IPS Inter Press Service - Int'l Cooperation More than Just AidIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.INDIAUS: Singh Pushes For Nuclear Deal- (Found July 2, 2008 ) NEW DELHI, Jul 2 (IPS) - Indias Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has plunged his Congress party and the countrys ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government into a grave crisis by staking his personal reputation on pushing through a U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43030 BURMA: Public Health Ailing Even Before Cyclone Struck- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BANGKOK, May 19 (IPS) - Even before Cyclone Nargis tore through Burmas populous Irrawaddy Delta, the countrys public health system was ailing. It struggled to survive on a slow drip of funds from the states coffers.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42415 CHINA: Bowing in Grief, to Public Demand- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BEIJING, May 20 (IPS) - The national mourning observed this week for victims of the Sichuan earthquake is the first public remembrance in modern Chinas history ordered to commemorate ordinary people rather than political leaders.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42429 BURMA: Earthquake Lets China Off the Hook- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BEIJING, May 23 (IPS) - The outpouring of global sympathy in the aftermath of the deadly Sichuan earthquake has shifted the focus away from Chinas role and influence in cyclone-stricken Burma, quieting critics.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42485 ECONOMY-SRI LANKA: Business as Usual Despite Rights Record- (Found July 2, 2008 ) COLOMBO, May 26 (IPS) - Is Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict and dismal human rights record an issue for international corporations and multinationals doing business in the country Business leaders and rights activists are divided on this.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42505 BURMA: UN Gambles With Junta - Forgets History- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BANGKOK, May 27 (IPS) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is optimistic that his four-day mission to military-ruled Burma has produced a breakthrough. But the troubled history of relations between the world body and the South-east Asian nation offers a warning against high expectations.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42525 POLITICS-AFRICA: U.S., China Should Coordinate Policies- (Found July 2, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, May 30 (IPS) - Amid growing concerns over big-power competition for access to Africa&39;s immense energy and mineral resources, the U.S. and Chinese governments are being urged to better coordinate their policies toward the continent.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42603 BURMA: ASEAN Steps in Where Others May Not Tread- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BANGKOK, May 31 (IPS) - Four weeks after Cyclone Nargis swept through the populous Irrawaddy Delta in Burma, a regional effort to help the victims is slowly grinding into shape.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42607 BIODIVERSITY: Good Intentions Eclipse New Funding at U.N. Meet- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BONN, May 31 (IPS) - The world community took some ever-so-careful steps towards slowing the biodiversity crisis at a major U.N. meeting in Bonn, while emphasising the need for urgency and action.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42609 USMEXICO: Neighbours Try to Reclaim Polluted Valley- (Found July 2, 2008 ) SAN DIEGO, California, Jun 12 (IPS) - A sinuous coil of murky water winds through the Tijuana River Valley. On each side of the U.S.-Mexican border, residents eye each other warily, caught in the cross-currents of political intrigue and economic polices that make the floodplain seem almost orderly by comparison.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42772 |