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TRADE-DEVELOPMENT: South Needs More Influence In WTO’s Corridors
Developing countries avoided losing ground at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)'s Second Ministerial Meeting here, but achieved little else -- highlighting the need for them to be better prepared for future trade negotiations.DEVELOPMENT: Non-Aligned Movement Condemns Arms Race
The Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) "Message from the Caribbean" issues a call for peace as fundamental for development, and shared responsibility in the fight against drug trafficking.DEVELOPMENT-UN: First of Turner’s Billion Announced
The United Nations Foundation, created to disburse the one-billion-dollar gift conferred on the United Nations by U.S. media mogul Ted Turner, Wednesday announced its first award of 22 million dollars for development work.POLITICS-ISRAEL: Israel’s Peace Groups Struggle To Cross The Line
For a split second, Uri Avnery, an Israeli peace activist, flashes a satisfied smile.POLITICS-JAPAN: Tokyo Nurses A Headache Called Indonesia
Political instability in Indonesia is proving to be a huge headache for Japan, which has long been among President Suharto's closest allies and a major economic player in the country.ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Border Dispute Poses Threat To Stability
A border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea poses yet another threat to stability in the Horn of Africa, a region that already has more than its share of conflicts.ECONOMY-SOUTH AFRICA: Affirmative Action — the Only Way Forward?
A question being increasingly asked in academic circles here is whether South Africa is rushing down a road that has caused some amount of controversy in the United States in recent years: that of affirmative action.ENVIRONMENT: Jamaica Gets the Red Card
With recent reports showing Jamaica high on the red list when it comes to the world's most endangered plants, environmentalists are wringing their hands in despair as they try to find ways to counter what they are describing as an unacceptable situation.INDIA-PAKISTAN: War of Words Intensifies Over Kashmir
The governments of India and Pakistan seem to be pushing perilously close to armed confrontation in the wake of last week's nuclear tests carried out by India that threaten to snap their tenuous ties.POLITICS-ST.KITTS/NEVIS: US Wins a Round in Extradition Fight
As if to send a signal to the 'Dons' of regional drug trafficking, the United States, despite a major setback last year, is continuing its efforts to extradite three Kittitian businessmen to Florida to face drug trafficking charges.RIGHTS-GUYANA: Let the Prisoners Go Free Says UN Body
When late President Cheddi Jagan ordered Guyana to be a signatory to the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1993, little did he or his legal advisors envisage that it would come back to haunt the country in less than five years.RIGHTS-RWANDA: Killing in Kenya Puts Spotlight on Witness Safety
The assassination last weekend of a former Rwandan official set to testify at a U.N. war crimes tribunal has sparked questions over the safety of witnesses to the 1994 genocide in that country.TRADE-AFRICA: Urgent Help Needed For LDCs
African ministers have called on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to fully -- and quickly -- implement a special programme for the world's least developed countries (LDCs) that was launched last October.POLITICS-GUYANA: Trouble on the Horizon
The signs are clear that trouble is once again brewing in Guyana despite the determination by Caribbean Community leaders to ward it off by intervening at the highest level in this racially divided country.TRADE-AFRICA: WTO at 50, Africa Not Smiling
The 50 years that have passed since the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) came into force in 1948 have seen the dismantling of barriers to world trade, but for people in some parts of the world, there is little to smile about.RIGHTS-GERMANY: Bonn May Cut Aid To Nations That Refuse Deportees
Despite signs of government splits over the issue, there is life yet in German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel's controversial proposal to stop development aid to countries that are slow to take back their deported citizens.HONDURAS: Police Corruption, a Never-Ending Story
The latest chapter in the seemingly endless police corruption in Honduras was opened by the testimony of a former sergeant, who accused the top brass of ringleading criminal gangs and ordering summary executions.TRADE-DEVELOPMENT: WTO Will Try Not To Forget The Small Traders
World trade ministers Wednesday agreed to step up plans to further free up global markets, but promised not to forget that some nations lack the economic strength to keep up with the pace of change forced by the major trading powers .TRADE-ENVIRONMENT: Uneasy Co-existence
When the leaders of two of the world's biggest economies took to the podium here this week to address the WTO's Second Ministerial Meeting, both warned of the danger of expanding trade at the cost of the environment.RIGHTS-PERU: Opposition Announces Risk of Police State
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori defended his top intelligence adviser Vladimiro Montesinos, pinpointed by international groups as the country's leading violator of human rights.POLITICS-INDONESIA: U.S. Looks for ‘Statesmanship’ from Suharto
The United States moved closer to calling for the resignation of Indonesian President Suharto Wednesday when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged him to commit an "historic act of statesmanship" to preserve his legacy.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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