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  1. TRADE: A Partial Doha Agreement

    IPS Inter Press Service - Development - Jul 25, 2008

    GENEVA, Jul 25 (IPS) - The trade ministers of 33 WTO member countries ironed out a few of the differences Friday that have been standing in the way of the completion of the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks

  2. POLITICS: Gilani May Be Pincushion for U.S. Frustration

    IPS Inter Press Service - Jul 25, 2008

    WASHINGTON, Jul 25 (IPS) - When Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani begins his first official visit here at the White House Monday, the welcome is likely to be a little warmer than he might wish.

  3. RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: US Lawyers to Defend Victims of Paramilitaries

    IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Jul 25, 2008

    BOGOTA, Jul 25 (IPS) - Two human rights lawyers from the United States announced in the Colombian capital that they will defend the victims of paramilitary chiefs who were recently extradited to the United States.

  4. SIERRA LEONE: Tighten Security to Curb Drug Trafficking

    IPS Inter Press Service - Jul 25, 2008

    FREETOWN, Jul 25 (IPS) - Nineteen suspects, including eight South Americans, from Colombia and Venezuela, have appeared before a Freetown High Court facing charges of smuggling illegal drugs into the country.

  5. SOMALIA: Famine Looms as Aid Workers Flee

    IPS Inter Press Service - East Africa - Jul 25, 2008

    NAIROBI, Jul 25 (IPS) - By December this year, aid agencies estimate that the number of displaced and hungry people in need of life-saving aid in Somalia will swell to 3.5 million—nearly half the country's population

  6. MIDEAST: Poverty in Gaza Hits "Unprecedented" Level

    IPS Inter Press Service - Jul 25, 2008

    UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - In both the West Bank and Gaza, young people aged 15 to 24 are the most likely of any group to be unemployed, while the number of households in Gaza below the poverty line has reached an

  7. CHILE: Declaring War on Pigeons

    IPS Inter Press Service - Latin America - Jul 25, 2008

    SANTIAGO, Jul 25 (Tierramérica) - The cities of the world are ideal habitat for the proliferation of the pigeon, or rock dove, a picturesque species that actually poses health and environmental risks.

  8. BRAZIL: Controversy Over DWI Law Despite Reduced Deaths

    IPS Inter Press Service - Health - Jul 25, 2008

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 25 (IPS) - Although Brazil’s tough new drunk driving law has been applauded for cutting traffic deaths in its first month, and is bringing about a change in habits, it continues to face opposition

  9. RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: No House Arrest for Elderly Former General

    IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Jul 25, 2008

    BUENOS AIRES, Jul 25 (IPS) - Former Argentine General Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, one of the most notorious of the military commanders who led the "dirty war" waged by the country’s 1976-1983 dictatorship, was handed a

  10. MIDEAST: Palestinian 'Che' Blindfolded and Shot

    IPS Inter Press Service - Politics - Jul 25, 2008

    BI'ILIN, West Bank, Jul 25 (IPS) - A Youtube video, uploaded on the Internet this week, showing a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian being fired on at close range by an Israeli soldier in the presence of a

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