Interpress Service back issues from November 2007:
EU: OFFICIAL BUTTS HEADS WITH NGOS OVER TRADE DEALS WITH AFRICA.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Analysis by Sue Scott LONDON, 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 pending trade deals with African states. The EU ...
SRI LANKA: MINISTER DENIES U.N. ALLEGATIONS ABOUT USE OF TORTURE.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By IPS Correspondents COLOMBO, 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 little doubt that the renewal of the civil war has led to ...
U.S.: SENATE COMMITTEE RATIFIES LAW OF THE SEA TREATY.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 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 research projects concerning oceans. The ...
U.S.: REPUBLICAN MAVERICK CALLS FOR DIRECT TALKS WITH IRAN.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 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 sent to Bush by Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska two ...
U.N.: SINGAPOREAN OFFICIAL DECRIES EFFORT TO SUSPEND EXECUTIONS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Thalif Deen UNITED 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 death penalty. The 27-member European Union, backed ...
PERU: ACTIVISTS ACCUSE PRIME MINISTER OF SIDING WITH MINING FIRM.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Milagros Salazar LIMA, 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 R o Blanco project, which the people of the Piura highlands have been ...
SPAIN: COURT DECIDES ETA WAS NOT TO BLAME FOR TRAIN BOMBINGS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Tito Drago MADRID, 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 2,000 in the Spanish capital. Although defendants ...
ITALY: IMMIGRANT POPULATION MAY SWELL TO 10 MILLION IN 30 YEARS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Sabina Zaccaro ROME, 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 report on migrations released Tuesday. Legal migrants ...
BURMA-REPORT: RECRUITERS FORCE CHILD SOLDIERS TO SERVE JUNTA.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Abra Pollock WASHINGTON, 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 evidence in connection with allegations that the junta is ...
NICARAGUA: DUE TO ABORTION BAN, DOCTORS STAND BY AS WOMEN DIE.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Jos Ad n Silva MANAGUA, 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 pregnancies that pose a risk to a pregnant woman's health, ...
SOUTH ASIA: YOUTH SIGN OPEN LETTER DEMANDING SEX ED IN SCHOOLS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Zofeen Ebrahim HYDERABAD, 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 -- who for the last two years has kept condoms and ...
RWANDA: SUSPECT IN GENOCIDE CASE REMAINS ON THE LOOSE.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE 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 the top of a list of fugitives compiled by the ...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OFFICIALS DENY PRESENCE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.
Nov 01, 2007 ... By Dicentsgenes Pina SANTO 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 not problems in his country. Taveras was ...
INDIA: CONGRESS PARTY AGREES TO HONOR NUCLEAR DEAL WITH U.S.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Analysis by Praful Bidwai NEW 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 in to intense pressure from Washington and from domestic ...
AUSTRALIA: NATION SHOULD WELCOME MIGRANTS, ANALYST SAYS.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Shailendra Singh SUVA, Fiji, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- A leading economist is urging Australia to reconsider its opposition to a migrant worker scheme that could act as a safety valve for social and political pressures in neighboring countries. Professor Biman ...
AUSTRALIA: STATE LAGS BEHIND IN ACCEPTANCE OF NATIVE RIGHTS.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- When the United Nations General Assembly adopted its declaration on indigenous rights, Australia was one of just four countries to vote against it. The other opponents of the declaration, which ...
GABON: ACTIVISTS FIGHT PLAN TO BUILD DAM NEAR KONGOU FALLS.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Nadine Stella LIBREVILLE, Gabon, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Attempts to build a hydroelectric dam are threatening to harm Kongou Falls, which has been described as the most beautiful waterfall in Central Africa. Kongou has apparently been earmarked as the site for a ...
BRAZIL: GUARDS SHOOT ACTIVISTS PROTESTING GENETIC MODIFICATION.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Armed guards recently attacked a group of roughly 200 rural activists who were for the second time occupying a Swiss-owned research farm in Brazil. The attack on members of the Landless Rural ...
LEBANON: U.N. URGES ISRAEL TO CLEAN UP OIL RELEASED BY BOMBINGS.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Israeli Air Force's July 2006 bombing of oil storage tanks and a power station in Lebanon caused severe environmental damage that is continuing to harm people in the area, according to a report released by the United ...
SWITZERLAND: WTO DUSTS OFF HIDDEN COLLECTION OF SOCIALIST ART.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Gustavo Capdevila LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Works of art donated by trade unions in the first half of the 20th century will soon be displayed at the World Trade Organization headquarters, after having been deliberately hidden for the past 30 years. ...
FINANCE: STRAUSS-KAHN TAKES HELM OF TURBULENT IMF.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn started his first day as managing director of the International Monetary Fund Thursday, stepping into a tense atmosphere rife with disagreements over the agency's role and leadership structure. ...
U.S.: VILLAGE ACCUSES LOCKHEED MARTIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Mark Weisenmiller TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The quiet village of Tallevast in Florida's Manatee County traces its roots back to the 1890s, when a community of shacks was built there for African-American laborers. Back then the laborers tapped sap from ...
CUBA: REPORTERS MOURN DEATH OF BRILLIANT PHOTOJOURNALIST.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Dalia Acosta HAVANA, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- One of ngel Gonz lez Baldrich's lifelong friends and colleagues at the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde once wrote that the photojournalist took at least 70,000 photos and published roughly 10,000 of them in different papers ...
Q&A-ARTS: STAN DOUGLAS EXPLORES THEMES OF MEMORY, CONFLICT.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Am Johal VANCOUVER, Canada, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Stan Douglas -- an internationally renowned photographer, filmmaker and multimedia installation artist -- has been called "one of the most accomplished Canadian artists of the younger generation." A member of ...
MEXICO: OFFICIALS BRACE FOR EXPIRATION OF TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Diego Cevallos MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- China has beaten Mexico hands down in terms of trade in the past few years and is likely to solidify its dominance in December, when an agreement allowing Mexico to take temporary protectionist measures is set to ...
Q&A-MUSIC: SONNY ROLLINS SHARES THOUGHTS ON 9/11, RACISM, AGING.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By David Cronin BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- New York's Carnegie Hall was akin to a pilgrimage site this September when Sonny Rollins performed on the 50th anniversary of his debut at the revered venue. Jazz musicians and aficionados who have drawn ...
EGYPT: OFFICIALS REBUT ISRAELI ACCUSATIONS OF ARMS SMUGGLING.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Throughout October Israeli officials repeatedly accused Egyptian authorities of failing to prevent weapons from being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, leading many local commentators to suggest that ...
CANADA: ROCK BAND RAISES MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE IN HAITI.
Nov 02, 2007 ... By Jeb Sprague* MANCHESTER, Canada, Nov. 1, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Arcade Fire, a rock band based in Quebec, has made raising awareness and money for Haiti's most disadvantaged residents its top priority. Last weekend the band played to more than 14,000 people at the ...
BALKANS: LEADER'S RESIGNATION HOBBLES BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Vesna Peric Zimonjic 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, this unified state is still unable to ...
KENYA: LOBBY GROUPS FILE LAWSUIT TO BLOCK TRADE DEAL WITH EU.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Rosalia Omungo 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 and southern African nations. ...
TURKEY: RICE PLEDGES TO HELP CONTAIN THREAT OF KURDISH REBELS.
Nov 05, 2007 ... Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas 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. During a press conference, U.S. Secretary ...
HONDURAS: RADIO REPORTER FLEES FOLLOWING DEATH THREATS.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Thelma Mejia TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The news director of the Radio Cadena Voces radio station, Dagoberto Rodriguez, fled Honduras Thursday after police warned him that he could be killed by paid gunmen in the next 72 hours. "My life ...
BRAZIL: SOCIAL FORUM WILL HIGHLIGHT DIVERSITY OF AMAZON REGION.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Mario Osava 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 January 2009 in Brazil's Amazon region. ...
MEXICO: U.S. AND CALDERON CRAFT ANTI-DRUG PLAN IN SECRECY.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Diego Cevallos 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 States. Although it is being ...
TRINIDAD: DOOKERAN BASES CAMPAIGN ON 'POLITICS OF CHANGE'.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Peter Ischyrion 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 island republic over the next five years. ...
U.N.: YOUTH SHARE THOUGHTS ON POVERTY WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Rajiv Fernando 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 came from Azerbaijan, Mexico, Thailand and ...
AFRICA-REPORT: TUBERCULOSIS SPREADS AMONG PEOPLE WITH HIV.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Miriam Mannak 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 to a new report from the Forum for ...
CANADA: CITING DEATHS, CRITICS CALL FOR HALT TO USE OF STUN GUNS.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Am Johal 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 off more than a day earlier from a ...
COLOMBIA: VENEZUELA, EUROPE ATTEMPT TO EASE HOSTAGE CRISIS.
Nov 05, 2007 ... Analysis by Ana Carrigan 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 Alvaro Uribe on Sept. 26, 2006: "Mr. President, we who are going to die send you our greetings." ...
BANGLADESH: JUDICIARY BREAKS FREE OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Farid Ahmed DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Bangladesh's judiciary has been freed from the corrosive influence of the country's bureaucracy and the political establishment, but it remains to be seen whether it will succeed in dispensing real justice. ...
GUATEMALA: VIOLENT CAMPAIGNS CONCLUDE WITH RUNOFF ELECTION.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Ines Benitez GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Nov. 2, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Retired Gen. Otto Perez, who has taken a tough stance on crime, is facing off with businessman Alvaro Colom, who has put an emphasis on extending a helping hand of solidarity to the poor, Sunday in Guatemala. ...
BULGARIA: TEACHERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY, MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Claudia Ciobanu 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 gross national income is allocated to ...
IRAQ: GANGS AND MILITIAS ROAM BAQUBA, DESPITE U.S. CHECKPOINTS.
Nov 05, 2007 ... By Ahmed Ali* 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 administrative chaos. Baquba, ...
CUBA: CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS SEEK TO PUT ASIDE THEIR CONFLICTS.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Dalia Acosta CARDENAS, 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 understanding and knowledge. "We ...
TRINIDAD: RULING PARTY EMERGES AS VICTOR OF GENERAL ELECTION.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Peter Ischyrion 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 Tobago's 41-member parliament, giving him a margin that he described as a "comfortable working majority." ...
MIDEAST: TRAVELING MEDICAL CLINIC TREATS PALESTINIAN VILLAGERS.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Ramsey Ben-Achour 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 are struggling to obtain access to basic ...
INDIA: SANITATION EXPERTS CALL FOR ALTERNATIVES TO SEWERS.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Aparna Srivastava Reddy 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 2015, according to experts and activists. ...
FIJI: HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Shailendra Singh SUVA, Fiji, Nov. 6, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Civil society organizations are still celebrating a ruling handed down last month by Fiji's High Court, which decided to give the media the right to publish a confidential audit report commissioned by the state pension ...
COTE D'IVOIRE: IMAM, PASTOR CALL FOR END TO FEMALE CIRCUMCISION.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Fulgence Zamble ABIDJAN, Cote 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 requirement. But in Cote d'Ivoire, religious ...
PAKISTAN: POLICE ARREST HUNDREDS OF LAWYERS AND ACTIVISTS.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Beena Sarwar 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 Islamist extremists. Musharraf ...
PAKISTAN: U.S. SEEMS WILLING TO CONTINUE FUNDING PAKISTANI ARMY.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Khody Akhavi 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 George W. Bush administration, which ...
ARGENTINA: FIRE IN CRAMPED PRISON LEAVES MORE THAN 30 DEAD.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Marcela Valente 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 authorities are investigating the ...
U.S.-REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE MAY POSE SEVERE SECURITY THREAT.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Jim Lobe 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 Washington think tanks. A task force ...
CANADA: AFGHAN WOMAN RECEIVES AWARD FOR FEARLESS REPORTING.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Stephen Leahy 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 of Zakia Zaki, a female radio ...
SYRIA: ANALYSTS SAY ISRAELI RAID LIKELY TARGETED NUCLEAR SITE.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Khody Akhavi 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 the secret target was a nuclear facility ....
GUATEMALA-ELECTION: SOCIAL DEMOCRAT BEATS RIGHT-WING RIVAL.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Ines Benitez 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 Alvaro Colom, urging unity after Sunday's runoff ...
HONDURAS: CONSERVATIONISTS FIGHT TO PUT FOREST LAW INTO ACTION.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Sonia Edith Parra* LA CEIBA, Honduras, Nov. 5 (IPS/IFEJ) -- A political battle is raging in Honduras over the establishment of a legal framework for the country's new forestry law -- long delayed in Congress -- which aims to regulate protected areas and wildlife. ...
INDIA: SCIENTIST CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO AVERT WARMING.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Imelda Abano 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 scheduled to be released later this month. ...
IRAQ: DEATH THREATS AND ATTACKS FORCE FAMILIES TO FLEE.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Ahmed Ali* 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 estimates. The United Nations High ...
RUSSIA: WOMEN HOPE TO DOUBLE THEIR REPRESENTATION IN DUMA.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Nov. 5, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Several female lawmakers are hoping that women will achieve a higher representation in parliament after Russia's Dec. 2 elections. "If we judge by the selection list of influential parties, then the future ...
BURMA: JUNTA ASKS U.N. ENVOY TO SHORTEN DIPLOMATIC VISIT.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Larry Jagan 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 a transition to civilian rule. ...
COLOMBIA: FLOODING WORSENS SPREAD OF MALARIA THROUGH CHOCO.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Constanza Vieira and Diana Cariboni* QUIBDO, Colombia, Nov. 3 (Tierramerica) -- The Atrato River is "full of malaria," according to a dozen men standing in the water that has inundated the village of Tangui in Colombia's northwestern jungle. It is the fifth flood ...
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF SEIZES POWER IN RESPONSE TO COURT ACTIONS.
Nov 06, 2007 ... Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. 3, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court set the stage for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency by taking a stand on crucial constitutional issues that were involved in the cases before it. ...
PAKISTAN: PRO-TALIBAN MILITANTS WREAK HAVOC IN SWAT VALLEY.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Ashfaq Yusufzai 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. The resumption of hostilities in ...
Q&A-BOLIVIA: 'WE NEED PARTNERS, NOT MASTERS,' MORALES SAYS.
Nov 06, 2007 ... By Sabina Zaccaro 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 priority. The award was presented ...