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  1. RIGHTS-PARAGUAY: New ‘Archives of Terror’ Unearthed

    IPS Inter Press Service - Human Rights - Oct 31, 2008

    ASUNCIÓN, Oct 31 (IPS) - The discovery Friday of new archives from the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner is expected to shed new light on the regime that ruled Paraguay from 1954 to 1989.

  2. MEDIA-SOUTH SUDAN: Battle on Two Fronts

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    JUBA, Nov 1 (IPS) - A recent presentation at parliament by the South's Finance Minister gave a few cursory details of how the South's army managed to spend 99.6 percent of its budget by June. At the end of the public

  3. RIGHTS-PERU: Three More Bodies Found at Accomarca

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    LIMA, Oct 31 (IPS) - The bodies of three civilians, victims of a 1985 massacre perpetrated by Peruvian soldiers in the highlands village of Accomarca, were disinterred by their families and judicial authorities. They

  4. HAITI: Activists Urge World Bank to Erase Crippling Debt

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - On a recent visit to the hurricane-ravaged island of Haiti, World Bank President Robert Zoellick declared that 500 million dollars of Haiti's 1.7-billion-dollar foreign debt had been

  5. LATIN AMERICA: Campus Party to Bridge Digital Gap

    IPS Inter Press Service - Latin America - Oct 31, 2008

    SAN SALVADOR, Oct 31 (IPS) - Seeking solutions for closing the digital and technological gap and sharing innovative experiences are the aims of the Ibero-America Campus Party, which is being held parallel to the 18th

  6. PARAGUAY: Unjustly Imprisoned Inmates Revive Debate on Prison Conditions

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    ASUNCIÓN, Oct 31 (IPS) - An 11-year delay in releasing a prisoner in Paraguay drew attention to the need for a computerised register of inmates, and revived debate on a prison system that continues to be plagued by

  7. BURMA: China's Thirst for Oil Ignores Environment, Rights

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    BANGKOK, Oct 31 (IPS) - The largest island off Burma’s west coast is emerging as another frontier for China’s expanding plans to extract the rich oil and gas reserves of military-ruled Burma.

  8. ECONOMY: Kenya Flush With Money From Expatriates

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

    NAIROBI, Oct 31 (IPS) - As your plane taxis along the runway at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, a first-time visitor to Kenya will marvel at the world class status of the major entry-point to east Africa’s

  9. BIODIVERSITY: Unraveling the Mysteries of Salmon Migration

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 31 (IPS) - Tiny juvenile salmon have been electronically tracked for the first time from their natal rivers in the Rocky Mountains 2,500 kilometres north to Alaska.

  10. RIGHTS: Bush's "Freedom Agenda" Stumbles in Syria

    IPS Inter Press Service - Oct 31, 2008

    WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (IPS) - With media and diplomatic attention focused on the international incident ignited by a U.S. cross-border raid from Iraq into Syrian territory last weekend, the Syrian government quietly

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