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Areas within London have a rate of tuberculosis as high as in several so-called Third World countries, a new survey shows.

HEALTH-BRITAIN: High TB Incidence in London

Areas within London have a rate of tuberculosis as high as in several so-called Third World countries, a new survey shows.

POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: How to Vote and Not Elect

Serbia faces a deep crisis only two years after former leader Slobodan Milosevic fell from power after the re-run for presidential elections failed Sunday for the third time.

POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: How to Vote and Not Elect

Serbia faces a deep crisis only two years after former leader Slobodan Milosevic fell from power after the re-run for presidential elections failed Sunday for the third time.

ENVIRONMENT-SPAIN: Sunken Prestige Tanker Leaks More Oil

The ecological and social catastrophe caused by the fuel oil spill and sinking of the tanker Prestige took another turn for the worse Friday when it was found that the remaining fuel in the hull had begun to leak from the wreckage some 270 km off Spain's northwest coast.

ENVIRONMENT-FRANCE: Defence Begins against Prestige Spill

France has stepped up measures to prevent oil slicks from the sunken tanker Prestige reaching its Atlantic coast.

RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Prosecutor Arrested for Selling Woman

Deputy State Prosecutor of Montenegro Zoran Piperovic was arrested earlier this week for involvement in a criminal ring that sold a woman as a sex slave.

ENVIRONMENT-SPAIN: Sunken Prestige Tanker Leaks More Oil

The ecological and social catastrophe caused by the fuel oil spill and sinking of the tanker Prestige took another turn for the worse Friday when it was found that the remaining fuel in the hull had begun to leak from the wreckage some 270 km off Spain's northwest coast.

ENVIRONMENT-FRANCE: Defence Begins against Prestige Spill

France has stepped up measures to prevent oil slicks from the sunken tanker Prestige reaching its Atlantic coast.

RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Prosecutor Arrested for Selling Woman

Deputy State Prosecutor of Montenegro Zoran Piperovic was arrested earlier this week for involvement in a criminal ring that sold a woman as a sex slave.

RIGHTS-BRITAIN: Legal Case Filed Against War

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has filed a case in the High Court in London to stop the British government from going to war with Iraq.

RIGHTS-BRITAIN: Legal Case Filed Against War

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has filed a case in the High Court in London to stop the British government from going to war with Iraq.

RIGHTS-SPAIN: Court Ruling Leaves Gypsy Widow without Pension

By IPS Correspondents

A legal ruling denying a gypsy woman her right to a widow's pension in Spain because she was married in a traditional gypsy or Roma ceremony drew howls of outrage Tuesday from human rights and social organisations.

ENVIRONMENT-SPAIN: New Oil Slicks Reach Vulnerable Galician Coast

The black tide caused by the leaking oil tanker Prestige have reached the beaches of Spanish autonomous community of Galicia, with smaller slicks following, endangering the area's prized shellfish beds and biologically diverse estuaries, report activists and officials.

ENVIRONMENT-FRANCE: Kyoto is Still Far

France has made considerable progress in reduction of greenhouse gases, but will still fail to meet the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol if it does not intensify efforts to reduce emissions, according to an official report published last week.

DEVELOPMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: New Belgrade Comes to Life

The "sleeping house of the Balkans" has woken up and begun to build again. Over the past six months New Belgrade has become the largest construction site in the region.

RIGHTS-SPAIN: Court Ruling Leaves Gypsy Widow without Pension

By IPS Correspondents

A legal ruling denying a gypsy woman her right to a widow's pension in Spain because she was married in a traditional gypsy or Roma ceremony drew howls of outrage Tuesday from human rights and social organisations.

ENVIRONMENT-SPAIN: New Oil Slicks Reach Vulnerable Galician Coast

The black tide caused by the leaking oil tanker Prestige have reached the beaches of Spanish autonomous community of Galicia, with smaller slicks following, endangering the area's prized shellfish beds and biologically diverse estuaries, report activists and officials.

ENVIRONMENT-FRANCE: Kyoto is Still Far

France has made considerable progress in reduction of greenhouse gases, but will still fail to meet the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol if it does not intensify efforts to reduce emissions, according to an official report published last week.

DEVELOPMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: New Belgrade Comes to Life