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POLITICS: Kosovo Casts Shadow on South Ossetian Standoff
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (IPS) - With the conflict between Georgia and Russia
lowered to a simmer after the signing of a ceasefire agreement,
questions still remain about the U.S. role and positions on the
start of the conflict as well as where it stands moving forward
towards a resolution.
Q&A: 'If You Feed the Land, It Will Feed You Back'
BONN, Aug 19 (IPS) - Luc Gnacadja, who took over as Executive Secretary
of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) last October, is a man with a mission -- a mission that
goes beyond explaining that his job is not to battle deserts.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Human Rights Drowning in Oil
LISBON, Aug 18 (IPS) - The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal
could pave the way for former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea to
become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language
Countries (CPLP) two years from now, despite the country’s poor
human rights record.
TRADE-AFRICA: ‘‘An Injury To One Market Is an Injury to All’’
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 18 (IPS) - Southern African non-governmental organisations
have put forward demands to their governments in resistance to
the continuing talks on economic partnership agreements (EPAs)
between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific
(ACP) states.
US-GEORGIA: Expats Unite Against Russia
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (IPS) - When the Russian military launched a military
invasion of its small neighbour
Georgia -- operating at will in
Georgia’s secessionist provinces of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia,
as well as Georgia proper -- New York’s Georgian-American
community responded almost immediately by gathering outside
United Nations
Headquarters here to protest the invasion of
their homeland.
ENVIRONMENT-GERMANY: Fleeing Famine, Bees Seek Asylum in Cities
BERLIN, Aug 14 (IPS) - For German bees, the countryside is no longer what
it used to be. They are fleeing insecticides and genetically
modified crops to take refuge in cities.
BULGARIA: Small Farmers Strike for Survival
BUCHAREST, Aug 14 (IPS) - Thousands of Bulgarian milk and meat producers have
been protesting for more than a week in various regions around
the country, warning the government that life for small farmers
has become impossible in Bulgaria.
Q&A: Women Do Most, With Least Assistance
ROME, Aug 14 (IPS) - The international debate on effective aid that is
shaped by developing countries' needs rather than donors'
priorities will be resumed when ministers from over 100
countries, and members of development agencies, donor
organisations and civil society gather for the Third High-Level
Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra Sep. 2-4.
GEORGIA: 'Provoked Into Aggression'
MOSCOW, Aug 13 (IPS) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvilli has become
an uncertain sort of leader. At first, he won praise after
successfully leading the popular 'Rose Revolution' in
2003 that catapulted him into power. Now he has received global
condemnation for the military attack that he ordered in the
breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
GEORGIA: Saakashvili Asked To Step Down
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) - A few hours after the 15 member U.N. Security
Council discussed a draft
resolution aimed to ask Russia to stop
using massive force in Georgia Monday
evening behind closed
doors, Russia said it would stop military action. This
came
Tuesday, after five days of bombing and destruction of cities and
military
bases in Georgia and the deaths of more than 2,000
people.
GEORGIA: How the Hawks Won
PRAGUE, Aug 12 (IPS) - Georgia's step towards military confrontation
comes after an increase in authoritarian and militaristic
tendencies in a country that dealt catastrophically with
Russia's pressure.
GEORGIA: Israeli Arms Sales Raise New Concerns
JERUSALEM, Aug 12 (IPS) - With the eruption of fighting between Russia and
Georgia, Israel has found itself in an awkward position as a
result of its arms sales to Georgia, caught between its friendly
relations with Georgia and its fear that the continued sale of
weaponry will spark Russian retribution in the form of increased
arms sales to Iran and Syria.
RIGHTS-BALKANS: Bringing Roma in From the Fringes
BELGRADE, Aug 12 (IPS) - Some weeks ago, Serbia said farewell to folk singer
Saban Bajramovic who died of heart failure at age 72 in the
southern city of Nis. In an unusual gesture, Serbian President
Boris Tadic attended the funeral, paying his last respects to
'The King of Gypsy Music'.
GEORGIA: Where the Cold War Never Ended
PRAGUE, Aug 11 (IPS) - As war breaks out in Georgia, the geopolitical
struggle between the U.S. and Russia becomes more violent and
closer to Russia's border than ever.
TRADE-WEST AFRICA: Overfishing Linked to Food Crisis, Migration
PARIS, Aug 11 (IPS) - According to a recent report by the nongovernmental
organisation ActionAid, West African seas are being devastated by
legal and illegal overfishing, while local fishing industries
decline. Moreover, the economic partnership agreements in their
currently proposed form only exacerbate this problem.
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