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POLITICS-MIDEAST: Albricht Warns Time Running Out
The notion of 'land for peace' long has been at the heart of Middle East peace prospects and, on the eve of talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the question remained: How much land for peacewhen?RIGHTS-TURKEY: Semdin Sakik’s Words Echo In The Kurdish War Zone
Turkey's soldiers have spent 14 years in vicious but inconclusive conflict with the guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). Now they say, the endgame is at hand.RIGHTS: Problems with Patents on Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous groups in Argentina are angry over being excluded from a biodiversity programme, run the U.S. University of Arizona, that includes research on the healing properties of native plant species.MEDIA-CULTURE: Reporting the Peace in Bosnia
Most of the foreign correspondents in Bosnia-Hercegovina have packed up and gone home, leaving behind a local media slowly recovering from years of war-stoked propaganda, mistrust, and isolation.ART-USA: The Man of a Thousand Bizarre Faces
Looking at one of artist Chuck Close's paintings is always a distinctly unsettling experience - especially because they usually comprise realistic depictions of some of the boldest, most alienated faces ever seen.CULTURE-INDIA: Taj Mahal Survives All Threats.
From the time 345 years ago when the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built his celebrated marble monument to the woman he loved, the Taj Mahal has faced threats of destruction.MUSIC: Folk Music Losing its Identity in Panama
Folk music that attracts a weekly average of 50,000 people to dances and public concerts in Panama is in danger of losing its identity, say folkloric enthusiasts.MUSIC: Jamaica Mourns Death of Legendary Sax Player
Caribbean musicians are mourning the death this month of Tommy McCook, the Jamaican saxophonist who died at his home in Atlanta, Georgia after his distinct tunes blazed a trail across three generations.LITERATURE: Writers Enjoying Boom in Cuba
The economic crisis that has dragged on for eight years in Cuba could be credited also for sparking what many critics and writers believe is a literary boom for the island.DEVELOPMENT-GHANA: Farmers Expect Abundant Rainfall, Bumper Crop
The first rains in Ghana have been received with joy and relief as consumers look forward to reduced food prices and a possible end to an energy crisis described as the worst in the country's history.EAST TIMOR-INDONESIA: Asylum Seekers Still in Limbo
For nearly eight months now, the world of Avelino Maria Coelho da Silva and his family has shrunk to within the four walls of the Austrian embassy compound in Indonesia.DRUGS: Globalisation Aids Money Laundering, Warns U.N.
The United Nations says the laundering of drug money - one of the world's most insidious businesses - is being made relatively easy these days by the growing globalisation of the marketplace.PHILIPPINES: Belittled Former Actor Leads Presidential Race
Belittled for his less than perfect English and his acting background, Vice President Joseph Estrada is getting a second, serious look from sceptics now that he has taken an early lead in the Philippines' presidential race.POLITICS-INDIA: Nuclear Blasts Settle Political Squabbles
India's right-wing government may be losing friends abroad by going nuclear but it is certainly winning friends at home.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Political Patronage Keeps Poor Out
Sri Lanka's social welfare programmes benefit nearly half of the island's population, but there is growing evidence that its recipients are not just the poorest of the poor.POPULATION-SIERRA LEONE: People Flee to Guinea to Escape Rebels
Hundreds of thousands of Sierra Leone residents in the east of the country are reportedly on the run into neighbouring Guinea to escape fighting between rebels of the ousted military junta and the West African Peacekeeping troops (ECOMOG).POPULATION-BARBADOS: Parent Abuse on the Rise
Jane Brooks goes into her room, sits on the bed where she breaks down in tears.DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: Crime Down, But Not Out
While crime levels have begun to take a downward spiral in South Africa, experts say there is still no cause for celebration.POLITICS-PARAGUAY: Imminent Split in Ruling Party
After the triumph will come a split, predict two prominent local analysts with respect to the internal situation in Paraguay's Colorado Party, which added a new five- year term to its half century in power in Sunday's elections.DISARMAMENT-US: Clinton to Impose Sanctions Against India
U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday he would impose sanctions against India and called on New Delhi to halt all nuclear tests and sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty "now and without conditions."POLITICS-MEXICO: Government Lost and Defeated in Cyberspace
Unarmed and lost in the Internet, the Mexican government lies beaten by the "intercontinental cyberspace liberation fleet," the vanguard of the Zapatista guerrilla.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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