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RIGHTS-RUSSIA: Some Writers Still Feel Silenced
Glasnost signalled the end of ideological control of the Soviet era, and thousands of books once banned were published at last. But recent criminal cases some writers have brought a new unease.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: DNA Lab to Solve Mysteries of the Missing
A new DNA laboratory has been opened in Belgrade in an effort to close the cases of more than 40,000 people still reported missing in former Yugoslavia.POLITICS-GERMANY: U.S. Policy Tops German Agenda
Washington's cool response to German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's victory has made foreign policy top priority for the new government.POLITICS-FRANCE: Analysts Smell Oil in Iraq Plans
The U.S. government is mixing its interest in oil with the global fight against terrorism, leading French analysts say./ARTS WEEKLY/TELEVISION-ARGENTINA: A Candidate Is Born
Argentine television has long served as a springboard for politicians who have known how to take advantage of the spotlight and the cameras, but now the small screen is being used to turn regular citizens into political candidates.POLITICS-SLOVAKIA: Elections Bring a Tilt to the Right
Slovakia looks set for a right-wing government headed by present prime minister Mikulas Dzurinda following elections last weekend.POLITICS-RUSSIA: Crime Threatens Business Again
The abduction of a top Russian executive comes as another blow to companies looking for a safe business environment.ENVIRONMENT-BRITAIN: Serious Flood Danger to London
Flooding caused by global warming could threaten businesses and homes worth 345 billion dollars in Britain, a new report warns.POLITICS-GERMANY: Immigration Raised as Last-Minute Poll Issue
Conservatives fighting to beat incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have brought up immigration in a last-ditch effort to win the election this Sunday.FINANCE-FRANCE: Privatised Telecom Firms Bring Public Woes
Privatisation has led to the current debacle in the French telecom market, independent economists and unions leaders say.ECONOMY: Cups of Coffee Filled with Injustice
Six donkeys carried mock-ups of coffee sacks to the London Stock Exchange Wednesday. They were not delivering coffee, they were delivering a message about the burden that coffee companies are placing on poor coffee growers in developing countries.POLITICS-FRANCE: An Exceptional Interest Against War
Three members of the French National Assembly have returned from Iraq's only known nuclear installation to declare that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction.POLITICS-MACEDONIA: A Vote Against Corruption and Nationalism
The government of Ljubco Georgijevski was voted out Sunday in elections in Macedonia, formerly a part of Yugoslavia. The result was being seen by many as a vote against corruption and hard-line nationalism.HEALTH-PORTUGAL: AIDS Spreads as Campaigns Focus on ‘Fidelity’
Portugal is the only European Union (EU) country where AIDS continues to spread in an alarming manner, due to public awareness campaigns that focus only on "marital fidelity" and abstinence, especially on the part of women, complain experts.REFUGEES-FRANCE: Pressure Builds to Legalise Immigrants
Romain Binazon thought he had found the job of his life when he arrived in France in 1991 from Benin in Africa.POLITICS-RUSSIA: Putin Warns of Attacks in Georgia
Tensions between Russia and Georgia have reached boiling point after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military Wednesday to prepare for strikes into Georgian territory.POLITICS-RUSSIA: Links With ‘Axis of Evil’ Limit Detente
The strong solidarity expressed by Russian leaders with the U.S. on the September 11 anniversary did not hide areas of differences that have developed between the two countries in the 'war on terror'.POLITICS-FRANCE: Chirac Plays Charles de Gaulle
French president Jacques Chirac is using the U.S. war plans against Iraq to enhance France's diplomatic weight and to reinvent himself as a Charles de Gaulle, analysts say.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: And Now a Brotherhood in Crime
The slogan of "brotherhood and unity" that glued the nations of former Yugoslavia for decades after World War II has taken a sinister new form; Serb, Croat, Bosnian and Kosovo Albanian criminals have come together in tightly run criminal gangs.POLITICS-SLOVAKIA: All Parties Lead to EU
Two weeks ahead of general elections, Slovakia's main political parties have made Western integration their top campaign theme to the exclusion of almost any other issue.WSSD-FRANCE: Chirac Stand Ridiculous, NGOs Say
The World Summit on Sustainable Development met the expectations of French non-governmental organisations and analysts - but only in the sense that they had expected little from it.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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