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ENVIRONMENT: List of Dangerous Chemicals Keeps Growing
Representatives from more than 100 countries met in Rome this week to implement a new international trade accord on pesticides and other dangerous chemicals.RIGHTS-DEVELOPMENT: Donors Focus on Kosovo Criticised
The priority given to Kosovo in the allocation of humanitarian resources is leaving aside Serbia, Albania and Macedonia, where refugees have put a tragic strain on domestic social and economic conditions, NGOs and the World Bank warned Wednesday.RIGHTS-KOSOVO: Four Governments, Six Armies and No Law
If one travels to Kosovo from Belgrade, the first village on the road is Merdare, where a sign warns: 'Serb-Albanian border'. Such is the sovereignty Serbia exerts over its southern province.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Flame to Become Fire?
Protests and rallies are spreading in Serbia with opposition politicians, Orthodox Church, labour organisations, students and several city councils calling Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to step down.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Orthodox Church Raises Political Profile
By representing the remaining Serbs in Kosovo and issuing critical political statements, the Serbian Orthodox church seems to be carving itself a stronger political role in Yugoslavia.DEVELOPMENT-RIGHTS: Poor Countries to be Taxed for Kosovo
Finance ministers of the 15-member European Union (EU) have started here to look where in the 1999 budget they will find more than 700 million US dollars for the reconstruction of Kosovo. Up to now, only international cooperation funds have reportedly been considered./CORRECTED REPEAT/DEVELOPMENT-RIGHTS: Poor Countries to be Taxed for Kosovo
Finance ministers of the 15-member European Union (EU) have started here to look where in the 2000 budget they will find more than 700 million US dollars for the reconstruction of Kosovo. Up to now, only international cooperation funds have reportedly been considered.RIGHTS-KOSOVO: KLA Campaign Against Serbs Rages
Retired textiles factory worker Blagoje Petkovic, 57, a Serb, is now a "long-term detainee" in Camp Bondsteel - one of two US military-run base camps in Kosovo - a murder suspect awaiting a legal system.HEALTH-RIGHTS: Russia Losing War Against Hard Drugs
The cycle of drug consumption, followed by tough legislation, followed in turn by increased drug consumption, is developing also in Russia, where the Interior ministry declared "already lost" the war against hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine.RIGHTS-EUROPE: Ocalan’s Sentence Drives Turkey Away From EU
If confirmed by the Appeal court and Parliament, the death sentence issued against Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan this week may cost Turkey indefinite delays in its aspirations to join the European Union (EU).EU-LATIN AMERICA: Summit Said to Launch ‘Strategic Partnership’
European Union (EU) officials have been repeating for weeks that the first-ever summit between the European Union and Latin America-Caribbean next week will mark a wide "strategic partnership" between the two regions.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Tractors, New Symbol of Refugees
Tractors pulling trailers full of people and household goods have been a familiar sight in the former Yugoslavia's landscape for the past eight years. They are the symbol of refugees in this torn-apart land.RIGHTS-CENTRAL EUROPE: Gypsies’ Plight Makes Little Noise
There is nothing new about the plight of gypsy minorities in Hungary and the Czech Republic: they are as excluded as they have always been. Nobody has ever fought a war for them, but many would like to fight one against them.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Russian Troops May Become Hostage
If the 200 Russian paratroopers deployed in Kosovo are not quickly reinforced, they may become hostage of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters now moving freely in the Serbian province, analysts warned here Tuesday.POLITICS-EUROPE: Not Just Apathy in Left’s Defeat at European Elections
Not just widespread apathy, but also disillusionment among leftist voters, especially in Britain and Germany, were key to the Socialist group defeat at the European Parliament (EP) elections this weekend, European analysts say.POLITICS-GULF: Iran-Iraq Relations Remain Sour
The death of six members of the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq (People's Combatants) in a car bomb attack near Baghdad last week, was a fresh reminder of the strained relations between Iran and Iraq, which fought an eight-year war in the 1980s.DEVELOPMENT: UN’s Massive Relief Operation in Balkans
The United Nations is planning a major post-war humanitarian operation in south-eastern Europe to remedy the economic and environmental devastation caused by the 11- week aerial bombing of Yugoslavia by US-led allied military forces.RIGHTS: Silvia Baraldini to Be Transferred from US to Italy
Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema announced Friday that Silvia Baraldini, an Italian national who has spent 16 years in a U.S. prison, would be transferred to an Italian jail.HEALTH: FAO Wants Strict Monitoring of Meat Supplies
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on its 175 member states to strictly monitor meat supplies in order to prevent crises such as the recent contamination by dioxin of Belgian beef.DEVELOPMENT-GERMANY: Bringing Rich and Poor Countries Closer
Germany's technical cooperation is now aiming at bringing poor and rich countries closer, says Erich Stather, a state secretary (deputy minister) in the federal ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, reflecting on the effects of globalisation.ENVIRONMENT: Aircraft Trails Threaten Climate
Aircraft emissions are changing the concentration of gases in the upper atmosphere, contributing to climate change and increased global temperatures, says the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).« Previous Page — Next Page »
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