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SPAIN/MOROCCO: Disputes mar cooperation prospects
Bilateral links between Spain and Morocco have in recent years been a foundation of the EU's...
SpainSOUTHERN AFRICA: Aid unlikely to stem food shortage
The World Food Programme is to make an urgent appeal for aid money to deal with the growing food...
AfricaUNITED STATES: Bush backtracks on international court
The Bush administration has withdrawn the US signature on the treaty creating an International...
United StatesEAST TIMOR: Host of challenges confront new nation
The foundations of a functional state were laid during the two and a half years that Timor was...
East TimorSIERRA LEONE: Elections mark test of fragile peace
Presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 14....
Sierra LeoneGEORGIA: Abkhazia problem will grow as polls near
The conflict with the breakaway region of Abkhazia can be settled peacefully within one year,...
GeorgiaETHIOPIA/ERITREA: Border ruling leaves much unsettled
The International Boundary Commission has ruled on the border dispute between Ethiopia and...
EthiopiaIRAQ: Mounting challenges test Saddams statecraft
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri al-Hadithi are due to hold...
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