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RIGHTS-KYRGYZSTAN: Alarm After 'Lifers' Attempt Breakout
BISHKEK, Nov 21 (IPS) - The Kyrgyzstan parliament has ordered that the most
dangerous of the country?s life-term prisoners should be moved
from their jails and put in isolation cells dispersed around the
country following an attempted prison breakout which led to four
deaths.
CHINA/US: Balking at Changing Dollar-Centric Economic Order
BEIJING, Nov 21 (IPS) - The spectre of a prolonged global recession has
dampened China?s wish for a world financial order less dominated
by the United States and its dollar, giving way to more urgent
dealings with recession worries at home.
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Sanitation Concerns Shift Into Space
NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (IPS) - India may be grappling with problems of basic
sanitation but, at another level, its top scientists are turning
their attention to human pollution in space.
CULTURE-INDONESIA: Anti-Porn Law Reveals Growing Islamist Power
JAKARTA, Nov 21 (IPS) - An exhibition of sculpture that opened here this
month offers a stark reminder of the importance of the human form
in Indonesian art.
DEVELOPMENT-VIETNAM: Rare Criticism of Dams Surface
CAN THO, Nov 21 (IPS) - While arguments against the development of
hydropower dams on the Mekong River and its tributaries have from
time to time emerged in Vietnam?s state-controlled press, rarely
have government officials been as open with their criticism as
they have in recent months.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Alarm at Move to Regulate Media
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (IPS) - A government proposal to set up a media council to
?regulate? news reporting has alarmed journalists who see it as
an attempt to add yet another layer of control over their
profession.
RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Through Blinkered Eyes
PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (IPS) - When Gunnar Bergstrom stepped off the plane into
the sweltering heat of the Cambodian capital in August 1978, he
did not even begin to suspect the fate that had befallen the
country whose struggle he had supported from afar.
MEDIA-SRI LANKA: Under Fire Journos Learn Survival Skills
BATTICALOA, Nov 20 (IPS) - For journalists on the job in Sri Lanka --
considered by international media rights bodies to be the third
most dangerous place to work in, after Iraq and Somalia --
staying safe is a prime concern.
CUBA-CHINA: Strengthening Friendly Ties
HAVANA, Nov 19 (IPS) - Cuba and China strengthened their political and
economic alliance this week, at a time when the EU and Cuba have
formally restored relations and the government of Raśl Castro is
forging closer ties with the rest of Latin America and with
Moscow.
POLITICS-CHINA: Tibetan Movement May Dump 'Middle Way'
BEIJING, Nov 19 (IPS) - Eight months after Tibet?s capital of Lhasa was
rocked by violent anti-Chinese protests positions have hardened,
casting gloom on prospects for progress on the Tibetan stalemate.
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