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	Wednesday, 20 August 2008

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	KOSOVO CASTS SHADOW ON SOUTH OSSETIAN STANDOFF By Ali Gharib WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (IPS) - With the conflict between Georgia and Russia lowered to a simmer after the signing of a ceasefire agreement, questions still remain about the U.S. role and positions on the start of the conflict as well as where it stands moving forward towards a resolution.
	BUSH COVERED UP MUSHARRAF TIES WITH QAEDA, KHAN Analysis by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (IPS) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation Monday brings to an end an extraordinarily close relationship between Musharraf and the George W. Bush administration, in which Musharraf was lavished with political and economic benefits from the United States despite policies that were in sharp conflict with U.S. security interests.
	WASTEWATER CROPS FEEDING MILLIONS By Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 19 (IPS) - Vegetables, rice and other cereals in at least 53 cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America may someday come with warning labels that read "this is a byproduct of raw sewage".
	POLITICAL UNION ENDORSED - IN THEORY By Peter Ischyrion PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 19 (IPS) - You have to hand it to Patrick Manning, Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister, when it comes to persistence. Since 1992, when he held initial talks with the leaders of Barbados and Guyana, he has been quietly lobbying his Caribbean Community (Caricom) colleagues to forge an ambitious political union in the region.
	GROUND-BREAKING GENDER PROTOCOL SIGNED JOHANNESBURG, Aug 19 (IPS) - Gender activists breathed a sigh of relief when a long-delayed gender protocol was signed at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit last weekend.
	NEWSBRIEFS... -US Student Wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize -Firing Squads Silent - But Death Hovers ______________________________________
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