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CORRUPTION: The French Find it on All Floors
A suspended prison sentence handed out to former French prime minister Alain Juppe is one of several corruption cases plaguing French politics and business.CORRUPTION: Few See a Clean Way Out
Not many people around the world seem to believe that corruption can be contained let alone eradicated, experts said after a major international survey."Citizens across the world appear to be pessimistic about the scope of corruption," the policy director of Transparency International told IPS.
CORRUPTION: Few See a Clean Way Out
Not many people around the world seem to believe that corruption can be contained let alone eradicated, experts said after a major international survey.ENVIRONMENT: Expedition Pursues Secrets of Clipperton Island
To compare him to Charles Darwin or Alexander von Humboldt might be too much. But French explorer Jean-Louis Etienne is proposing an effort similar to these giants as he heads to Clipperton, a tiny Pacific island 1,300 km southwest of the Mexican resort of Acapulco.RIGHTS: Racism Hard to Kick Out of Football
Real Madrid is among the most successful football teams, but the record of its supporters is among the poorest.
Expedition Pursues Secrets of Clipperton Island
French scientists are slated to arrive in early December on the tiny atoll located 1,300 km southwest of the Mexican resort of Acapulco. Their findings could help the world to understand climate phenomena like El Niño, the research team's chief Jean-Louis Etienne told Tierramérica.POLITICS-AFRICA: Diplomatic Front Heats Up in Cote d’Ivoire
Beneath the apparent calm after the last round of clashes the diplomatic battle in Cote d'Ivoire is getting hotter.IRAQ: France Stands Up to the U.S.
The differences between France and Iraq entered a new phase at the summit that began at the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh Monday.MIDEAST: The Leader Who Offered Nationhood to Refugees/CORRECTION*/
Nelson Mandela spoke for much of the world when he praised Yasser Arafat in the preface of a biography as a leader who "transformed the Palestinians' status from that of refugees to that of a nation in the most complete sense of the term."MIDEAST: The Leader Who Offered Nationhood to Refugees
The death of Yasser Arafat marks the end of an era. He spent his life struggling to find nationhood for Palestinians, one way or another. Will Palestinians find what he never could live to see?MIDEAST: The Leader Who Offered Nationhood to Refugees
Nelson Mandela spoke for much of the world when he praised Yasser Arafat in the preface of a biography as a leader who "transformed the Palestinians' status from that of refugees to that of a nation in the most complete sense of the term."FINANCE: Toothless Fight Against Money Laundering
The fight against money laundering for terrorism is making little headway, and could be diverting attention from organised and corporate crime, experts say.ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE: Chemical Industry Fights Regulation
The industrial lobby is putting the brakes on European Parliament debate of a bill for regulating and ultimately eliminating certain toxic chemicals. The U.S. government also opposes the initiative.
Chemical Industry Fights Regulation in Europe
The industrial lobby is putting the brakes on European Parliament debate of a bill for regulating and ultimately eliminating certain toxic chemicals. The U.S. government also opposes the initiative.EUROPE: IMF Returns a Dubious Gift
After 13 years of producing policies that ranged from dubious to disastrous, former IMF director Michel Camdessus is offering them to his home country France.ENVIRONMENT: France Gets U.S. Nuclear Treatment
Over several days now France has been home to a new consignment of 140 kg of plutonium, enough to build 20 atom bombs. The plutonium from dismantling of U.S. nuclear weapons has been sent to France for treatment.ENVIRONMENT-AFRICA: Biblical Plague Destroys Crops
A plague of desert locusts, which for the past year has been devastating crops in the countries of the Sahel in West Africa, is expected to worsen in the coming weeks if international aid does not arrive to help stop it, say experts with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).DEVELOPMENT-EU: Domination Tied Into Aid Package
The EU aid package is a large one, but packed also with paternalism and claims to domination, development experts said at the end of an aid conference.DEVELOPMENT-EU: Trade Presented as the Best Way
The EU should introduce fair trade rules as the best way to promote development, experts said at a conference here Tuesday.DEVELOPMENT-EU: A Lot of Aid, A Lot of Confusion
The world's biggest aid package from the EU could also be the most incoherent, experts say.
Biblical Plague Thrashes Africa
Millions of locusts are devouring vegetables, grains and even clothing in nine African countries. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization fears that the plague -- the worst in 15 years -- will extend even farther.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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