Global News Blog / IPS Monday, April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Khody Akhavi WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (IPS) – Five months after the U.S. hosted the Annapolis conference to push for a decisive Israeli-Palestinian peace, negotiations between the two sides have shown no visible progress. As President George [...]
MIDEAST: Olmert Closer to Deal with Syria, Israel Is Not
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Global News Blog / IPS Monday, April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Peter Hirschberg JERUSALEM, Apr 28 (IPS) – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he is ”very interested” in peace with Syria. He has sent a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad expressing a willingness [...]
LABOUR-KUWAIT: New Deal For Sri Lankan Domestic Help
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Global News Blog / IPS Monday, April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Feizal Samath KUWAIT, Apr 28 (IPS) – Recruiters for Sri Lankan housemaids in Kuwaiti homes, under fire for a host of problems faced by the domestic workers, have agreed to accept a greater measure of responsibility. More [...]
EGYPT: Islamists Given Jail, and a Message
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Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Apr 24 (IPS) – A year-long military trial of 40 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement ended last week with stiff jail terms for most of the defendants. [...]
LEBANON: Assassinations Shake Christian Town
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LEBANON: Assassinations Shake Christian Town Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Mona Alami BEIRUT, Apr 24 (IPS) – The lush Bekaa Valley is nestled between snowy Mount Lebanon and the Syrian border. The region, reputed for its wine production, was this week the [...]
EGYPT: New Ban Tightens Noose Around Freedom
Global News Blog / IPS April 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Apr 23 (IPS) – Egypt’s parliament ratified legislation earlier this month outlawing public demonstrations in or near religious establishments. While government officials say the move is meant to preserve the inviolability [...]