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.LATIN AMERICA: NGOs Under Fire- (Found July 2, 2008 ) MANAGUA, Jun 16 (IPS) - Civil society groups are facing smear campaigns and threats in Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela, according to human rights activists and information gathered by IPS.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42822 JAPANCHINA: Warming Ties- (Found July 2, 2008 ) TOKYO, May 19 (IPS) - When China accepted Japans offer of expert teams to help with emergency relief, following last weeks devastating earthquake, it may have had more to do with improving ties between the Asian neighbours than with Japans expertise in handling such disasters.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42414 |