United Nations

  • Aug 6, 2004
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LATIN AMERICA: Higher growth generates few jobs

The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) yesterday announced that...

Latin America
  • Aug 5, 2004
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JAPAN: Tokyo re-emerging on world security stage

A wide-ranging review is underway to consider a potentially radical restructuring of SDF military...

Japan
  • Aug 4, 2004
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IVORY COAST: Accra accord is unlikely to stick

Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah will host a summit with counterparts from Mali, Burkina...

Ivory Coast
  • Aug 4, 2004
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IVORY COAST: Accra accord is unlikely to stick

Last week's summit meeting in Accra produced an outline agreement and timetable for...

Ivory Coast
  • Aug 2, 2004
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BOSNIA: Nationalists dominate pre-election period

Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic told High Representative Paddy Ashdown on...

  • Aug 2, 2004
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SUDAN: Khartoum angered by UN vote

Local media today quoted the country's military spokesman as saying that the UN resolution passed...

Sudan
  • Jul 30, 2004
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IRAQ: Disputes delay National Conference

US Secretary of State Colin Powell on a visit to Iraq today said that yesterday's postponement of...

Iraq
  • Jul 27, 2004
  • 7 min read

TANZANIA: Economic progress masks manufacturing woes

Tanzania has followed with success the prescribed policy suggestions of IMF-World Bank programmes...

Tanzania