IPS Inter Press Service

Milagros Salazar

CERRO DE PASCO, Peru - An immense open-pit mine located 4380 metres above sea level is swallowing up the centre of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central highlands, while the damages, in the form of toxic waste, spread to nearby villages.

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U.S.: Networks' Int'l News Coverage at Record Low in 2008
Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Despite two wars involving more than 200,000 U.S. troops and a global economic crisis, foreign-related news coverage by the three major U.S. television networks fell to a record low during 2008, according to the latest annual review of network news coverage by the authoritative Tyndall Report.

POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair elections for the Palestinian parliament and was still the leading faction in a fully legitimate government.

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MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
	Disappointed with the Security Council's inaction regarding the worsening situation in Gaza, diplomats from numerous nations of the global South are close to taking the case of Israeli aggression to the U.N. General Assembly.

U.S.: Networks' Int'l News Coverage at Record Low in 2008

MIDEAST: U.S. Branch of Amnesty Calls on Rice to Drop "Lopsided" Stance

POLITICS-GHANA: New President Must Tackle Economy
	As Ghana’s president-elect, John Evans Atta Mills, prepares to take office, he has his work cut out for him translating several years of strong macro-economic performance into tangible benefits for the majority of Ghanaians.

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INDIA: Delivers Diplomatic Ultimatum to Pakistan
	India’s Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday that his government has delivered a dossier to Pakistan containing evidence of the involvement of Pakistanis in the Mumbai massacre -- an act that strategic experts say amounts to an ultimatum to bring the perpetrators to Indian justice.

NEPAL: Army-Rebel Integration Hangs Fire

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GREECE: Ask for Rights, Get Acid in the Face
	Around midnight Dec. 22, Decheva Elena Kuneva, a Bulgarian living in Greece since 2001, finished her shift and made her way home. For four years she had worked as a cleaner in the city railways, as employee of a company contracted by the public enterprise.

EUROPE: Czech Presidency Promises Controversy

PORTUGAL: Mega Solar Power Plant Begins to Operate

ECONOMY-BRAZIL: An Island in Stormy Waters
	Brazil is not immune to the current global financial crisis, but there are many indications that it will remain largely safe from the recession shaking the world’s rich countries and that economic growth will stay at reasonable levels if the meltdown is neither deeper nor longer than expected.

PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City

RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR: Impunity Defies Inter-American Court

MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
	Disappointed with the Security Council's inaction regarding the worsening situation in Gaza, diplomats from numerous nations of the global South are close to taking the case of Israeli aggression to the U.N. General Assembly.

FILM: 1982 Massacre Rendered Through Dark, Distorted Lens

POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault

U.S.: Networks' Int'l News Coverage at Record Low in 2008
	Despite two wars involving more than 200,000 U.S. troops and a global economic crisis, foreign-related news coverage by the three major U.S. television networks fell to a record low during 2008, according to the latest annual review of network news coverage by the authoritative Tyndall Report.

FILM: 1982 Massacre Rendered Through Dark, Distorted Lens

POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault

PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
	An immense open-pit mine located 4380 metres above sea level is swallowing up the centre of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central highlands, while the damages, in the form of toxic waste, spread to nearby villages.

ARGENTINA: Ecoclubs Draw Youngsters into Environmental Leadership

ENVIRONMENT-CAMBODIA: Opting For The Big Dam

MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
	Disappointed with the Security Council's inaction regarding the worsening situation in Gaza, diplomats from numerous nations of the global South are close to taking the case of Israeli aggression to the U.N. General Assembly.

FILM: 1982 Massacre Rendered Through Dark, Distorted Lens

POLITICS: Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault

PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
	An immense open-pit mine located 4380 metres above sea level is swallowing up the centre of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central highlands, while the damages, in the form of toxic waste, spread to nearby villages.

HEALTH-MALAYSIA: Divided Over HIV Testing

HEALTH-AFRICA: Maximising the Benefits of AIDS Funding

PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
	An immense open-pit mine located 4380 metres above sea level is swallowing up the centre of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central highlands, while the damages, in the form of toxic waste, spread to nearby villages.

NEPAL: Army-Rebel Integration Hangs Fire

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