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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

EU: Defiant Guyana to be Punished

Oct 10, 2008

BRUSSELS, Oct 10 (IPS) - The European Union is preparing to impose swingeing taxes on goods imported from Guyana as punishment for the Caribbean island's refusal to accept a free trade accord.
RIGHTS-SPAIN: Digging Up Past Atrocities

Oct 9, 2008

MADRID, Oct 9 (IPS) - When it seemed that the atrocities committed during the 1936-1939 Spanish civil war and the 1939-1975 dictatorship of General Francisco Franco were buried once and for all, the debate has been …
ENVIRONMENT: Stepping Beyond Carbon Footprints

Oct 8, 2008

BARCELONA, Oct 8 (IPS) - Do those 8,000 tonnes of carbon footprints arising from participation in the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona show the way beyond Kyoto? Will the marathon congregation significantly …
ENVIRONMENT: To Build a School, Save the Hippo

Oct 7, 2008

BARCELONA, Oct 7 (IPS) - As the Wechiau community living along the banks of the Black Volta river in Ghana discovered, looking after the hippopotamus can build schools and bring electricity.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Communism Alive, Despite Isolation

Oct 4, 2008

PRAGUE, Oct 2 (IPS) - The government's frequent use of the 'communist card' against opponents is casting a shadow on its lustration attempts in a country where an isolated but strong communist party persists.