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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT / MEDIA-RUSSIA: Index On Censorship – Post- Soviet Style
It all started in the winter of 1968 when a British poet read a copy of a letter in his daily paper, appealing to the international community to support three Soviet dissidents then appearing before a court in Moscow.TRADE-EUROPE: Protecting Consumers’ Rights in Eastern Europe
Back in the days of communism , no citizen in the countries of the old Soviet Bloc would have dared stand up in court and challenge the state over consumer's rights.WESTERN SAHARA-MOROCCO: Polisario Prepares for Peace Talks in Lisbon
The Polisario Front is preparing for U.N.- brokered talks with Morocco in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, to try to end the conflict in Western Sahara.AFRICA: Fresh Wind of Change Brings Hope
A fresh wind of change is bringing hope to Africa, hope of eventual relief from conflict, hunger, disease and poverty.SIERRA LEONE: Chaos In Freetown Concerns And Distracts OAU
The chaotic situation in Sierra Leone has forced itself to the top of the agenda at the Organisation of African Unity's annual summit in Zimbabwe next week.ENVIRONMENT: Battle To Save the Planet’s Coral Reefs
The planet's 600,000 square kilometres of coral reefs, largely hidden beneath the surface of the seas and scattered through the world's tropical and sub tropical seas, are being destroyed at a frightening pace, according to a new report by an international environmental group based here.SUDAN: Kabila’s Victory Likely To Inspire Region’s Rebels
Exiled Sudanese opposition leaders have welcomed Laurent-Desire Kabila's victory in Zaire, hoping that his remarkable seven-month military blitz can inspire their own bid to topple the Islamic fundamentalist regime in the Sudan.ZAIRE-POLITICS: Mobutu’s Days Appear Numbered
Television screens across Europe are full of images of rebel soldiers advancing on the Zairean capital of Kinshasa in what appears to be the final push to oust President Mobutu Sese Seko.//IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS//REPEATING// ETHIOPIA: Rebels Deny Claims That They Want An Islamic State
Rebels fighting to topple the government of prime minister Meles Zenawi have rejected claims that their movement wants to create an Islamic state in Ethiopia and say the allegation is an attempt to discredit them internationally.ETHIOPIA: Rebels Deny Claims That They Want An Islamic State
Rebels fighting to topple the government of prime minister Meles Zenawi have rejected claims that their movement wants to create an Islamic state in Ethiopia and say the allegation is an attempt to discredit them internationally.WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario Renews Calls For Talks With Morocco
A top Polisario official has urged the new U.N. envoy to Western Sahara to put pressure on Morocco to accept a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the region.SUDAN: Pact To End Sudan Conflict To Be Signed Apr. 21
An agreement to end Sudan's 14-year civil war will be signed in the capital Khartoum on Apr. 21, according to rebel sources here.UGANDA: Parliamentarians Hold Talks With Rebels In London
A group of legislators from war-torn northern Uganda have held secret talks with the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) here in a bid to end the conflict in their region.RWANDA: Rehabilitating Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors
Few would envy Annanciata Nyiratamba's job. She is one of the hundreds of army of local social workers who are trying to piece together the shattered lives of Rwanda's widows, whose husbands were slaughtered during the 1994 genocide .ZAIRE: Few Expectations From Proposed Pretoria Talks
European based Zairean opposition figures are quick to question the logic of negotiating with Zairean president Mobutu Sese Seko, who they say is discredited and unable to wield authority in his own country.BRITAIN-HUMAN RIGHTS: Asylum Seekers Often Land in Jail
Indian Methodist Minister Rev. Inderjit Bhogal has embarked on a 256-kilometre walk to highlight the detention and imprisonment of foreigners seeking asylum in Britain.SUDAN: Disaster ‘In The Making’ In Sudanese Nuba Mountains
A major catastrophe is in the making in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan where an estimated 500,000 people have run out of food and need emergency relief aid, say Sudanese community leaders here./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ UNITED NATIONS: Towards a Cleaner Environment
Spearheading the global effort to clean up the world's environment is the challenging job assigned to veteran Venzuelan politician Arnoldo Gabaldon.ENVIRONMENT: Towards a Cleaner World
Spearheading the global effort to clean up the world's environment is the challenging job assigned to veteran Venezuelan politician Arnoldo Gabaldon.MALI-POPULATION: Tuareg Repatriation Dubbed Success Story
The voluntary repatriation of thousands of Tuareg refugees to Mali from neighbouring countries is a rare success story out of Africa, according a top UNHCR official.SUDAN-POLITICS: Conflicting Signals from Khartoum
Sudan's government appears to be caught in a dilemma as it faces the broadest coalition of armed opposition groups ever to operate in the northeast African nation.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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