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FINANCE: Four Latin American Nations Sign Anti-Bribery Convention

Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico have signed the Anti-Corruption Convention initiated by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), according to an official report.

RIGHTS-EGYPT: New Laws To Regulate Civil Society

By IPS Correspondents

Egypt is changing an outdated law, passed in 1964 in an era of heavy government intervention in all spheres of life, to regulate the activities of non-governmental organisations (ngos).

//REPEATING//POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia’s Fragmented Opposition Close Ranks

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic

Serbia's fragmented opposition parties have closed ranks in an attempt to topple the regime of Slobodan Milosevic, in office since 1990.

//REPEATING//POLITICS: Election Fever Hits Russia

By IPS Correspondents

As Russia's presidential election campaign unfolds, question remains whether the almost imminent winner, acting Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin, has the vision to tackle the country's mess.

POLITICS: Election Fever Hits Russia

By IPS Correspondents

As Russia's presidential election campaign unfolds, question remains whether the almost imminent winner, acting Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin, has the vision to tackle the country's mess.

//REPEATING//ECONOMY-TURKEY: Preparing For The EU Membership

By IPS Correspondents

Interest rates in Turkey have fallen from 170 percent to 15 percent overnight. Hard currency rates too have dropped, with investors scrambling to purchase government bonds.

ECONOMY-TURKEY: Preparing For The EU Membership

By IPS Correspondents

Interest rates in Turkey have fallen from 170 percent to 15 percent overnight. Hard currency rates too have dropped, with investors scrambling to purchase government bonds.

POPULATION-EUROPE: Only Immigration Can Offset Low Birth Rates

By IPS Correspondents

Only a rise in the number of immigrants entering the European Union (EU) can compensate in the next few years for the steady drop in labour power in the bloc, which threatens to cause serious economic and social problems.

POLITICS: Syrian Villagers In Golan Yearn For Reunification

By IPS Correspondents

The emotion in Hamad el Halabi's voice is obvious when he speaks of his family. He has not seen his parents or siblings since 1967 and could not even attend the funerals of his mother and sister.

//REPEATING//DEVELOPMENT: Germany To Write Off Debts Worth 5 Billion Dollars

By IPS Correspondents

Responding to strong campaigning pressure by the global Jubilee 2000 Coalition, Germany's Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul has confirmed that the Berlin government will write off 100 percent of the bilateral debts of some 30 poorest countries of the world.

DEVELOPMENT: Germany To Write Off Debts Worth 5 Billion Dollars

By IPS Correspondents

Responding to strong campaigning pressure by the global Jubilee 2000 Coalition, Germany's Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul has confirmed that the Berlin government will write off 100 percent of the bilateral debts of some 30 poorest countries of the world.

//CORRECTED REPEAT//POLITICS-ISRAEL/SYRIA: Talks Take A Shaky Step Forward

By IPS Correspondents

The peace talks between Israel and Syria, taking place in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, took a shaky step forward this week, after a disagreement which almost stalled the negotiations.

POLITICS-CROATIA: Ruling Party’s Defeat Renews Hope For A New Era

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic

The landslide victory by opposition parties in parliamentary elections in Croatia has renewed hopes for broader democratisation and for an end to international isolation after the autocratic rule of the late President Franjo Tudjman and his nationalist Croatian Democratic Party (HDZ).