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/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ UNITED STATES: Green Party Campaign Passes Quietly
The Green Party's candidate for president this year was touted as the hope of leftists: a persistent critic of the nearly indentical economic and political platforms of the two major parties.ZAIRE-RWANDA: Arms Sales to Hutu Rebels Went On in 1996
More than a dozen countries played a part in the re-arming of Rwandan rebels who were based in refugee camps in eastern Zaire until last week, a confidential U.N. report contends.UNITED STATES: Green Party Campaign Passes Quietly
The Green Party's candidate for president this year was touted as the hope of leftists: a persistent critic of the nearly indentical economic and political platforms of the two major parties.U.S.-ELECTIONS: Blacks, Latinos, Asians Face Mixed Fortunes
The 1996 election year -- dominated by advertisements that deplored black welfare recipients, Mexican immigrants, and Asian fundraisers -- has ended with a sigh of relief from much of the country's minority population.ZAIRE-U.N.: French Proposal for Peacekeepers Meets Mixed Response
France's proposal Tuesday to dispatch an international force to troubled eastern Zaire has garnered only slight approval at the United Nations, diplomats here told IPS.MUSIC-USA: Jimmy Heath Still Bounces in a Big Band at 70
He's been called one of jazz music's thoroughbreds by famed trumpeter Miles Davis, he's played with musicians from Charlie Parker to Wynton Marsalis, and he's even brought his act to fellow saxophonist Bill Clinton's White House.ANDES-ENVIRONMENT: New Development Strategies Needed for Andes
The seven Latin American countries which comprise the Andean region must adopt balanced strategies of economic development that protect native peoples and the resources of that mountainous area, a new report says.UNITED STATES-U.N.: “Booooo-tros” Vanishes From U.S. Elections
When Republican Senator Robert Dole began campaigning for the U.S. presidency a year ago, his aides were certain he had a winning issue in criticising U.S. support for the United Nations under the leadership of the man he called "Booooo-tros Booooo-tros Ghali."U.S.-LABOUR: Nike Campaign Strikes at Firm’s Record in Asia
Collaboration with dictatorships, sexual harassment charges in Vietnam, workplace abuses in Indonesia, low wages throughout Asia: the U.S.-based shoe giant Nike has faced all these accusations in recent months.WESTERN SAHARA: U.N. Voices Frustration over Stalled Process
The long-stalled process to hold a referendum on Western Sahara's self-determination is pushing many U.N. diplomats to question whether U.N. efforts there accomplish anything.CINEMA-USA: Revenge of the ‘First Wives Club’
It's an odd phenomenon in Hollywood: movies can portray women as vamos or psychotic killers, and nobody complains; but when a movie comes out suggesting that some men are bad husbands, the American public rises up in furious debate.ZAIRE: U.N. Warns Kivu Crisis is Spinning Out of Control
Ongoing fighting in Zaire's eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces is sparking concern among U.N. officials that Zaire, Rwanda, and Burundi may all be affected by the widening violence.DISARMAMENT: Landmines Ban Likely by End of Next Year
Disarmament activists are confident that governments will approve a ban on the production and sale of all anti-personnel landmines by December 1997.U.S.-HAITI: U.S. Politics Still Hold Haiti Hostage, Team Says
U.S. political divisions over Haiti continue to hold that nation hostage to an uncertain fate, in which international assistance to rebuild Haiti is anything but certain, an international team argues.UNITED NATIONS: World Body Celebrates Bleak 51st Birthday
What a difference a year makes. One year ago, world leaders flocked to the United Nations to discuss a vision for the world body's next 50 years, while U.S. President Bill Clinton toasted Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's leadership.U.S.-ENVIRONMENT: Activists See DU Link to Gulf War Illnesses
Activists convinced of the health risks of depleted uranium (DU) are urging the U.S. government to investigate whether the use of DU in tanks and bullets during the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq harmed U.S. soldiers.BOOKS: A Romanian Optimist Gives His View of America
If it takes an immigrant's eyes to look more fondly on a country than natives do, then Romanian-American radio host Andrei Codrescu could rightfully claim to be the greatest optimist in the United States./IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS ISSUES/ UNITED STATES: Nation Of Islam leader Farrakhan Decries Violence
Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan angrily denounced the world arms trade and violence in the United States as black leaders staged a rally outside the United Nations a year after their Million Man March on Washington, D.C.U.S.-POLITICS: Choice of Presidential Candidates Bores Voters
The returns on the U.S. presidential elections are already in, and the results are nearly unanimous: the choice between President Bill Clinton and challenger Bob Dole is boring.U.S.-POLITICS: One Year After March, Farrakhan Decries Violence/UPDATE
Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan angrily denounced the world arms trade and violence in the United States as black leaders staged a rally outside the United Nations a year after their Million Man March on Washington, D.C.U.S.-POLITICS: One Year After March, Farrakhan Decries Violence
Black nationalist leader Louis Farrakhan angrily denounced the world arms trade and violence in the United States as black leaders staged a rally outside the United Nations a year after their Million Man March on Washington, D.C.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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