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LEBANON: Opposition Mounts Against Solidere Reconstruction Company
Lebanon's land and store owners are up in arms over alleged corruption at the Lebanese Reconstruction and Development Company (Solidere), which has been contracted by the government to rebuild war ravaged downtown Beirut.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: RUMOURS OF VIOLENCE IRK POLITICIANS
MOZAMBIQUE'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY, DIPLOMATS AND THE HEAD OF UN OPERATIONS HERE HAVE DENOUNCED MEDIA REPORTS THAT THE COUNTRY'S FORMER BELLIGERENTS PLAN TO RETURN TO VIOLENCE.THE GAMBIA-POLITICS: CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS COUP ALLEGATIONS
IT WAS WIDELY EXPECTED, AND WHEN IT CAME IT WAS BLOODY: AN ATTEMPTED COUP BY JUNIOR ARMY OFFICERS TO TOPPLE GAMBIA'S THREE-MONTH OLD MILITARY GOVERNMENT.SWEDEN-REFERENDUM: Swedes Say ‘Yes’ to a New Future in Europe
After centuries of being perched on Europe's periphery, Sweden awoke to a new future Monday following a narrow referendum vote in favour of European Union (EU) membership.An Inter Press Service Feature
The croupier is calling for last bets in one of Eastern Europe's great economic transformation games, but the roulette wheel will likely spin for another decade or so before the real results are known.TAJIKISTAN-ELECTIONS: Rakhmonov Victory Unlikely to Improve Economy
The streets of Tajikistan's leafy capital Dushanbe had an air of quiet relief after the Central Asian republic's presidential elections passed peacefully this week.SWEDEN-REFERENDUM: Two Days Before EU Vote And Swedes Are Undecided
The fate of Sweden's bid to join the European Union (EU) hung in the balance Friday, just two days before an historic referendum on the issue.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: NATIONAL UNITY KEY TO PEACE?/REPEAT/
A KEY QUESTION THAT HAS EMERGED FROM MOZAMBIQUE'S FIRST MULTI-PARTY ELECTIONS IS WHETHER A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY CAN BE USED TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY IN THE WAR-WRACKED COUNTRY.ITALY-POLITICS: Proposed Pension Cuts Provoke Social Tensions
Italy's three major confederated unions will Saturday stage a major protest in Rome with one million workers expected to take to the streets of the Italian capital to protest against the terms of the 1995 Finance Bill or Budget.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: BIG DREAMS AND SLIM CHANCES/CORRECTED REPEAT
JACINTO FERNANDO'S OUTWARD CALMNESS BELIES THE QUIET AGGRESSIVENESS OF THIS FORMER GOVERNMENT ARMY SECOND-LIEUTENANT.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
THOUSANDS OF FORMER GUERRILLAS OF UMKHONTO WE SIZWE (MK) ARE OUT OF A JOB AND COMPLAINING OVER THE RAW DEAL THEY HAVE RECEIVED IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA THEY FOUGHT FOR.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: BIG DREAMS AND SLIM CHANCES
JACINTO FERNANDO'S OUTWARD CALMNESS BELIES THE QUIET AGGRESSIVENESS OF THIS FORMER GOVERNMENT ARMY SECOND-LIEUTENANT.GERMANY-POLITICS: Bonn Still Recovering From ‘Berlin Decision’
Five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city of Bonn is still struggling hard to reconcile itself to the loss of the prestigious status as the capital of post-war west Germany.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: BIG DREAMS AND SLIM CHANCES
JACINTO FERNANDO'S OUTWARD CALMNESS BELIES THE QUIET AGGRESSIVENESS OF THIS FORMER GOVERNMENT ARMY SECOND-LIEUTENANT.ANGOLA-POLITICS: HUAMBO FALLS TO THE GOVERNMENT
THE CENTRAL ANGOLAN CITY OF HUAMBO FINALLY FELL TO GOVERNMENT TROOPS WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE UNITED NATIONS TOLD IPS HERE.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: LAND HUNGRY TASTE CHANGE
VICTIMS OF FORCED REMOVALS IN SOUTH AFRICA CAN NOW RECLAIM THEIR LAND UNDER A HISTORIC BILL PASSED BY PARLIAMENT IN CAPE TOWN.ETHIOPIA-POLITICS: GOVERNMENT SITS ON A POWDER-KEG
UNLIKE OTHER BEGGARS ON THE STREETS OF THIS ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL, 39-YEAR-OLD BOGALE BERHANU DOES NOT INVOKE GOD OR THE SAINTS WHEN HE ASKS FOR ALMS.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: BEGINNING OF WHITE-BACKLASH FEARED
AN INFLUENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN RIGHTWINGER WARNED TUESDAY THAT THE WEEKEND ASSASINATION OF A LEADING WHITE THEOLOGIAN, PROF JOHAN HEYNS, COULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF A "NEW STRUGGLE".ZAMBIA-CRIME: PRESIDENT SHIES AWAY FROM SIGNING DEATH WARRANTS
ZAMBIA'S HIGH COURT JUDGES HANDED OUT 100 DEATH SENTENCES THIS YEAR, ALARMING NOT ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BUT ALSO THE COUNTRY'S BORN AGAIN PRESIDENT, FREDERICK CHILUBA.TURKEY-WATER: Massive Irrigation System to be Launched
Turkey this week celebrates the completion of the twin Urfa tunnels, a major component in a key irrigation project -- the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) -- which is expected to play a key role in national and regional development.RUSSIA-POLITICS: Embattled Yeltsin Walks a Political Tightrope
Russian president Boris Yeltsin is walking a political tightrope as he attempts to forge a coalition cabinet which will satisfy the ambitions of competing interest groups.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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