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Monday, October 5, 2026
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DEVELOPMENT: Third World Needs to Assert Itself, says Activist
A leading environmental and women's activist says that developing nations need to assert themselves politically at the United Nations, where the United States and other western nations still call the shots.RIGHTS-MEXICO: From Safe Haven to Battleground
Ten years ago, Mexico was a safe haven for foreign observers wishing to visit Central America, the scenario of civil wars and human rights violations at that time. But the roles seemed to have been inverted today.DEVELOPMENT-PERU: Consumer Power Spreads its Wings
Consumer organisations in Peru, tired of being let down by the official institutions which should protect them, have gone independent, proposing consumer boycotts on controverisal products and services.RIGHTS-US/CARIBBEAN: Immigration Body Takes a Beating
It was the last thing the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) needed, another bruising of its already battered image, but that is exactly what it appears to have received.TRADE: US, Indonesia Make Deals Despite Human Rights Pleas
Trade between the United States and Indonesia got a boost Friday, despite pleas from an Indonesian democracy activist for an end to military support of the government of President Suharto.MEDIA-MALAYSIA: Editors Tiptoe Around a Touchy Government
Besieged by a confluence of economic and environmental woes, the Malaysian government is becoming anxious about "negative" media reports that it says damages chances for a quick recovery.MEDIA-SRI LANKA: Press Clamours Against Government Curbs
Sri Lanka's independent media has for once set aside internal rivalries to sit together and demand their constitutional "right to freedom of expression" -- eroded by years of civil strife here.AGRICULTURE: Agrochemicals a Necessary Evil
After a three-year probe, Central American agricultural experts have recommended a more rational use of chemicals on farmlands to end the deterioration of human health and environmental standards in the region.ENVIRONMENT-RIGHTS: Wakeup Call to Mine Shareholders
Environmentalists and human rights activists, have taken their fight against a U.S. multinational mining company operating in Indonesia to its investors and shareholders.FINANCE: Investor Confidence Stays with Emerging Markets – Just
Private investment in 29 major emerging markets has held up - despite Asia's financial troubles - although confidence remains tentative, according to a leading global association of finance companies.WOMEN-SRI LANKA: Private Violence Takes a High Toll //repeating//
Ranjini, a pretty 24 year old, has walked into the office of Sri Lanka's pioneering Women in Need (WIN) organisation more than 20 times over two years for help, after being beaten black and blue by her husband.SOUTH KOREA: Joblessness Sends Economy Back to Labour Exports
Years after graduating from an economy that exports labour, South Korea is witnessing the revival of an exodus of workers triggered by record unemployment at home.RELIGION-JAMAICA: The Bible in the Language of the People
An attempt by a local religious group to translate the Bible from English to Patois, the dialect of the Jamaican people, is causing quite a debate in this northern Caribbean island.ENVIRONMENT-BARBADOS: When An Apple a Day No Longer Keeps the Doctor Away
Fifty-six year old Evonne Isill used to live by the rule -- an apple a day keeps the doctor away. And she went even further, making sure she consumed her five servings of vegetables and other fruits daily.AFRICA: Few Countries Sign Up For Satellite Phone System
African countries continue to drag their feet on leaping into the age of information technology with only 12 of the continent's 53 countries so far signed up for the launch of the world's first satellite telephone system later this year.POLITICS-SUDAN: Referendum For the South Proposed
Sudan's belligerents have agreed here to hold a referendum to decide whether the people of the south want to secede or remain part of the Northeast African country.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Logging, Global Warming Behind the Floods
Few in Argentina, in the grips of severe flooding which has claimed 17 lives, remember the long-time warnings of environmentalists and meteorologists of the risks presented by clear logging and global warming.HEALTH-ZIMBABWE: No Cure Yet For Ailing Sector
For a long time after independence in 1980, Zimbabwe could point to its health sector as a success story of development. But over the past seven years, the sector has rapidly lost its glow.DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Breaking The Cycle Of Poverty
In a thatched hut here, a group of 25 students sit on mats spread on the floor. This hut, known here as "boukarou", is where the children of Djingliya, a remote village situated in the Mandara Mountains in Cameroon's Far North Province, go to school.LABOUR-GUYANA: Civil Servants Threaten to Shut Down Government
Public sector workers in this South American Republic are threatening to "shut down the government" if the Janet Jagan administration does not honour its demand for a 30 percent pay hike.POLITICS-UN: Annan’s Qualified Apology for Inaction in Rwanda
A qualified apology to the people of Rwanda by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, for the failure of the world body to prevent the 1994 Rwandan genocide, comes at a time when the United Nations is under fire again because of the the limitations of its peacekeeping efforts.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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