IPS Inter Press Service

Mohammed Omer

GAZA CITY - The Israeli siege of Gaza that has restricted access to food, water and medicine is now beginning to hit unborn children and newborn babies.

MIDEAST: Too Quiet in the Harbour

MIDEAST: Gaza Running on Near Empty

MIDEAST: Flowers, Strawberries, and Missiles

NICARAGUA: Asylum for Survivors of Attack on FARC Camp
José Adán Silva
MANAGUA - The Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega granted asylum to two young Colombian women who survived a Mar. 1 bombing raid by the armed forces of their country on a FARC guerrilla camp in Ecuador.

RIGHTS: Women's Groups Push for Gender-Sensitive Budgets
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - As women's groups and political activists intensify their global campaign for gender empowerment, there is a growing trend towards "gender budgeting" both among developed and developing nations.

ENERGY CRUNCH
	SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect" More >>

MIGRATION AND REFUGEES
	RELIGION-US: Missionaries Look to Immigrant 'Chinatowns' More >>

RIGHTS: Women's Groups Push for Gender-Sensitive Budgets
	As women's groups and political activists intensify their global campaign for gender empowerment, there is a growing trend towards "gender budgeting" both among developed and developing nations.

Q&A: Can Save the MDGs Yet

TRANSPORT: Major Hurdle for IBSA Initiative

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"
	A two-day conference on water issues in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which opened Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho, has seen representatives of government, civil society, the private sector, donors and other groups discuss the likely effects of climate change on development in the region.

ENVIRONMENT: Only the Cover Is Green

DEVELOPMENT: Sweden, Ireland, Britain Lead in Aiding Africa

THEATRE-US: The Year the War Came Home
	On this 40th anniversary of 1968, the year that for the United States was the apogee of opposition to the war in Vietnam, two new Off Broadway plays explore divergent ways that U.S. citizens protested -- and ponder the best way to contest a senseless war.

TRANSPORT: Major Hurdle for IBSA Initiative

RELIGION-US: Missionaries Look to Immigrant 'Chinatowns'

LATIN AMERICA: European Corporations on Trial
	Twenty European corporations are being tried for human rights violations before an ethical tribunal at the Peoples’ Summit, organised for the third time by the Bi-Regional Network "Enlazando Alternativas" (Linking Alternatives) in Lima. The organisers announced that they hope to take some of these cases to ordinary courts of justice in Peru.

Q&A: Can Save the MDGs Yet

SLOVAKIA: Govt Wins First Battle Against Media

POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba
	More than 150 years after the United States promulgated the Monroe Doctrine, Washington should recognise that its dominance over the Americas has ended and that it must "engage Latin America on its own terms", according to a new report released here Wednesday by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), one of the nation's most influential think tanks.

LATIN AMERICA: European Corporations on Trial

NICARAGUA: Asylum for Survivors of Attack on FARC Camp

POLITICS: Bogus Claim, al-Maliki Stall U.S. Plan on Iran Arms
	Early this month, the George W. Bush administration's plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks.

MIDEAST: Siege Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born

EGYPT: Giving With One Hand, Taking Back With the Other

ECONOMY-US: Foreclosures Spike as Lenders' Aid Efforts Founder
	U.S. banks' property seizures more than doubled in April and home foreclosure filings climbed 65 percent from a year earlier, an indication that government-hyped efforts to protect homeowners are falling short.

POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba

POLITICS: Bogus Claim, al-Maliki Stall U.S. Plan on Iran Arms

LATIN AMERICA: European Corporations on Trial
	Twenty European corporations are being tried for human rights violations before an ethical tribunal at the Peoples’ Summit, organised for the third time by the Bi-Regional Network "Enlazando Alternativas" (Linking Alternatives) in Lima. The organisers announced that they hope to take some of these cases to ordinary courts of justice in Peru.

Q&A: Can Save the MDGs Yet

ENVIRONMENT: Only the Cover Is Green

POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba
	More than 150 years after the United States promulgated the Monroe Doctrine, Washington should recognise that its dominance over the Americas has ended and that it must "engage Latin America on its own terms", according to a new report released here Wednesday by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), one of the nation's most influential think tanks.

RIGHTS: Women's Groups Push for Gender-Sensitive Budgets

LATIN AMERICA: European Corporations on Trial

LATIN AMERICA: Food Price Inflation Threatens Children
	Child malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean will be aggravated by global food shortages, even though the region produces much more food than it consumes, say experts and officials.

MIDEAST: Siege Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born

ENVIRONMENT: Only the Cover Is Green

LATIN AMERICA: European Corporations on Trial
	Twenty European corporations are being tried for human rights violations before an ethical tribunal at the Peoples’ Summit, organised for the third time by the Bi-Regional Network "Enlazando Alternativas" (Linking Alternatives) in Lima. The organisers announced that they hope to take some of these cases to ordinary courts of justice in Peru.

SOUTH ASIA: Differing on Right to Information

COLOMBIA: Extradition of Paramilitary Chiefs - a Blow to Truth