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ENVIRONMENT: Food and Water Trends Show Signs of Crisis, U.N. Says
Current trends in food and water consumption will result in shortages and crises for millions of people over the next 30 years if governments take no action, the United Nations warns.CINEMA: Madonna’s ‘Evita’
After years of controversy, the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical about Argentine political idol Evita Peron has opened to great success in U.S. cities - sparking, in the minds of many critics, a rebirth of modern musicals.GUATEMALA-U.N.: U.N. Resolves Standoff on Peacekeepers As China Backs Off
A standoff over sending U.N. peacekeepers to aid Guatemala's peace process ended Monday after China reversed course from a previous veto of the force.RUSSIA-U.S.: Immunity Dispute Brings New Tensions to Diplomats
For Russian diplomats stationed in New York, a new Cold War is being waged -- not over communism and capitalism, but over parking spaces and police harassment.BURMA: Government Critics Target Gas Companies over Yadana Pipeline
Opponents of Burma's ruling military regime have stepped up attacks on the French gas company Total and the U.S. gas conglomerate Unocal, accusing them of having links to a Burmese group tied to forced labour and heroin trafficking.UNITED STATES: Workfare Workers Worry about Labour Conditions
Twenty years ago, "workfare" was a social experiment, in which some U.S. welfare recipients worked for the public sector part-time to receive benefits. Now, some experts warn, workfare may be the trend of the future.UNITED STATES: Workfare Workers Worry about Labour Conditions
Twenty years ago, "workfare" was a social experiment, in which some U.S. welfare recipients worked for the public sector part-time to receive benefits. Now, some experts warn, workfare may be the trend of the future.MEDIA-MIDEAST: Bombs Raise Fears of Campaign Against Arab Paper /CORRECTED REPEAT/
The first major bomb threat at the United Nations and an attack on an Arab paper's London headquarters have sparked worries that an unknown group is targetting independent press coverage of the Arab world.MEDIA-MIDEAST: Bombs Raise Fears of Campaign Against Arab Paper
The first major bomb threat at the United Nations and an attack on an Arab paper's London headquarters have sparked worries that an unknown group is targetting independent press coverage of the Arab world.UNITED STATES: Black Children Become Focus of Bitter ‘Ebonics’ Dispute
Do black children living in U.S. central cities speak English?UNITED NATIONS: Annan Earns Meeting with Clinton, Praise from U.S.
New U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will meet with U.S. President Bill Clinton and his top foreign policy aides Jan 23, in the latest sign of easing tensions between the United Nations and Washington.NIGERIA: Party Leaders Face Tough Sell in the United States
The question posed to four of the five leaders of Nigeria's new political parties was a simple one: What role did they expect the Nigerian military to play in the ongoing political process?U.S.-CUBA: Relief Groups Ponder U.S. Approval For Aid Team
Washington's decision to allow a U.S.- based group to send a humanitarian mission to Cuba is a welcome change but does not necessarily indicate a warming in U.S.-Cuban relations, humanitarian groups here argue.BOOKS-USA: Ralph Ellison’s Hidden Stories Come to Light
One of the strangest things about Ralph Ellison's career as a writer is that he is readily acknowledged as one of the major U.S. novelists of this century even though he has only published one novel, the 1952 opus 'Invisible Man'.MUSIC-USA: New Generation Takes on Salsa
After a marked downturn earlier this decade, the romantic, propulsive groove of Latin salsa music is back, and as popular among U.S. audiences as ever.HONDURAS-U.N.: Suspect General Remains as Deputy Ambassador
Despite criticism from human rights groups, a Honduran general linked to human rights atrocities shows no signs of leaving his position as deputy representative to his country's U.N. mission.HONDURAS-U.N.: Suspect General Remains as Deputy Ambassador
Despite criticism from human rights groups, a Honduran general linked to human rights atrocities shows no signs of leaving his position as deputy representative to his country's U.N. mission.LABOUR-U.S.: Teamster Election Boosts Reformers, but Mob Still Lurks
The largest private-sector union in the United States dealt a major blow to the mafia by re-electing a reformist president, but the union still faces challenges from corrupt "old-guard" elements, union analysts argue./IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ UNITED STATES: Cyrus Chestnut Brings Back Old Time Gospel
Jazz traces its roots back to such unspiritual places as Memphis nightclubs and New Orleans brothels, but some jazz musicians are bringing the sacred sounds of gospel back into the genre./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ OCEANS: U.N. Debate on Oceans Disappoints Some Ecologists
The conclusion this week of a U.N. debate on the world's oceans was even more disappointing than usual, contends the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), an international environmental group.UNITED NATIONS: Kofi Annan To Be Elected U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan, a career U.N. staffer and currently head of the United Nations' peacekeeping department, will be the world body's next secretary-general, the U.N. Security Council confirmed Friday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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