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MEXICO: Countryside Still in Crisis Despite Economic Growth
Although Mexico's economy continued to grow steadily in the first quarter of the year, the rural sector, where the country's poorest of the poor grow food for more than 90 million people, remains steeped in crisis.CULTURE-CUBA: Santiago Alvarez, the Poet of the Image, is Dead
Cuban documentary film-maker Santiago Alvarez, died Wednesday, suffering an advanced case of Parkinson's disease, but without having lost his ability to make poetry out of images.ARGENTINA: Tycoon Suspected in Cabezas Murder Commits Suicide
Argentine business tycoon Alfredo Yabran, suspected of ordering the murder of photo-journalist Jose Luis Cabezas last year, apparently committed suicide Wednesday when police, who had been looking for him since Friday, found him on one of his estates.CLIMATE: U.S. Exempts Military from Kyoto Treaty
U.S. law makers, in the latest blow to international efforts to halt global warming, Wednesday exempted U.S. military operations from the Kyoto agreement which lays out binding commitments to reduce 'greenhouse gas' emissions.DRUGS-AFRICA: Barons Transform East Africa Into Transit Point
International drug barons are transforming East Africa into a transit point for narcotics bound for Southern Africa, crime investigators here have warned.BOOKS-JAMAICA: Bright Child On West Indian History
When Gloria Compton went to an English boarding school as a teenager in the late 1930's she was one of the first West Indians to come across the infamous British class system and racial snobbery of that era.MUSIC: Salsa Turns Japanese
Step into a packed Tokyo bar with a name like "La Cabana" or "Salsa Caribe" and you'll be surprised to find Japanese couples throwing aside their traditional reserve to dance to the pounding musical rhythms of Latin America.ART-RWANDA: Young Returnees Revive Art Scene
One of the features of post-genocide Rwanda, struggling to return to normal after the horrors of civil war, has been the return of artists from neighbouring countries to bring about a revival in this nation's culture.MUSIC-COSTA RICA: Remembering the Invaders in Song
To the rhythm of mazurca, vals and tambito, Costa Ricans have learned through song littlke-known details of the battle of 1856 when a peasant army turned back a band of armed U.S. privateeers.CULTURE-PERU: Doing the “Twelfth Night” Rumba
A provocative new version of the Shakespearean comedy "Twelfth Night" is being staged in Lima, with the traditional tale of confused identity and love expressed as homosexual entanglements to the rhythm of the rumba and bolero.ENVIRONMENT-PANAMA: Citizens Groups Want Action
Much of Panama's economy depends on the natural resources of the nation - such as water for the Panama Canal - but Panama remains the only country in Central America that does not have a law to protect the environment.TRADE: Africans Reject New Issues in WTO Until Old Problems Solved
African trade ministers have objected bluntly to any expansion in the work of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) until sufficient measures are taken to increase poorest countries' participation and benefits.RIGHTS: Brackets Surround Proposed ICC Statute
Even by past standards of international treaties, the draft statute for the proposed International Criminal Court (ICC) is vague and runs to a hefty 166 pages in English, with hundreds of key passages undecided.HONG KONG: Rude Awakening for Tourism Industry
Visitors to Hong Kong had often complained about rude shopkeepers and getting surly service, but up until almost a year ago, tourists kept coming in droves anyway, with many of them making return trips.ENVIRONMENT: Ganga Could Turn Source of Sorrow, Say Experts
Since time immemorial Nepal, India and Bangladesh -- three impoverished South Asian countries -- have viewed the Ganga river and its Himalayan tributaries as perennial sources that sustain life.POLITICS-INDONESIA: Suharto To Relinquish Power On His Own Terms
After 32 years in power, Indonesian President Suharto does not relish being shoved out the door. He want to slide away from the political scene on his own terms.DEVELOPMENT-ZIMBABWE: Low Tobacco Price Hits Small Farmers
A slump in the global demand for tobacco has caused sleepless nights for people in the industry but it is small-scale farmers who have been the hardest hit.SIERRA LEONE-LIBERIA: Time For Mending the Fences
Liberia, accused of permitting Sierra Leonean dissidents to cross into their country and stage attacks there, is now trying to improve its tense relations with its neighbour.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Lessons from the Asian Crisis
A prominent U.S. economist told a group of bankers in the Argentine capital that the economies of southeast Asia could stage a surprise recovery, as occurred in Argentina and Mexico in 1995.TRADE-DEVELOPMENT: Mandela Tells WTO To Bridge North-South Gap
South African president Nelson Mandela Tuesday called on the World Trade Organisation's 132 members to forge a "partnership for development through trade and investment."LABOUR-BRAZIL: Problems in Plans for Social Security Reform
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso if fighting an uphill battle to reform Brazil's overburdened social security system but his efforts are not lacking in comic value.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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