News Wire back issues from October 2008:
POLITICS-SWAZILAND: WOMEN ADVANCE IN NATIONAL ROLES
Oct 01, 2008; ... Mantoe Phakathi Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 MBABANE, Oct. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - The crowd ululated, whistled and danced. Their candidate had won! Last Sunday, the people of Mbabane East returned Esther Dlamini to Swaziland's House of Assembly for a second ...
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: CALLS GROW TO ABOLISH ANTI-TERROR LAW
Oct 01, 2008; ... Baradan Kuppusamy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Public opposition is mounting against Malaysia's draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), a relic of colonialism that gives police unchallenged discretion to arrest and ...
PAKISTAN: VIOLENCE, PRICE HIKES DAMPEN JOY OF MUSLIM FEST
Oct 01, 2008; ... Beena Sarwar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 KARACHI, Oct. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan draws to a close, the shopping frenzy around Pakistan increases in preparation for Eid, the joyous three-day festival of thanksgiving to ...
ECONOMY-US: BUSH PLAN DOWN BUT NOT OUT
Oct 01, 2008; ... Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 BOSTON, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Leading U.S. lawmakers and the cabinet of Pres. George W. Bush met behind closed doors Tuesday to strategize a way to win more votes for their 700-billion-dollar Wall Street ...
U.S.: BRIEF TALKS WITH SYRIA SUGGEST POSSIBLE RAPPROCHEMENT
Oct 01, 2008; ... Jim Lobe* Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 WASHINGTON, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - A series of meetings between U.S. and Syrian diplomats, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, at the United Nations ...
EGYPT-REFUGEES: STEPPING STONES ACROSS THE DESERT
Oct 01, 2008; ... Aya Batrawy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 CAIRO, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - "When I left Darfur, I left the hell of death and entered the hell of life. That is the only difference," said Galoud*, one of the many Darfuri refugees who have escaped to ...
MEXICO: MARCHING ON THE CAPITAL
Oct 01, 2008; ... Diego Cevallos Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 MEXICO CITY, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Dozens of indigenous people walking naked along a main avenue while demanding land, or thousands of stick-wielding teachers blocking main streets at rush hour, are not ...
POLITICS-ANGOLA: RISE IN WOMEN DELEGATES PROMISES CHANGE
Oct 01, 2008; ... Louise Redvers Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 LUANDA, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Something looked very different at the inauguration of Angola's newly elected parliament, held Tuesday at the Talatona Convention Centre in Luanda, the capital -- this is not a ...
ECONOMY-CUBA: CRACKDOWN AIMED AT VENDORS OVER HIGH PRICES
Oct 01, 2008; ... Patricia Grogg Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 HAVANA, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - The Cuban government is seeking to curb excessive food prices in farmers' markets by cracking down on speculation and theft, which will benefit consumers but may discourage ...
RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: DNA TESTS HELP TO ID 'STOLEN' CHILDREN
Oct 01, 2008; ... Sebastin Lacunza Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 BUENOS AIRES, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - DNA testing and court resolutions in Argentina have been key factors in speeding up the work of establishing the true identities of the children who were stolen from ...
U.S.: GREAT PLACE FOR THE OIL BUSINESS
Oct 01, 2008; ... Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - The annual U.S. subsidy to the oil industry averages 39 billion dollars a year, when the costs of guarding oil lanes in the Persian/Arab Gulf, and the Alaska Pipeline ...
IRAQ: IS KURDISH-ARAB "HONEYMOON" OVER?
Oct 01, 2008; ... Analysis by Mohammed A. Salih Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Tensions between Kurds and the Iraqi government over disputed territory have heightened recently, raising fears that they might lead to ethnic clashes ...
ISRAEL: A WOMAN PREPARES TO TAKE THE NATION'S HELM
Oct 01, 2008; ... Analysis by Peter Hirschberg Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 JERUSALEM, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Just a week after Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was charged with forming a new government, it looks as if the new leader of the ruling Kadima party is on the ...
EUROPE: NEW RESOURCE GIVEAWAY TO CORPORATIONS IN THE CARDS
Oct 01, 2008; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 BRUSSELS, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - European Union officials are drawing up a new strategy for giving multinational companies greater access to minerals and wood located in poor countries.With Europe importing ...
SOUTH SUDAN: GROWING WOMEN'S POWER IN GOVERNMENT
Oct 01, 2008; ... Skye Wheeler Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 JUBA, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - When Sabrina Dario Lokolong, the Speaker of South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State Assembly, enters or leaves Parliament, all the other members of parliament must stand up....
AFGHANISTAN: SUBSIDISED FUEL TRAIL WINDS BACK TO PAKISTAN
Oct 01, 2008; ... Anand Gopal* Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 KABUL, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - In a teeming petrol market on the outskirts of Kabul, black market traders sell fuel to everyone from individual customers to large business groups. Although much of this petrol ...
PAKISTAN: TAX PAYERS PAY FOR SUBSIDISED FUEL TO AFGHANISTAN
Oct 01, 2008; ... Ashfaq Yusufzai* Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 PESHAWAR, Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Petrol pumps in Pakistan's border regions do brisk business. Jerry cans of fuel are carried both clandestinely and openly across the porous frontier for sale in neighbouring ...
Q&A: 'OIL PRICES HAVE REVIVED INTEREST IN DAMS'
Oct 01, 2008; ... Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-01-2008 VIENTIANE , Sep. 30, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - Concerns over the future of fisheries in the Mekong River floated to the surface at the first round of discussions held here late this month to shape a blueprint to ...
AGRICULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: GM SORGHUM TEST APPROVED
Oct 03, 2008; ... Busani Bafana Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- As Africa grapples with growing food shortages, biotechnology boosters seem to have an answer: genetically modified crops to feed a continent vulnerable to famine and food ...
PHILIPPINES: TRIBAL LEADER DEFENDS INDIGENOUS WAY OF LIFE
Oct 03, 2008; ... Prime Sarmiento Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 MANILA, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Ask Timuay Nanding Mudai how long he has been serving as traditional leader of the Subanon, one of the many indigenous groups based in Mindanao, Southern Philippines, and he ...
ECONOMY-US: "SWEETENED" BAILOUT GOES BACK TO THE HOUSE
Oct 03, 2008; ... Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 BOSTON, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The bailout bill passed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday is nearly the same Wall Street giveaway as its original, critics say -- except that it now includes $100 billion more in tax ...
Q&A: BLIX FEARS NUCLEAR BUILDUP WORLDWIDE
Oct 03, 2008; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 BRUSSELS, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) --Former U.N. inspector, Hans Blix, has been asked to establish the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, an international body funded by the Swedish government. He's interviewed ...
CARIBBEAN: BRACING FOR U.S. SNEEZE
Oct 03, 2008; ... Peter Richards Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- While United States lawmakers debate the pros and cons of providing a 700-billion-dollar bailout for floundering financial firms, Caribbean countries are ...
INDIA/US: SENATE PASSES NUKE DEAL OVER ESCALATION FEARS
Oct 03, 2008; ... Jim Lobe* Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- While the U.S. Senate's approval of a controversial nuclear deal with India was hailed by the White House Thursday as a major advance in Washington's "strategic relationship" ...
PERU: MOBILIZING TO HOLD PRESIDENT TO HIS PROMISES
Oct 03, 2008; ... Milagros Salazar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 LIMA, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Social movements, trade unions, peasant farmer and indigenous organizations are holding strikes and demonstrations to demand that Peruvian President Alan Garca fulfill the ...
ARGENTINA: GUARDIANS OF THE RIVER
Oct 03, 2008; ... Marcela Valente Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 PUERTO RECONQUISTA, Argentina, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- "There is no water there are no fish," said Olga Ledesma, her skin weathered from 40 years of small-scale fishing, as the boat slowly winds its way along ...
MIDEAST: BREAKING THE SILENCE
Oct 03, 2008; ... Cherrie Heywood Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- An Israeli police commander has called them "provocateurs," "militants," and, "lawbreakers." Earlier in the year the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) decided that ...
CZECH REPUBLIC: COMMUNISM ALIVE, DESPITE PERSECUTION
Oct 03, 2008; ... Zoltn Dujisin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 PRAGUE, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The government's frequent use of the 'communist card' against opponents is casting a shadow on its lustration attempts in a country where an isolated but strong communist party ...
RIGHTS: RENDITION VICTIMS "MISSING" IN ETHIOPIA
Oct 03, 2008; ... Wolfgang Kerler Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the Ethiopian government of detaining at least 10 victims of unlawful rendition incommunicado and without charge since ...
HONDURAS: GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING ALLOCATION AS "SUBTLE CENSORSHIP"
Oct 03, 2008; ... Thelma Meja Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 TEGUCIGALPA, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Government practices for allocating official advertising to the Honduran media include reward and punishment policies, payments to individual journalists, and even denial of ...
SOUTH SUDAN: TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY SEEKS ITS PLACE
Oct 03, 2008; ... Skye Wheeler Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 TONJ, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A lion attempted to devour Dinka chief Makom Majong Makom once. It was during the long years of Sudan's north-south conflict that also saw a militia attack nearly destroy his rural ...
ECONOMY: KENYAN COMPANIES CAUTIOUSLY VENTURE INTO REGIONAL MARKET
Oct 03, 2008; ... Charles Wachira Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-03-2008 NAIROBI, Oct. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Dr. Manu Chandaria (79) has been lionized as East Africa's most respected chief executive officer of a company.In the late 1960s, when the indigenes of the African ...
IRAQ: ADVOCATES URGE U.S. TO SHELTER MORE REFUGEES FROM WAR
Oct 06, 2008; ... Zainab Mineeia Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The United States is being asked to admit more Iraqi refugees amid fears that returning home remains dangerous for many displaced Iraqis.While there has been a marked ...
SRI LANKA: POPULAR GENERAL AMONG 25 VICTIMS OF SUICIDE BOMBING
Oct 06, 2008; ... IPS Correspondents Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A suicide bombing Monday in Sri Lanka killed a former army chief and 24 other people.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were blamed for the attack after ...
POLITICS-U.S.: MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS TAKE STOCK AS MCCAIN EXITS
Oct 06, 2008; ... Bankole Thompson Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 DETROIT, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Michigan Republicans vowed to continue campaigning for GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain despite the candidate's withdrawal from their state.Top Republicans, ...
ENVIRONMENT: EU LOOKS AT OUTSOURCING GLOBAL WARMING FIGHT
Oct 06, 2008; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- European Union lawmakers were to consider a proposal this week that would allow promised cuts in greenhouse emissions to be undertaken outside nations in the bloc. ...
ANALYSIS-EAST TIMOR: STABILITY DEPENDS ON LEADERS, NOT TROOPS
Oct 06, 2008; ... Analysis by Setyo Budi Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 DILI, East Timor, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- East Timor's political elite must unite and stop bickering for power instead of leaving the nation's stability in the hands of international troops, according ...
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: COALITION AIMS TO END 'HONOR' KILLINGS
Oct 06, 2008; ... Ashfaq Yusufzai Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A campaign against "honor" killings in Pakistan has support from lawmakers and lawyers pressing for modifications of Islamic law to prevent perpetrators from ...
SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO KEEP TRAPPED TAMILS SUPPLIED
Oct 06, 2008; ... IPS Correspondents Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Sri Lankan government said it will organize weekly food convoys to 220,000 civilians trapped by fighting in an area known as the Vanni."The plan is to ...
DEVELOPMENT: IBSA NATIONS ARE FINDING EQUALITY IS ELUSIVE
Oct 06, 2008; ... Ranjit Devraj Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 NEW DELHI, Oct. 4, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Top social scientists from India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) are sobered by the thought that large sections of their populations remain excluded from the economic growth ...
LATAM-ASIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS WON'T KILL PLANS FOR INTEGRATION
Oct 06, 2008; ... Daniela Estrada Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Latin America Pacific Arc will not modify its strategy of integration with Asia "because of unfavorable financial circumstances,", Chilean Foreign Minister ...
SCIENCE: REAL, BUT SILLY, RESEARCH WINS SCIENTISTS IG NOBEL PRIZE
Oct 06, 2008; ... Adrianne Appel Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 BOSTON, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- If you always thought there was something oddly intelligent about that slime slithering across your garden, you can rest assured that your hunch is supported by award-winning ...
POLITICS: SOUTH KOREA'S PERSISTENT DREAM OF REGIONALISM
Oct 06, 2008; ... Analysis by John Feffer Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The Six Party Talks -- involving the United States, the two Koreas, China, Japan, and Russia -- offer one potential model for regional collaboration on a regional ...
POLITICS-U.S.: VOTERS SEE BUSH AS OUT OF TOUCH ON LATIN AMERICA
Oct 06, 2008; ... Ali Gharib Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The policies of the George W. Bush administration lag public opinion on a host of issues relating to Latin America, according to a new poll of likely voters across the U.S. ...
Q&A: PROSPERITY FOR LATIN AMERICA "IS IN GREEN TECHNOLOGIES"
Oct 06, 2008 ... Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 Stephen Leahy interviews ACHIM STEINER, head of UNEP /Tierramrica*TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Achim Steiner, the eloquent executive director of the United Nations Environment Program thinks Mexico could take a ...
POLITICS-OBAMA: "SUBSIDIZING BIG OIL MAKES NO SENSE"
Oct 06, 2008; ... Bankole Thompson Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama spoke Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich., where over 15,000 enthusiastic supporters turned out to hear his ...
RIGHTS: U.N. REPORT CHASTISES ISRAEL FOR HARASSING JOURNALISTS
Oct 06, 2008; ... Thalif Deen Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A U.N. report on the human rights situation in Palestinian territories blasts the Israeli government for its heavy-handed treatment of journalists reporting on the military ...
CARIBBEAN: EDUCATED PEOPLE WISH FOR OPTION OTHER THAN LEAVING
Oct 06, 2008; ... Dalia Acosta Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-06-2008 HAVANA, Oct. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Like other developing regions, the Caribbean is no stranger to brain drain. Besides the impact on local economies, the exodus of university graduates has profound social ...
POLITICS-ZIMBABWE: PEOPLE STILL WAITING ON PROMISED LIBERTIES
Oct 07, 2008; ... Tonderai Kwidini Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 HARARE, Zimbabwe, Oct. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- So far, the signing of a power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwe's political factions has changed little on the civil liberties front.For instance, police ...
MALAYSIA: GIRLS ARE MAIN VICTIMS AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING RISES
Oct 07, 2008; ... Baradan Kuppusamy Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Poverty and vulnerability are behind a rising trend in the trafficking of tribal people, mostly young girls, across Southeast Asia, researchers say.The ...
ANALYSIS-TURKEY: GOVERNMENT MUZZLING MEDIA THAT CRITICIZES
Oct 07, 2008; ... Analysis by Hilmi Toros Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Many sections of Turkish media critical of the government say Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is bent on silencing them through intimidation -- or ...
BELARUS: NATIONS STILL SHUN PRESIDENT AFTER TROUBLED ELECTIONS
Oct 07, 2008; ... Kester Kenn Klomegah Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 MINSK, Belarus, Oct. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- European Union member states and the United States are not supporting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following elections that international observers ...
SRI LANKA: OFFICIAL CALLS FOR PAYING LOANS WITH CARBON CREDITS
Oct 07, 2008; ... Feizal Samath Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Sri Lanka wants developing countries to be able to reduce their debts with credits against the environmental destruction and climate change attributed to the ...
TRADE: FREE TRADE DEALS IN ASIA TAKING LONGER THAN EU HOPED
Oct 07, 2008; ... David Cronin Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 7, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Plans to conclude free trade agreements between the European Union and several Asian nations are unlikely to be realized in the near future, a senior Brussels official ...
EL SALVADOR: POVERTY OUTPACES INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO FIGHT IT
Oct 07, 2008; ... Ral Gutirrez Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - A World Food Program study finds rising food prices is pushing poverty up in Central America.According to the study, Price Rises, Markets and Food ...
ENVIRONMENT: CALL ARISES FOR PUTTING NATURE FIRST IN ECONOMY
Oct 07, 2008; ... Julio Godoy/Terraviva * Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The financial meltdown in most of the industrialized world presents an opportunity for a new economic model that would end the short-sighted search for high ...
MIDEAST: SMELL HAS PALESTINIANS MISTRUSTING ISRAELI WATER
Oct 07, 2008; ... Ramesh Jaura/Terraviva * Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Palestinian villagers drink unsafe agricultural water rather than trusting water provided by an Israeli company, said Buthaina Mizyed, who has worked with ...
TRADE-LATAM: DIVERSIFICATION OF MARKETS BLUNTS MONEY CRISIS
Oct 07, 2008; ... Marcela Valente Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- South America's tendency toward trade diversification over the past few years may spare the region the worst repercussions from the U.S. financial crisis, ...
POLITICS-U.S.: ASIAN AMERICANS TILT HEAVILY TOWARD OBAMA IN POLL
Oct 07, 2008; ... Jim Lobe Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- By a margin of nearly 2 to 1, Asian-American voters favor Democratic Sen. Barack Obama over his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, in the Nov. 4 elections, according to a major ...
POLITICS-NAMIBIA: WOMEN URGED TO PUSH GOAL OF GENDER EQUALITY
Oct 07, 2008; ... Moses Magadza Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 WINDHOEK, Namibia, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Namibian gender activists applaud the goal of a 50/50 split of women and men in government by 2015, but warn that the real work is only just beginning.The goal ...
POLITICS: U.N. TO DECIDE ON BID TO FIGHT KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
Oct 07, 2008; ... Wolfgang Kerler Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The rift between Serbia and Kosovo is deepening ahead of a U.N. General Assembly session on Wednesday, when member states will decide whether to grant Serbia's request ...
PERU: NATIVE GROUPS DENOUNCE ENCROACHMENT OF COCA GROWERS
Oct 07, 2008; ... Milagros Salazar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 SATIPO, Peru, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Indigenous people are complaining to the government about farmers from Peru's impoverished provinces of Ayacucho moving into their land in the jungle region to grow ...
CUBA: MORE BLOGGERS ARE FIRING OFF THOUGHTS FROM THE ISLAND
Oct 07, 2008; ... Dalia Acosta Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-07-2008 HAVANA, Oct. 6, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The emergence of a Cuban community of bloggers on the island may soon be more than just wishful thinking.Blogging has finally hit Cuba despite the challenge of ...
THAILAND-ANALYSIS: NEW VIOLENCE RAISES FEARS OF MILITARY RULE
Oct 08, 2008; ... Analysis by Larry Jagan Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-08-2008 BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct. 8, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The battle for Bangkok has entered a new and violent phase, the logical end of which can only be another bout of military rule.So far, the army chiefs ...
ECONOMY-CHINA: WATCHERS ARE GIVING BEIJING A 'BUY U.S.' SIGNAL
Oct 08, 2008; ... Antoaneta Bezlova Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-08-2008 BEIJING, Oct. 8, 2008 (IPS/GIN) - China has taken a position of watchful caution amid a clamor from several quarters for the nation to purchase U.S. assets amid economic turmoil.The Wall Street fire-sale ...