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  1. DEVELOPMENT-BURKINA FASO: "Sanitation Costs a Lot, But It's Not a Luxury"

    IPS Inter Press Service - Africa - Dec 31, 2007

    OUAGADOUGOU, Dec 31 (IPS/IFEJ) - For some in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, rainy seasons have spelt trouble -- at least from the point of view of sanitation.

  2. POLITICS: Controversy Follows Gaddafi's Rapprochement With Europe

    IPS Inter Press Service - Dec 31, 2007

    PARIS, Dec 31 (IPS) - The re-emergence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi into the diplomatic good graces of Europe has met with a decidedly mixed response, even in some of the governments ostensibly courting his favour.

  3. POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: A Trying Passage for Women in the Ruling Party

    IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - Dec 31, 2007

    CAPE TOWN, Dec 31 (IPS) - The past weeks have been tumultuous for women in South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC).

  4. ZIMBABWE: A "Can Do" Approach to Greater Political Involvement of Women

    IPS Inter Press Service - Dec 30, 2007

    HARARE, Dec 30 (IPS) - With general elections expected to take place in Zimbabwe this coming March, a campaign is underway to increase women&#39s political participation in the Southern African country.

  5. CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Bush’s Twilight Year Looks Grim

    IPS Inter Press Service - Dec 30, 2007

    WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (IPS) - If the last days of 2007 are any indication, U.S. President George W. Bush’s last year in office is shaping up as grim and lonely.

  6. DEVELOPMENT: Qatar Pledges to Promote South-South Cooperation

    IPS Inter Press Service - Dec 30, 2007

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (IPS) - "Despite significant progress in the South, the pattern of cooperation has not been commensurate with the comprehensive nature of the commitments contained in the various declarations and …

  7. CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Support Pledged for Women in S. Leone&#39s Local Elections

    IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Dec 30, 2007

    FREETOWN, Dec 30 (IPS) - Sierra Leoneans will doubtless celebrate the past year as one in which their country distanced itself still further from a war-torn past, by holding general elections in August that were …

  8. ZIMBABWE: Good Intentions Plus Poor Implementation Equals Dry Taps

    IPS Inter Press Service - Southern Africa - Dec 30, 2007

    HARARE, Dec 30 (IPS) - A 20-litre bucket in hand, Abigail Shonhiwa ponders the stretch ahead in her journey to the next watering hole, a distance of about seven kilometres. Her suburb has been facing recurrent water …

  9. CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Surging Inflation Worries China's Leaders

    IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Dec 30, 2007

    BEIJING, Dec 30 (IPS) - For a former guerilla party that derives legitimacy by providing economic prosperity to 1.3 billion people, the revelation that Chinese Communist Party leaders, polled in a recent survey, saw …

  10. CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Thailand Heading Into a Political Storm

    IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Dec 29, 2007

    BANGKOK, Dec 30 (IPS) - Thailand’s transition from military rule to a democratically elected administration appears far from smooth. The results of the first general election since the September 2006 coup d’etat point …

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