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TECHNOLOGY: Experts Discuss Ways of Bridging ‘Digital Divide’
The Information Society Technology (IST) that was intended to create an inclusive society in which all citizens may have an easy access to information and virtual communities, is actually widening the existing gaps between North and South, rich and poor, men and women, young and old.RELIGION-RUSSIA: Dialogue Eludes Orthodox, Catholic Clergy
The high-profile trip by Pope John Paul II to Kazakhstan and Armenia has brought him no closer to fulfiling another of his stated hopes: to visit Russia.POLITICS: After U.S. Attacks, Germany Tightens Anti-Terrorist Law
The German government's just-approved new budget to boost its counter-terrorism capabilities shows the depth of its worries after last week's attacks on the United States./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-ITALY: Genoa Disturbances Captured on Film
Leading Italian filmmakers shot footage in July of the anti-globalisation protests and clashes between demonstrators and police at the summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) most powerful countries in the world in the northern Italian city of Genoa. The results will be released this month.POPULATION-SPAIN: Tourists, Immigrants Face Disparate Treatment
The flows of tourists and of undocumented immigrants have continued on the upswing this year in Spain, two phenomena that have defined this summer season - and which have provoked disparate reactions from the government, labour unions and rights groups.RIGHTS: France Ill at Ease Over Anti-Racism Conference
France, a colonial power until the 1960s, is ill at ease over the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), scheduled to open Friday in Durban, South Africa, say political analysts and anti-racism activists.SCIENCE-RUSSIA: Discovery Claims Do Little to Improve Image
A group of Russian scientists has come up with sensational claims of fundamental discoveries. However, their assertions provide more questions than answers about the current, deplorable state of Russian science.POLITICS-FRANCE: Corsican Killings Threaten Autonomy Accord
The recent assassinations of an eminent Corsican separatist leader, Francois Santoni, and one of his aides are threatening the autonomy agreement the French government negotiated during the last 18 months with the island's elected representatives.RIGHTS: Germany Concerned about Racism Here and Now*
Germany is familiar with the larger issues that have been threatening to stymie the U. N. Conference on Racism, which opens in Durban, South Africa at the end of the month.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Pro-Immigrant Activists to File Brutality Lawsuit
The Spanish central government's chief delegate in the autonomous community of Catalonia will be taken to court by local trade unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in connection with a case of alleged police brutality involving 200 immigrants, activists announced Friday.FINANCE: Britain Favours Debt Relief For Former Soviet States
The British government has called for an international initiative to provide debt relief to five former Soviet republics.EDUCATION-SERBIA: Schools to Teach Religion After a 55-Year Break
Much to the chagrin of independent experts, the Serbian government has decided to introduce religious teaching in elementary and secondary schools beginning September 1.RIGHTS: More than 200,000 Children Working in Spain
More than 200,000 children in Spain work, some of them carrying out arduous farm labour and others hawking goods as street vendors, according to the United Nations children's fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE-UGANDA: Stories of War
"New Plays From Uganda", currently on at London's Royal Court Theatre, look at the major events, which have helped to shape modern-day Uganda. Political conflict and the country's long civil war is the subject of the first play "Stories of War" by Isaac Muwawu.TECHNOLOGY-BRITAIN: Strong Push for Biotech Research in London
The mapping of the human genome has led to a flood of research in London that is seeing a string of new companies do their bit to turn man into superman.TECHNOLOGY-BRITAIN: Strong Push for Biotech Research in London
The mapping of the human genome has led to a flood of research in London that is seeing a string of new companies do their bit to turn man into superman.ENVIRONMENT: EU Rules on GMOs Lack Safeguards – Environmentalists
The European Commission's proposed regulations for tracing and labeling genetically modified (GMO) food and feed fall dangerously short of preventing their unauthorised release into the European Union (EU) market, environmentalists warned Thursday.RIGHTS: Amnesty Demands Justice Against Racism
Amnesty International has called upon governments to adopt new plans to tackle racism and to redress injustices. The international human rights group has sought specific measures ahead of the world conference against racism in Durban, South Africa.ENVIRONMENT: Developing Countries Regain Clout at Climate Talks
Developing countries' delegates at UN climate talks here have regained diplomatic ground lost during negotiations last November in The Hague, Netherlands.ENVIRONMENT: NGOs Criticise Japan At Global Warming Talks
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) sharply criticised Japan Monday for throwing into question its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, the only global agreement on climate change to have legal force.SPORTS: Beijing Wins Olympic Bid as Moscow Police Quash Protest
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made history Friday by awarding the 2008 Summer Games to the capital of China, the world's most populous country.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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