The Canadian Press UNITED NATIONS – Bird flu in poultry and wild birds spread to 60 countries but is entrenched only in six because of improved and faster responses, experts said. Despite those strides, the risk of a worldwide human-to-human… Continue Reading
By Rosalia Omungo DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 30 (IPS) – The East African Community signed a framework agreement as part of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) talks with the European Union (EU) to ensure continued access to EU markets for… Continue Reading
By Francis Kokutse DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 29 (IPS) – The director of Panorama — the Palestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development — has condemned those who carry out terrorist acts in the name of Islam,… Continue Reading
AMY GOODMAN Leading Australian Scientist Tim Flannery on Climate Change and How To Save the Planet Friday, November 23rd, 2007 We spend the hour with one of the world’s leading scientists studying climate change, Tim Flannery. An Australian mammologist, palaeontologist… Continue Reading
By Michael Gerson Wednesday, November 28, 2007; A23 KIGALI, Rwanda — We are used to seeing aged Holocaust survivors with faded photographs, telling their stories to remind the young and forgetful. So it is shocking to meet a 31-year-old genocide… Continue Reading
Interview with Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini VENICE, Nov 28 (IPS) – The daily work of ordinary people committed to building dialogue both within and outside their communities make for less spectacular news reports than stories about communities at odds, says… Continue Reading
Interview with Dr. Seth Berkley, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative NEW YORK, Nov 27 (IPS) – When one of the world’s most promising large-scale HIV vaccine trials was shut down in September after it became clear that not only did the… Continue Reading
The Associated Press Tuesday, November 27, 2007 UNITED NATIONS, New York: Floods, droughts and other disasters will rob millions of children of the decent meals and schools they need unless rich nations provide $86 billion by 2015 to help the… Continue Reading
By Juan Forero First of Several Grand Projects in Venezuela Reflects Leader’s Monopoly on Big Decisions Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, November 27, 2007; Page A10 CAMINO DE LOS INDIOS, Venezuela — Like most ambitious state projects in oil-rich Venezuela,… Continue Reading
Interview with Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem KAMPALA, Nov 25 (IPS) – The past year has marked the half-way point for realisation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The eight goals were agreed on by global leaders at the United Nations… Continue Reading
By Michael STERN Last November 10 in Beijing the Chinese government was delivered the first eco-building of the capital by the General Direction for Sustainable Development of the Italian Ministry of Environment. That same day in Rome, the Italian Minister… Continue Reading
From Economist.com Nov 23rd 2007 Animation takes on a whole new reality CAN created images seem more real than reality itself? Portrait artists from Roman times onwards have exploited optical effects to flatter their patrons as well as to push… Continue Reading
Interview with Madeleine Thien, Canadian novelist VANCOUVER, Nov 22 (IPS) – Madeleine Thien is the Canadian-born daughter of Malaysian-Chinese immigrants. She launched her writing career with a widely acclaimed short story collection called “Simple Recipes” in 2001. Thien’s recently released… Continue Reading
PatrÃcia Adegas The 10th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) takes place in Lisbon Congress Center, Lisbon, Portugal. Leading European experts will discuss the importance of Sexual Health, on men and women. Sexual Health, its influence, not… Continue Reading
Interview with Amartya Sen, Nobel economist LONDON, Nov 21 (IPS) – The “war on terror” is not everybody’s language, nor for that matter is “globalisation”, says Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen. Nor is anyone right to think that religious radicalism… Continue Reading
By Paul Richter Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 21, 2007 WASHINGTON — The Bush administration announced Tuesday that it would hold a stripped-down international conference next week to begin negotiating the core issues that divide the Israelis and Palestinians,… Continue Reading
Interview with Sahar Mahdi Al Yassiri CASABLANCA, Morocco, Nov 21 (IPS) – Professor Sahar Mahdi Al Yassiri is a well-know writer on death penalty abolition in the Islamic world. Al Yassiri, a lawyer by trade, is also a member of… Continue Reading
Hugo Chávez, José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero y el rey de España Por: Salim Lamrani (especial para ARGENPRESS.info) Fecha publicación:20/11/2007 La XVII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado, que tuvo lugar en Chile del 8 al 10 de noviembre de 2007,… Continue Reading
He was jailed and forced out of his traditional robes after Burmese soldiers arrested him during the junta’s crackdown. A monk’s tale. By Lennox Samuels Newsweek Web Exclusive It was momentum, not militancy, that got the 26-year-old monk to join… Continue Reading
Analysis by Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (IPS) – While the vast majority of analysts here agree that sectarian violence in Iraq has declined sharply from pre-“surge” levels one year ago, a major debate has broken out as to whether… Continue Reading
