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UNITED STATES: Battle over Ballots Heats Up Language Row
When elections come to New York City, voters can usually state their preferences in English or Spanish, Chinese or Russian. From Hindi-speaking Indians to Creole-speaking Haitians, every major language group in the city has help to select their electoral picks at the polls.MUSIC: Haitian Rappers Take the Spotlight
On the streets of New York, the song is unavoidable. From every corner, you can hear a woman's voice croon out, "Strumming my face with his fingers," while a loud hip-hop beat stomps in the background.IRAQ: U.N. Clinches Agreement on Inspections with Baghdad
The Iraqi government has ended a two-week standoff with U.N. weapons inspectors by agreeing on a plan to allow further inspections of Iraq's military arsenal.CUBA-U.N.: Havana Launches Pre-Emptive Strike on Civil Aviation Report
Cuba is crying foul over a U.N. agency's report that says Cuban pilots shot down two planes belonging to a Miami-based group over international waters last February.UNITED NATIONS: Boutros-Ghali vs the U.S.
Now that Washington has taken a stance against the re-election of U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, U.S. diplomats here say the Egyptian diplomat's U.N. career is over.UNITED NATIONS: Boutros-Ghali Throws Hat into the Ring, Again
Reversing an earlier pledge not to do so, embattled U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has decided seek another serve another five-year term as the head of the world body.HABITAT: Delegates agree to oppose forced evictions
A Habitat II global Plan of Action moved a crucial step toward completion Tuesday, after international negotiators on housing rights agreed to oppose "forced evictions" which violate human rights.HABITAT: Security Row As Police Make Presence Felt /REPEAT/
Tensions over security at the Second U.N. Conference for Human Settlements rose Monday after a weekend in which Turkish police seized hundreds of local human rights activists and trade unionists.HABITAT-ANALYSIS: Deadline To Resolve Row Over Rights
Countries negotiating the right to housing have a weekend deadline for resolution of the issue.HABITAT-ANALYSIS: Deadline To Resolve Row Over Rights
Countries negotiating the right to housing have a weekend deadline for resolution of the issue.HABITAT: Symbolism Meets State Power At Housing Rights Protest
Symbol and reality converged Thursday when nearly 1,000 protestors demonstrating against forced evictions by state authorities were themselves forced to disperse at Istanbul's Galata Bridge by Turkish police.HABITAT-POPULATION: Old Debates Return, UNFPA Head Worries
Agreements on women's health and reproductive rights, among other issues decided in recent U.N. conferences, are up for debate once more, warns Dr Nafis Sadik, executive director of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA).DEVELOPMENT: Governments Need To Meet Social Promises, Say NGOs
While governments meet here this week to discuss how well they have followed their commitments to social development, one group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has completed its assessment -- and its findings are bleak.MUSIC-USA: ‘Kansas City’ Soundtrack Revisits Early Jazz
When U.S. director Robert Altman presented his new film, 'Kansas City', at the Cannes Film Festival last month, the verdict was nearly unanimous: lousy movie, great soundtrack.MUSIC-USA: ‘Kansas City’ Soundtrack Revisits Early Jazz
When U.S. director Robert Altman presented his new film, 'Kansas City', at the Cannes Film Festival last month, the verdict was nearly unanimous: lousy movie, great soundtrack./DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 05/PERU-U.S.: Fujimori Visit Overshadowed by Detained New Yorker
The fate of a 26-year-old New York woman is casting a pall over the U.S. visit of President Alberto Fujimori of Peru, who is this week trying to drum up investment for his country.DEVELOPMENT: Few Countries Following Up on Social Summit Commitments
More than a year after the World Summit for Social Development, fewer than a dozen nations are following up on commitments made at the summit by developing detailed anti-poverty strategies, a new study reveals.LIBERIA: U.N. Cannot Arrange August Elections, Boutros-Ghali Says
U.N. peacekeepers in Liberia will be unable to accomplish their long-promised goal of arranging multi-party elections by August, and may have to withdraw, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali says.UNITED STATES: TV Host Allows Monitors at Central American Plants/RPTING
U.S. labour activists are praising a decision by a popular U.S. television host to allow human rights monitors at Central American factories where her special clothing line is made as a breakthrough in improving working conditions.UNITED STATES: TV Host Allows Monitors at Central American Plants
U.S. labour activists are praising a decision by a popular U.S. television host to allow human rights monitors at Central American factories where her special clothing line is made as a breakthrough in improving working conditions.UNITED STATES: Immigration Raids Increase, Say Activists /REPEAT/
The rising wave of anti-immigrant sentiment has prompted federal authorities to step up raids on immigrants, activists accuse.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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