Interpress Service back issues from September 2008:
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN TWEAKS MEDIA COVERAGE TO ITS LIKING.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Ashfaq Yusufzai 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 factions' presence in the media. Taliban ...
SIERRA LEONE: LOCAL CORRUPTION SAPS POWER OF FOREIGN AID.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Lansana Fofana 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 have all begun questioning how effectively this ...
PHILIPPINES: COMMUNITY RADIO BRINGS HOPE TO TROUBLED REGION.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Kalinga Seneviratne 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 forces and Muslim rebels on the island of Mindanao. ...
GEORGIA: OSSETIA FEUD DRIVES WEDGE BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Antoaneta Bezlova 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 Shanghai Cooperation Organization. While the ...
INDIA: DEAL IN JAMMU DOES LITTLE TO COOL DOWN KASHMIR VALLEY.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Analysis by Praful Bidwai 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 of abating. The Kashmir unrest, which unseated the ...
IRAQ: AL-MALIKI'S DEMAND FOR WITHDRAWAL BLINDSIDES BUSH TEAM.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Analysis by Gareth Porter* 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 by the end of 2011 under the agreement he is negotiating ...
CHILE: UNDER BACHELET, PRESCHOOLS TEACH INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Daniela Estrada 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 care center in Santiago. Some of the ...
TRADE: DOHA TALKS ARE IN PERIOD OF HIBERNATION, ECONOMIST SAYS.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Gustavo Capdevila 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 permanent representative to the World Trade ...
DEVELOPMENT: 'ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION' IS TOO WEAK, NGOS SAY.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Miriam Mannak 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 aid effectiveness. Delegates from 380 ...
SUDAN: CUBAN-EDUCATED REFUGEES RETURN HOME TO REBUILD.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Skye Wheeler 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 war-devastated Southern Sudan. Bol and Wek ...
GUINEA: MILITARY KILLINGS OF CHILDREN REMAIN UNPUNISHED.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Saliou Samb 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 2007. Diallo Sylla, who shares a shack with her ...
THAILAND: PROTESTERS THREATEN TO TOPPLE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Marwaan Macan-Markar 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 this Southeast Asian country with anarchy. ...
PERU: COURT REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO LIEUTENANT'S MURDER.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By ngel P ez LIMA, Peru, Sep. 1, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Chief Prosecutor Pablo S nchez 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 accused of spying by the military. ...
GHANA: DEVELOPMENT FORUM WILL FOCUS ON MAKING AID EFFECTIVE.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Francis Kokutse 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 skepticism about the usefulness of the summit. ...
SOUTH PACIFIC: AS SEA RISES, SMALL ISLANDS LOOK TO AUSTRALIA.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Stephen de Tarczynski 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 for climate change refugees. "In ...
PAKISTAN: MILITARY STANDS BACK AS DEMOCRACY PUTS DOWN ROOTS.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Analysis by Beena Sarwar 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 the nation has lurched from one political crisis to ...
MEXICO: PEASANTS SEEK TO BLOCK CANADIAN-RUN GOLD MINE.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Diego Cevallos / Tierramrica * 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 that it has explored for 14 years. The ...
RWANDA: BASKET SALES ABROAD SUPPORT WIDOWS, PEOPLE WITH HIV.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Lauren Vopni 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 the Rwandan district of Gitarama. ...
POLITICS: THAI WOMEN TAKE LEAD IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT CLASHES.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Marwaan Macan-Markar 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 a small travel business, spent two nights ...
RIGHTS: TREATY BANNING "ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE" STALLED.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Haider Rizvi 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, family members and human rights activists want to ...
DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL GROUP CONSIDERS WORLD WITHOUT 'AID'.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Analysis by Ramesh Jaura 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 financial assistance from the 'North'. It sounds rather ...
ECONOMY-NAMIBIA: DIAMOND DEPOSITS DWINDLE AFTER 100 YEARS.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Brigitte Weidlich 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 cutting and polishing sector could shrink as fewer and ...
TRADE-AFRICA: ASIAN DUMPING SEEN AS MAJOR THREAT.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Francis Kokutse 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 parliament's select committee on ...
CUBA: SHORING UP THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Patricia Grogg 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 on a shortage of teachers and other problems. ...
DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: U.N. WOMEN'S PROJECT STALLED AGAIN.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Ephraim Nsingo 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 in lack of clarity on what was happening, ...
POLITICS-US: THE REINTERPRETATION OF DREAMS.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Ali Gharib 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 speech, delivered when lunch counters even in ...
POLITICS-US: MCCAIN'S VP PICK SEEN AS HIGH-STAKES GAMBLE.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Jim Lobe* 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 national, let alone international, experience. ...
POLITICS-US: MUSLIM CHARITIES NEGOTIATE A MINEFIELD.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By William Fisher 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 believe is a desperate last step to keep the U.S ....
MEXICO: NATIVE WOMEN MOBILISE FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Diego Cevallos 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 will travel to the capital to directly pressure ...
POLITICS: KENYA FALTERS IN HEALING DEEP ETHNIC TENSIONS.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Thalif Deen 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 politically-troubled East African nation, ...
ISRAEL: OLMERT HAS A LAST GO AT A LEGACY.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Analysis by Peter Hirschberg 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 doesn't mean the prime minister has given up hope of ...
CUBA: FOREIGN INVESTORS KEEN ON SUGAR PRODUCTION.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Patricia Grogg 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 authorities prefer not to talk about, at least in ...
IRAQ: KIDNAPPINGS NOW BECOME 'UNOFFICIAL'.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* 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 to be referred to as Abu Ali told IPS ....
RIGHTS-EUROPE: THE DALAI LAMA, NOW THE ONCE WELCOMED.
Sep 02, 2008 ... By Julio Godoy 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 China. Within a couple of years China ...
U.S.: MCCAIN'S VP PICK STIRS CONTROVERSY AND UNCERTAINTY.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Ali Gharib and Jim Lobe* 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 candidate: Is McCain being bold or reckless? ...
MALAYSIA: STUNG BY ELECTORAL SETBACK, STATE CENSORS NEWS SITE.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Baradan Kuppusamy 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. The Malaysia Today web portal, which the ...
SPAIN: OPPOSITION PARTY SLAMS INVESTIGATION OF CIVIL WAR VICTIMS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Tito Drago MADRID, Sept. 2, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Internationally renowned Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzcentsn has unleashed a heated debate in Spain by ordering the authorities to provide information on human rights crimes committed during the country's civil war and under the ...
CHILE: NGOS CALL FOR HALT TO EXPANSION OF SALMON FARMING.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Daniela Estrada 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 their jobs because of a crisis in the sector. ...
CANADA: ALBERTA'S OIL LOBBYISTS STRIVE TO WIN OVER OBAMA.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Chris Arsenault 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 notoriously dirty oil from the Alberta tar sands. ...
GHANA: SUMMIT AIMS TO FORGE BETTER AID PARTNERSHIPS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Miriam Mannak 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 turning into a tough negotiation between rich and ...
PERU: NATIVE GROUPS THREATEN OIL COMPANY WITH BLOODSHED.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Milagros Salazar 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 central Peruvian province of Jun n. "We hunt and fish, ...
EU: ANTI-POVERTY ACTIVISTS SAY 'SOCIAL PACKAGE' IS TOO WEAK.
Sep 03, 2008 ... Analysis by David Cronin 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 an economic bloc or to ensure a decent quality of ...
Q&A: U.S. ELECTION WILL BE 'WON AT THE MARGINS,' BONIOR SAYS.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Bankole Thompson 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 Barack Obama, John McCain has carried ...
NICARAGUA: NATION FORMALIZES IDENTITY OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Jos Ad n Silva 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 their basic human rights. This was ...
TRINIDAD: COMMUTATION OUTRAGES SUPPORTERS OF DEATH PENALTY.
Sep 03, 2008 ... By Peter Ischyrion 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 convicted killers off death row. The ...
INDIA/US: Lawmaker's Disclosure May Torpedo Nuke Deal.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Analysis by Praful Bidwai* 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 document which says Washington will not sell ...
VIETNAM: PAYING FOR ECOSYSTEMS.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Helen Clark 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 pilot projects, one in the southern Dong Nai ...
MEDIA-INDIA: COLUMNISTS SUPPORT KASHMIR'S SECESSION.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Analysis by Rita Manchanda 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 outcrop of media columnists asking Indians ...
POLITICS-SOMALIA: U.S. POLICY LIKELY TO BRING BLOWBACK.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Jim Lobe* 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 security situation in the East African nation, ...
Q&A: "I APPRECIATE THIS UNIQUE MOMENT".
Sep 04, 2008 ... Interview with Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate DETROIT, 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 lead a major political party. In this Sep. 2, ...
COLOMBIA: JUSTICE ON STRIKE.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Constanza Vieira 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 independence for the courts. Monday's ...
DEVELOPMENT: NICE, FUZZY, POSITIVE LANGUAGE ON AID.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By IPS correspondents 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 that pitted some of the world's poorest nations ...
POLITICS-US: CANDIDATES STAY THE COURSE ON LATIN AMERICA.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Charles Davis 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 themselves from the record of George W. Bush -- ...
RIGHTS-CUBA: DISSIDENTS WORK FOR RACIAL INTEGRATION.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Patricia Grogg 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 discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity or ...
POLITICS-US: THE RETURN OF THE RETURN OF HISTORY.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Analysis by Daniel Luban 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 observers could be forgiven for responding to these ...
RIGHTS-US: DEATH ROW ACTIVIST PREPARES NEW APPEAL.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Adrianne Appel 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 the crowds protesting outside the ...
POLITICS-US: CHRISTIAN RIGHT SUMMIT STILL WIELDS CLOUT.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Bill Berkowitz* 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 appearance could be before an adoring crowd of ...
DEVELOPMENT-SWAZILAND: DON'T BLAME DONOR DEPENDENCY.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By James Hall 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 African nation of Swaziland are an ...
RIGHTS-INDIA: KASHMIRIS SEE POWER IN PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
Sep 04, 2008 ... By Athar Parvaiz Bhat 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 -- paramilitary troops facing mass protests by ...
GHANA: DONORS AND DEVELOPING NATIONS AGREE ON AID AGENDA.
Sep 05, 2008 ... By Francis Kokutse and IPS correspondents 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 and spent. The document was adopted at ...
RIGHTS: BETANCOURT ADVOCATES POLITICAL NICHE FOR GUERRILLAS.
Sep 05, 2008 ... By Sabina Zaccaro 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 Colombia can only come through "dialogue and ...
NEPAL: LAWMAKERS DRAG FEET ON TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION BILL.
Sep 05, 2008 ... By Mallika Aryal 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 committed during the 1996-2006 civil war. More than ...
THAILAND: SATELLITE TV FUELS ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS.
Sep 05, 2008 ... By Marwaan Macan-Markar 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 political system of this kingdom. Two ...
ECONOMY: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FEEL EFFECTS OF SLOWDOWN.
Sep 05, 2008 ... By Gustavo Capdevila 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 economy. "This is really a downturn ...
PAKISTAN: U.S. RAID MAY HERALD MORE CONFRONTATIONAL POLICY.
Sep 05, 2008 ... By Daniel Luban 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 Wednesday morning in the turbulent Waziristan ...