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  1. RIGHTS-PERU: Fujimori Rewarded Death Squad

    IPS Inter Press Service - Mar 31, 2008

    LIMA, Mar 31 (IPS) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori personally encouraged and rewarded the leaders of a secret army intelligence service squad for the kidnap and murder of 25 civilians in 1991 and 1992

  2. LATIN AMERICA: Newspaper Owners Take Aim at Venezuela

    IPS Inter Press Service - Media, Technology & Communications - Mar 31, 2008

    CARACAS, Mar 31 (IPS) - The midyear meeting of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), which represents newspaper owners in Latin America, was overshadowed by the antagonistic relationship between the commercial

  3. Q&A: EU and U.S. Offering Special WTO Deal to Lure South Africa

    IPS Inter Press Service - Economy, Finance, Trade - Mar 31, 2008

    GENEVA, Mar 25 (IPS) - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has been an active civil society player in South Africa’s decisions during the current World Trade Organisation Doha Round of talks on

  4. MIGRATION: Brazilians Start Heading to Spain Instead of Portugal

    IPS Inter Press Service - Europe - Mar 31, 2008

    LISBON, Mar 31 (IPS) - Portugal’s economic crisis and extremely strict border policing, and the availability of cheaper flights from South America to Madrid, are the main reasons for the increasing number of Brazilians

  5. RIGHTS-CARIBBEAN: Many Turn Backs on Wrongly Executed

    IPS Inter Press Service - Caribbean - Mar 31, 2008

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 31 (IPS) - The findings of the death penalty poll conducted in Jamaica were greeted with conflicting emotions of abhorrence and approval across the Caribbean -- nearly half of all Jamaicans

  6. Q&A: "A World 'Unfit' for 2.2 Billion Children"

    IPS Inter Press Service - Global Affairs - Mar 31, 2008

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 31 (IPS) - As the United Nations plans to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its landmark Convention on the Rights of the Child next year, the world's 2.2 billion children continue to suffer the

  7. /UPDATE/POLITICS: Zimbabwe Holds Its Breath Over Election Results

    IPS Inter Press Service - Africa - Mar 31, 2008

    HARARE, Mar 31 (IPS) - With more than a day having passed since polling stations for Zimbabwe&#39s general elections closed their doors, complete official results for the ballot have yet to be released.

  8. FIJI: Needs Funds, Backing China's Tibet Policy

    IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport - Mar 31, 2008

    SUVA, Mar 31 (IPS) - Fiji’s interim Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has been forced to defend his regime’s support for China’s mid-March crackdown on Tibetan protesters, following withering criticism from civil

  9. POLITICS: Embarrassed U.S. Starts to Disown Basra Operation

    IPS Inter Press Service - North America - Mar 31, 2008

    WASHINGTON, Mar 31 (IPS) - As it became clear last week that the "Operation Knights Assault" in Basra was in serious trouble, the George W. Bush administration began to claim in off-the-record statements to journalists

  10. SLOVAKIA: Corruption Haunts Governing Coalition

    IPS Inter Press Service - Corruption - Mar 31, 2008

    PRAGUE, Mar 31 (IPS) - Slovakia's left-wing government continues to survive media and opposition attacks over a series of corruption scandals. The scandals have not, however, diminished the government's popularity.

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