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MINORITIES-SLOVAKIA: Hungarian Slovaks Fight A Quiet Language War
Although the school vacation is almost over, Katarina Molnarova has been to school every day throughout the hot summer -- not to teach children, but to teach Slovakia's government a lesson.POLITICS-N.IRELAND: Clinton’s Qualified Contribution To Peace
U.S. President Bill Clinton's visit to Northern Ireland had been planned well before his own domestic problems came to the fore, and at a time when the current deadlock in the peace process here could not have been foreseen.CULTURE-ITALY: Historic Canal City Threatened by Water
Protecting Venice, a historic city famous for its canals, from flash floods caused by exceptionally high winter tides is the aim of a project expected to cost some three billion dollars.DEVELOPMENT: When Just Three Sheep can Transform a Life
Born into poverty, 'virtual widow' Gulustan Ircap would normally have been destined to die in it, but she says she now has a glimmer of hope for her life in this hamlet in Turkey's remote eastern region: she now owns three sheep, her first legal possessions.FINANCE-RUSSIA: Fears of Global Crisis as Economic Woes Spread
The collapse of the Russian ruble has become the straw that broke the camel's back on Wall Street - forcing many U.S. investors to worry for the first time that Asia's economic woes could lead to a worldwide economic crunch.NARCOTICS-RUSSIA: New Drug-Production Method Raises HIV Risk
Health experts are warning of the threats posed by a new method of heroin production which involves contaminating the drug with blood, increasing the risks of HIV infection among users.ITALY: Diplomatic Crisis in the Vatican as Bishop Summonsed
An Italian court investigation into the Archbishop of Naples, Michele Giordano, on allegations of usury, extortion and criminal association, sparked a diplomatic crisis with the Vatican./REPEAT//ECONOMY-RUSSIA: Abrupt U-Turn As Russia Allows Devaluation
"Now I'm a king," cheered construction company boss Alexander Sukhanov, brandishing a thick wallet full of hundred-dollar bills. Sukhanov was among the lucky ones who converted his roubles into foreign currency before Monday.RIGHTS-N.IRELAND: Concern Over Demands For Security Clampdown
Human rights groups are urging British premier Tony Blair not to let a hardline security clampdown in Northern Ireland threaten human rights following Saturday's bomb blast, which left at least 28 people dead and scores wounded.ECONOMY-RUSSIA: Fighting to Keep the Rouble Afloat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin is once more staking his all, or rather his government's all, on a defence of the rouble against devaluation. "There will be no devaluation of the rouble," he told Russian media as he interrupted his summer holidays to visit the city of Novgorod.DRUGS-SPORTS: Doping Scandal Rocks Italy
On the heels of a doping scandal that shattered Europe during this year's Tour de France bicycle race, reports of footballers taking drugs have rocked Italy's sports world.POLITICS-JORDAN: King’s Failing Health Makes Jordanians Nervous
For days following news that King Hussein had been diagnosed with cancer, anxious Jordanians flooded Amman money changers in a mad rush to trade their country's dinars for more stable U.S. dollars.RIGHTS-BRITAIN: New Calls For More Liberal State Secrets Law
Government efforts at information-control after a spate of recent embarrassing disclosures by two former British spies have sparked renewed calls for modernising Britain's Official Secrets Act.POLITICS-BULGARIA: Thousands Turn Out To Mourn For Zhivkov
The body of former Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, aged 86, was laid to rest without state honours late Sunday afternoon in Sofia's central cemetery.HEALTH-ENVIRONMENT: Organophosphate Link To Troubled Drug Trials
There is growing concern in Britain over clinical trials of a plant-based drug called galanthamine hydrobromide, now being tested to see whether it can help people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome - or "ME."HEALTH-AIDS: Youth Take A Message Of Responsibility Home From Braga
Millions of young people face discrimination, on the basis of HIV/AIDS or gender, disability, or ethnicity. This week 500 of them got the chance to say how they felt about that fact, share ideas for change, and prepare a message to the world.SPORTS-NORWAY: Action Replay – The Big Matches You Missed In July
Never mind the World Cup -- the biggest soccer event in the world last month was held in Norway, not France. But unless you are a truly dedicated Norwegian football fan, it's a certainty that you missed it -- along with the rest of the world.MEDIA-YUGOSLAVIA: Kosovo Combatants Fight New War – In Cyberspace
Serbs and ethnic Albanians fighting it out in the shattered villages of Kosovo are taking their war onto a different plane, via modem, into cyberspace.RIGHTS-BALKANS: Husband And Wife War Crimes Suspects Face Trial
Fifty three years after their alleged crimes in the concentration camps of pro-Nazi World War II Croatia, and half a century spent as exiles in Argentina, husband and wife Dinko and Nada Sakic may soon face justice in the land of their birth.MUSIC-HUNGARY: Communism Returns to the Hit Parade
Would you believe a simple march tune performed by a symphonic orchestra, with an enlarged drum section, and sung by a strong male choir could be on any country's hit parade in 1998?RIGHTS-ITALY: Tunisia to Accept Returning Migrants
Italy will grant Tunisia 90 million dollars in aid if they stem the flow of undocumented immigrants arriving in the former nation at the rate of more than a hundred each day.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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