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| Friday, 9 May 2008 | |
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BURMESE JUNTA GIVES REFERENDUM PRIORITY OVER CYCLONE RELIEF |
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| FOOD CRISIS LINKED TO DOHA DEAL By Aileen Kwa GENEVA, May 8 (IPS) - The issue of rising food prices was raised at the WTO's General Council meeting Wednesday, and for the first time, discussed in some detail. But there remains, as one African delegate put it, "a lot of confusion about the rising prices of commodities and the Doha Round. Somebody needs to demystify the links. |
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| EUROPE STILL WITHOUT A 'COHERENT' HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY By David Cronin BRUSSELS, May 8 (IPS) - More than 50 years after its inception, the European Union continues to lack a "coherent and hard-hitting policy to uphold and promote human rights around the world", a new report by the EU's only directly-elected body has complained. |
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| ISRAELIS BELIEVE ANOTHER WAR IS COMING Analysis by Peter Hirschberg JERUSALEM, May 8 (IPS) - As Israel marks its 60th anniversary, Israelis are deeply pessimistic about the prospects of peace with their neighbours, with an overwhelming majority believing they will be at war again within the next five years. |
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| INDIA/US NUKE DEAL SET TO TIME OUT NEW DELHI, May 8 (IPS) - Faced with continuing domestic opposition to the United States-India nuclear cooperation deal, the Indian government has launched 'one last push' to complete negotiations before the window of opportunity slams shut. |
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| OPINION: EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK: RECLAIMING SCHOOLS AS ZONES OF PEACE By Helene-Marie Gosselin NEW YORK, May (IPS)-- For Safia Ama Jan, a grandmother who championed education in Afghanistan for three decades, school was a sacred place. The woman whose name means "dear aunt" in Dari believed that the future of Afghanistan rests with ending the senseless violence and discrimination that kept girls hostages of their own communities. |
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