VENEZUELA: New law to tackle escalating crime levels

There has been mounting popular frustration with the administration's inability to reverse the...

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CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge legacy hard to reconcile

This month the UN and the Cambodian government are likely to attempt to negotiate a final...

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Following his victory in bitter militia conflicts of the late 1990s, Sassou Nguesso is beginning...

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There are limits to Beijing's willingness to support US military responses directed at suspected...

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President Hugo Chavez is perceived as a maverick in Washington. The 'with us or against us'...

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The Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG) has objected violently to the government's award of...

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US Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday briefed congressional legislators on administration...

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The government of Sierra Leone has set May 14, 2002, as the date for presidential and...

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President Laurent Gbagbo is trying to persuade his opponents to attend a national reconciliation...

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The ruling Sri Lanka Peoples' Alliance (SLPA) has allied with the extremist Janatha Vimukthi...

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