Farhan Haq

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Sarajevo Won’t Budge on Its Borders /CORRECTED REPEAT/

The Bosnian government will not accept any land transfers as part of a peace deal with Bosnian Serbs, Bosnia's foreign minister told IPS Monday.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Sarajevo Won’t Budge on Its Borders

By Farhan Haq

The Bosnian government will not accept any land transfers as part of a peace deal with Bosnian Serbs, Bosnia's foreign minister told IPS Monday.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Sarajevo Won’t Budge on Its Borders /CORRECTED REPEAT/

By Farhan Haq

The Bosnian government will not accept any land transfers as part of a peace deal with Bosnian Serbs, Bosnia's foreign minister told IPS Monday.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Sarajevo Won’t Budge on Its Borders

By Farhan Haq

The Bosnian government will not accept any land transfers as part of a peace deal with Bosnian Serbs, Bosnia's foreign minister told IPS Monday.

UNITED STATES: Immigrants’ Groups Fear Welform Reform Proposals

By Farhan Haq

New welfare reform legislation before Congress may deny immigrants a range of benefits, from supplementary income to federal medical care, that they now enjoy, immigrants' groups warn.

UNITED STATES: Immigrants’ Groups Fear Welform Reform Proposals

By Farhan Haq

New welfare reform legislation before Congress may deny immigrants a range of benefits, from supplementary income to federal medical care, that they now enjoy, immigrants' groups warn.

LIBERIA: U.N. Official Calls Aid to West Africa “Pathetic”

By Farhan Haq

International donors have virtually ignored humanitarian crises in Liberia and Sierra Leone, a U.N. official said after visiting the two Western African states last week.

UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Marks a Bittersweet 50th Anniversary

By Farhan Haq

When U.N. spokesman Joe Sills was asked last month what word best described the mood for the United Nations' 50th anniversary, he quickly responded, "Bittersweet."

UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Marks a Bittersweet 50th Anniversary

By Farhan Haq

When U.N. spokesman Joe Sills was asked last month what word best described the mood for the United Nations' 50th anniversary, he quickly responded, "Bittersweet."

HUMAN RIGHTS: Gays and Lesbians Face Bans Around the World

By Farhan Haq

In India, it's called Section 377; in Romania, Article 200; and in Zimbabwe, more specifically, the Sexual Offences Act.

HUMAN RIGHTS: Gays and Lesbians Face Bans Around the World

By Farhan Haq

In India, it's called Section 377; in Romania, Article 200; and in Zimbabwe, more specifically, the Sexual Offences Act.

WESTERN SAHARA: United Nations May Abandon Referendum

By Farhan Haq

The United Nations may be ordered by the Security Council to abandon a long-delayed referendum in Western Sahara if it cannot achieve progress in that region, U.N. diplomats tell IPS.

WESTERN SAHARA: United Nations May Abandon Referendum/REPEATING FOR THOSE NEEDING

By Farhan Haq

The United Nations may be ordered by the Security Council to abandon a long-delayed referendum in Western Sahara if it cannot achieve progress in that region, U.N. diplomats tell IPS.

ENTERTAINMENT-USA: Clinton’s Favourite Detective Hits the Screen

By Farhan Haq

Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins, the favorite fictional detective of President Bill Clinton, is not your typical "private eye".

IRAQ: No Hope for Quick Sanctions Lifting, Say U.S. Diplomats

By Farhan Haq

The United Nations likely will not lift the five-year-old embargo against Iraq for at least another year, U.S. diplomats here say.

IRAQ: Baghdad Has Much More to Reveal, New U.N. Report Says

By Farhan Haq

Iraq's chances to see the end of a five-year U.N. embargo took another blow here Wednesday with the recommendation by U.N. weapons monitors to re-open investigations of Baghdad's military arsenal.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Akashi Resignation Shifts U.N. Posture

By Farhan Haq

The resignation by the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia is just the latest sign of the declining U.N. role in the Balkans.

LIFESTYLE-USA: What You See May Be What You Buy

By Farhan Haq

Movie-goers who see a film starring Sean Connery are likely to buy women's hair care products afterward. Those who who see a Kevin Costner film go out and purchase men's hair care products.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Cease-fire Planned As U.N. Force Pulls Back

By Farhan Haq

The announcement of a cease-fire in Bosnia-Hercegovina Thursday came as U.N. officials plan to reduce the U.N. peacekeeping force there by some 9,000 soldiers.

UNITED NATIONS: Populous Nations Make Bids for Council Seats

By Farhan Haq

Large developing nations are seizing the opportunity of the ongoing reform of the 15-member U.N. Security Council to see how they can land permanent seats on that body.