Interpress Service back issues from October 2007:
Q&A-BURMA: DISSIDENT ACTIVIST CALLS ON CHINA TO WEAKEN JUNTA.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Ranjit Devraj 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 brutality of Burma's military rulers. ...
INDIA: FISHERWOMEN PROTEST EXPANSION OF TOURISM INDUSTRY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By M. Martin 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 villages, picturesque backwaters and beaches, the ...
Q&A: DEATH PENALTY HAS NO FOUNDATION IN ISLAM, PROFESSOR SAYS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Abderrahim El Ouali 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 that the Quran does not support capital punishment ....
MOROCCO: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION POSES SERIOUS HEALTH RISK.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Abderrahim El Ouali 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 in Morocco, and the situation is getting ...
NORTH AFRICA: ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS MOVE TO THE MAGHREB.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Michael Deibert 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. The California-based consulting firm Frost & ...
U.S./IRAQ: PENTAGON AWARDS $92 MILLION CONTRACT TO BLACKWATER.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Ali Gharib 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 separate violent incidents in Iraq. ...
FINANCE: NEW IMF BOSS INHERITS AGENCY'S LEGITIMACY CRISIS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Abid Aslam 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 agency's role in the global economy. ...
MEXICO: COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AVERT CONSTRUCTION OF SKYSCRAPER.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Emilio Godoy 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 opposition from civil society groups in the ...
U.N.: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS EMERGENCY SESSION ON BURMA.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Gustavo Capdevila 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 in Burma this week. The crackdown has ...
HEALTH: NEW AIDS DRUGS WILL SIMPLIFY CARE OF RURAL CHILDREN.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Adrianne Appel 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 Organization. The latest formulation, made up of ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: COMPANIES SEEK TECHNOLOGICAL CURES FOR CRISIS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Stephen Leahy 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 from happening. Some scientists have ...
LATIN AMERICA: ARTICLE ON CHILD LABOR WINS JOURNALISM PRIZE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Diana Cariboni 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 America and the Millennium Development Goals" ...
U.S.: AHMADINEJAD DELIVERS CONTROVERSIAL SPEECHES IN NEW YORK.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Analysis by Khody Akhavi 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 more "research" into the unequivocal facts ...
ECUADOR: ELECTION SPARKS DEBATES ABOUT 21ST-CENTURY SOCIALISM.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Kintto Lucas 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 rewrite the Ecuadorean constitution. The ...
BOOKS: POST-9/11 ADDENDUM EXPANDS ON 'END OF VICTORY CULTURE'.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Daniel Luban 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 have anticipated six years earlier. As ...
MALAWI: BUSINESSWOMEN STRUGGLE TO ADAPT TO GLOBALIZED TRADE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Pilirani Semu-Banda 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 have reached only 44 percent. Up to a ...
BURMA: SOLDIERS KILL PROTESTERS, LAY SIEGE TO MONASTERIES.
Oct 01, 2007 ... By Moe Yu May and Marwaan Macan-Markar 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 school in Tamwe Township. Having already ...
PAKISTAN: RESIDENTS ORGANIZE TO BUILD THEIR OWN SEWERS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Irfan Shahzad 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 from the fact that concrete paving covers ...
Q&A-BULGARIA: OPENING OF COMMUNIST FILES UNNERVES LEADERS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Claudia Ciobanu 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 secret service as the country's representatives ...
GERMANY: ANTI-TERRORISM PROPOSALS DIVIDE RULING COALITION.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Julio Godoy 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 hijacked by terrorists, and the Social Democrats ...
CZECH REPUBLIC: PRESIDENT POOH-POOHS GLOBAL WARMING AT U.N.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Zolt n Dujisin 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 President Vaclav Klaus told a United Nations ...
PHILIPPINES: WOMEN AIM TO SUE MAYOR FOR BANNING BIRTH CONTROL.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Stella Gonzales 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 contraceptives that were provided free at a local ...
TURKEY: POLITICIANS RESUME MEMBERSHIP TALKS WITH EU.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Analysis by Hilmi Toros 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 period of estrangement. Turkey has a new ...
PAKISTAN: ORGAN PEDDLERS PREY ON POOR NEIGHBORHOODS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Zofeen Ebrahim 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 selling their organs to shady dealers. ...
ARGENTINA: LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT FOCUSES ON NATIONAL PARKS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Marcela Valente 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 region's ecosystems and protected areas. ...
REPORT: U.S. SUPPLIED MOST ARMS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN 2006.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Jim Lobe 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 Congressional Research Service. Washington agreed ...
BRAZIL: DELL ASKS BUYERS TO SIGN PLEDGE AGAINST 'AXIS OF EVIL'.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Mario Osava 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 development, according to recent reports. ...
U.N.-REPORT: URBAN POOR ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO DISASTERS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Frank Mulder 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 Nations. Just policies and good ...
ECUADOR: CORREA'S PARTY WINS MAJORITY IN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Kintto Lucas QUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Ecuador's governing Movimiento Alianza Pa s won a landslide victory in the election for the country's constituent assembly on Sunday, clearing the way for leaders to lay the foundations for a "solidarity economy." ...
GUATEMALA: CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Ins Ben tez 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 punishment. Alvaro Colom of the ...
CHINA: OFFICIAL PRESS GLOSSES OVER VIOLENCE IN BURMA.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Analysis by Antoaneta Bezlova 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 Burma's jade business. The decision of the ...
HEALTH: GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS NEEDS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Julio Godoy 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 malaria, but the sum is still not considered adequate. ...
RUSSIA: POLITICIANS REBUT U.S. REPORT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Kester Kenn Klomegah 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 biased. The "International Religious ...
AUSTRALIA: NEW CITIZENSHIP TEST IS INANE AND RACIST, CRITICS SAY.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Stephen de Tarczynski 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 national symbols," according to the federal ...
SOUTH AFRICA: EXPANSION OF MINING OPERATIONS APPEARS IMMINENT.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Steven Lang 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 confrontation -- which also pits two ...
U.N.: SEXUAL ABUSE IS INFECTING CHILDREN WITH AIDS, OFFICIAL SAYS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Adrianne Appel 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 on governments to address these issues. ...
ZIMBABWE: DILAPIDATED SEWAGE SYSTEM SPREADS DISEASE IN HARARE.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Tonderai Kwidini 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. "We are going to the clinic to seek medical ...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: NONTARIFF BARRIERS BLOCK FLOW OF GOODS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Stephanie Nieuwoudt 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 rewarding, but nontariff barriers continue to be a ...
BURMA: BLOODY CRACKDOWN SULLIES IMAGE OF JUNTA'S WHITESHIRTS.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Marwaan Macan-Markar 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 unleashed Brownshirts to terrorize dissenters. ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENTISTS USE ALGAE TO ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Julio Godoy /IFEJ 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 caused by excessive fertilizer runoff. ...
U.S.: PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGES EXISTENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Stephen Leahy 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 for it. His statements at the summit ...
Q&A: CROATIAN AUTHOR DISCUSSES POLITICS, LITERATURE.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Claudia Ciobanu 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 attended the 20th meeting of Eurozine, the ...
BALKANS: SERBIAN LEADERS COURT RUSSIAN INVESTMENT.
Oct 02, 2007 ... By Vesna Peric Zimonjic 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 Belgrade airport, as well. The prevalence of Cyrillic ...
PORTUGAL: BLACK ACTORS BREAK INTO TOP THEATER COMPANIES.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Mario de Queiroz 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 performers already had a strong presence in the ...
POLAND: VETO OF ANTI-DEATH PENALTY DAY CATERS TO VOTERS.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Zolt n Dujisin 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 proposal to observe the symbolic day. The ...
FRANCE: SARKOZY EXPRESSES INTEREST IN FULL NATO MEMBERSHIP.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Julio Godoy 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 cultivate new ties with the U.S. France has ...
IRAN: CHE GUEVARA'S CHILDREN DERAIL CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Kimia Sanati 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 Ernesto Che Guevara. The conference, ...
U.S.: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP DECRIES BIG BANKS FOR FINANCING COAL.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Abid Aslam 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 finance new mines. Led by the Rainforest ...
BURMA: U.N. COUNCIL DEPLORES CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTING MONKS.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Gustavo Capdevila 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 weeks. The council also urged Burma's ...
Q&A-MALI: INDEPENDENT FEMALE LEGISLATOR SHARES ELECTION STORY.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Almahady Ciss 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 find it difficult to become elected. ...
SUDAN: ATTACKS ON PEACEKEEPERS THREATEN U.N. MISSION IN DARFUR.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Thalif Deen 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 presidential statement, reflecting the views ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. BANKS INVEST IN COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Stephen Leahy 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 Arctic. The obvious climatic and fiscal ...
U.N.: COALITION SEEKS TO IMPROVE MATERNITY CARE WORLDWIDE.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Alexandra Stahl 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 maternity care. Called "Deliver Now" -- a ...
BELGIUM: FRENCH COMPANY MAY FACE CHARGES FOR WORK IN BURMA.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By David Cronin 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 federal prosecutor in Belgium has decided to ...
TRADE: CARIBBEAN STRUGGLES WITH LOSS OF SUGAR DEAL WITH EU.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Bert Wilkinson 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 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. ...
TANZANIA: HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATES DISCUSS 'AID FOR TRADE' OPTIONS.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Sarah McGregor 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 Organization representatives. WTO Director ...
LATIN AMERICA-REPORT: CONSERVATION EFFORTS GAIN MOMENTUM.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Marcela Valente /Tierramrica 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 to Tierramrica. The participation of local ...
BURMA: U.N. ENVOY HOLDS CLOSED-DOOR MEETING WITH THAN SHWE.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Marwaan Macan-Markar 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 charged with facilitating political reform in ...
PERU: OFFICIALS STAND ACCUSED OF POST-EARTHQUAKE PROFITEERING.
Oct 03, 2007 ... By Angel P ez 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 their pockets with public funds and misusing ...
PARAGUAY: MORTALITY RATES REMAIN HIGH, DESPITE U.N. CAMPAIGN.
Oct 04, 2007 ... By David Vargas 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 indices may even be worsening, according to a ...
BURMA: ACTIVISTS DECRY FRENCH COMPANY'S INVESTMENT IN PIPELINE.
Oct 04, 2007 ... By Michael Deibert 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 high-stakes debate on corporate responsibility. ...
ROMANIA: COMMUNE RESIDENTS REPEL ADVANCES OF MINING FIRM.
Oct 04, 2007 ... By Claudia Ciobanu 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 will not leave this place for as long as I live." ...
SOLOMON ISLANDS: SOGAVARE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS.
Oct 04, 2007 ... By Stephen de Tarczynski 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 Australian-led assistance mission that has been in their ...
EU: REPORT QUESTIONS EU'S DECISION TO SUBSIDIZE BIOFUELS.
Oct 04, 2007 ... By David Cronin 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 recent study. Indeed, the International ...
PAKISTAN: MAYOR OF KARACHI SLOWS DOWN TOILET-BUILDING EFFORTS.
Oct 04, 2007 ... By Zofeen Ebrahim 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 for free. When Rustom Ali bursts in ...