Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Nergui Manalsuren UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. to fully implement a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for greater women’s participation in conflict prevention, resolution and peace-building. On Wednesday, [...]
MEXICO: Oil Reforms Leave State in the Red
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Diego Cevallos MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (IPS) – The oil industry reforms approved by the Mexican Congress and applauded by the government and most of the country’s parties, with the exception of factions on the left [...]
POLITICS: U.S. Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) – The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the [...]
POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: A Career In Dissent
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Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Michael Chebsi ADDIS ABABA, Oct 29 (IPS) – Frozen in disbelief on the steps of the courthouse where she presided as a federal judge, Bertukan Mideksa watched as a man she had just ordered released on [...]
EGYPT: Ruling Party in Free Fall
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Oct 29 (IPS) – A high-ranking member of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is facing trial on charges of arranging the murder of a Lebanese pop singer. The [...]