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GLOBALISATION: New Challenge – More Development with Less Funds
Development can no longer be seen as a state-led process of accelerating the economic progress in poorer 'developing' lands so as to narrow the gap between them and the 'developed' North, a group of experts meeting here agreed.DEVELOPMENT: Aid Cuts Not to Harm Technical Cooperation – Germany
Despite the latest cuts in Germany's development aid budgets, technical cooperation will continue to be a vital part of German aid policy, vows Development minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul./REPEAT//DEVELOPMENT-FINANCE: Speculation Tax to Prevent Disasters
War on Want, a London-based campaigning charity, is calling for a tax on currency speculation which would calm global markets and help to prevent the financial destruction recently seen in Indonesia, Thailand, Russia and Brazil.ARTS-BRITAIN: Persian Paintings Knock Down Demons
The Persian empire's cultural importance has often been overlooked by the west. Since the Shah's overthrow in 1979 and the advent of the country's current Islamic government all things Iranian have often been demonised in the western media.CONFLICT-CAUCASUS: Russia on the Brink of a Major War
Russian vows to hit Islamic militants at the heels are yet to materialize. Despite triumphant statements, the irruption of 2,000 Islamic militants from neighbouring Chechnya put Dagestan - and probably Russia itself - on the brink of a larger war.POLITICS-GERMANY: Neonazis – Few Members, Lots of Money
With only 200 members but a powerful financial backer, the neonazi German People's Union (DVU) seized headlines Monday for its 5.5 percent of the vote at a key local election in the eastern state of Brandenburg.DISASTER-TURKEY: People’s Crisis Management Proves Effective
Amid aftershocks, the survivors of this month's earthquake are striving to rescue the remnants of their past and decide their future. Retaking control of their lives is their first task.DEVELOPMENT: Debt Campaign Ahead of IMF-World Bank Meetings
The international movement 'Jubilee 2000', spanning 40 lands, has launched a concerted campaign urging the industrialised states to provide adequate funds so that the poorest countries might have a debt-free start to the new century.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Slim Chances for a Multiethnic Kosovo
)Almost three months after ethnic Albanians refugees and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) began returning to the southern Serbian province of Kosovo, the prospects of a democratic multiethnic society look dark.POLITICS-RUSSIA: Yeltsin Abandoned by Western Media
There is nothing new in snowballing revelations that Russian prominent figures are involved in graft schemes. The nightmarish surprise for president Boris Yeltsin and his inner circle is that Western media are no longer supportive.DISASTER-TURKEY: Swift Political Reform Demanded
This month's earthquake in Turkey - the country's worst natural disaster in modern history - has created a strong consensus on the need to sweep away the outmoded functioning of the Turkish state along with the debris of some 60,000 houses.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: KLA Extends Its Power In Kosovo
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)-backed Interim Government of Kosovo (IGK) has extended its power throughout most of this province amid continuing violence against ethnic-Serbs and confusion by UN-NATO authorities.CONFLICT-CAUCASUS: Long Guerrilla Warfare Expected
Russian troops seem to have gained the upper hand against Chechen rebels and Moslem extremists in western Daghestan, but a full victory in the northern Caucasian region is a long way off.RIGHTS-ITALY: Silvia Baraldini Returns after 17 Years in US Jails
After spending 17 years in U.S. prisons, serving out a sentence on terrorism charges, reknowned political activist Silvia Baraldini returned to Italy Wednesday, where she was welcomed by a large crowd that included political leaders of the centre-left government.FILM-NORWAY: ‘Sophie’s World’ Makes it to the Big Screen
After taking millions of children and adults to explore the paths of philosophy through the experiences of a 14 year-old girl, the book 'Sophie's World' will now attempt a similar accomplishment through the big screen in one of Norway's most ambitious movie projects.RIGHTS-TURKEY: State Accused of Neglecting Earthquake Victims
Solidarity is the word of the day in Turkey as food and medicines are pouring from all over the country and abroad to the hundreds of thousands affected by last week's earthquake. But one major actor is notoriously absent - the state.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Power Struggle Begins in Earnest
With the opposition showing its strength on the streets of Belgrade and the ruling Socialists seemingly ready to face early elections, the struggle for power in Yugoslavia has started in earnest.DISASTER-TURKEY: Wrath of Nature or State Crime?
As the death toll of Tuesday's earthquake grows by the minute, Turkish specialists angrily assailed the local and central governments for allowing greedy building companies to ignore virtually all technical construction standards.RIGHTS-CULTURE: Norwegian Writers Focus on Human Rights
Instead of debating their prose and verse from a vacuum, Norwegian writers and publishers met this year with colleagues from around the world to discuss issues such as why a Kurdish writer has been jailed in Turkey for the crime of publishing flowers' names in his mother tongue.RIGHTS-RUSSIA: Ploys and Daghestan Violence Threaten Democracy
Were it not for the announcement Friday of a massive military offensive against Islamic rebels in Daghestan, Moscow's byzantine political manoeuvres - including countless government reshuffles - could be regarded as a form of entertainment.MEDIA: The Revolutionary and the Fat Lady
The "last eclipse of the millenium" was not the only thing this week that overshadowed the death of Portuguese lieutenant colonel Ernesto Melo Antunes, so did the death of English cook, Jennifer Patterson.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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