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POLITICS-ALGERIA: Election Offers Little Choice
The campaign for Algerian presidential elections that began this week gives the opposition little chance against incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika.POLITICS-EUROPE: U.S. Firms in ‘Military Takeover’
Increasing takeover of European military industry by U.S. companies is raising new concerns in France and Germany.POLITICS-FRANCE: Iraqi Hangover Clouds Ties with U.S.
The diplomatic tension that arose between France and the United States over the invasion of Iraq was put aside formally, but it is far from over.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Dispute over Scarves Coming to a Head
A law banning the Muslim headscarf and other religious symbols from French schools will only aggravate a sense of segregation, several teachers and social scientists say.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Dispute over Scarves Coming to a Head
A law banning the Muslim headscarf and other religious symbols from French schools will only aggravate a sense of segregation, several teachers and social scientists say.POLITICS: The Right Rises Across Europe
Recent elections and opinion polls show that parties taking neo-fascist and racist positions are winning substantial support all over Europe.ENVIRONMENT: New Partnership Seeks to Save Forests
Protection of woodlands and a selective logging policy are both essential for sustainable management of forests, two leading institutions say.POLITICS-FRANCE: Troops Caught in Ivorian Trap
The civil war in the C- te d'Ivoire has become a trap for some 4,000 French troops in a demilitarised zone that separates rebel forces in the north-east from the government army in the south-west.DEVELOPMENT: Experts Plead For Partnership with ‘Southern’ NGOs
Independent development experts have urged global financial institutions, governments and developed country NGOs to establish partnerships for sustainable development with civil society organisations in the Third World.POLITICS: Dogs of War Take to Suits
The growing number of private military companies operating in Iraq and Afghanistan point to far-reaching changes in the business of war since the 1990s, experts say.EUROPE: ‘Stop Complaining, Start Planning’
Proposals for a better world must replace protests against present ways, the European Social Forum concluded over the weekend.EUROPE: Capitalism ‘Working Against Women’
The dismantling of welfare institutions in Western Europe and the growth of capitalism in Eastern Europe are eroding women's rights, feminist groups say.EUROPE: Privatised Water is ‘Public Danger’
European Union officials are working closely with private corporations to push privatisation of public services in other countries, activists say.EUROPE: War on Terror Seen as Front for Domination
The so-called war on terrorism is only a U.S. ploy to extend military domination over world resources, leading analysts said at the second European Social Forum.EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM: Political Parties Talk NGO Language
Political parties in France are coming to talk the language of non-governmental organisations on globalisation.EUROPE: Social Forum Seeks Alternative to Globalisation
The European Social Forum opening in Paris Wednesday will look for an economic model that could become an alternative to capital-led globalisation.EUROPE: Social Forum Seeks Alternative to Globalisation
The European Social Forum opening in Paris Wednesday will look for an economic model that could become an alternative to capital-led globalisation.RELIGION: Europe Divided over Headscarves
The insistence of two schoolgirls in France on wearing headscarves to school raises a religious issue that divides Europe.The two were expelled from a public school earlier this month after they continued to attend classes with headscarves. In Germany a Muslim teacher is engaged in a confrontation with authorities for similar reasons.
RELIGION: Europe Divided over Headscarves
The insistence of two schoolgirls in France on wearing headscarves to school raises a religious issue that divides Europe.CULTURE: UNESCO Unified over Diversity
UNESCO director-general Koïchiro Matsuura will go ahead with preparing a binding convention to defend cultural diversity despite initial U.S. opposition.HEALTH-FRANCE: Smoking Bills
Heavy smokers will need more cash and stronger resistance to health warnings to go on as before.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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