IPS Inter Press Service - EuropeIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.MEDIA: Against Giant Odds, A Touch of Triumph- (Found June 29, 2008 ) GLASGOW, Jun 27 (IPS) - Parents call it the strawberry coloured nightmare. In the suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa they call it &39;tik&39;. Something that mimics the effect of adrenalin. The news feature on &39;tik&39; explores its dangerous spread, interviewing parents and others who talk about the devastation this addiction is bringing to homes and lives. &39;Tik&39; is coloured pink, we learn, to make it more attractive to teenagers.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42991 ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE: Mobile Phones Change Birds' Tune- (Found June 29, 2008 ) BERLIN, Jun 27 (Tierramrica) - Many wild birds are able to imitate the simple ringtones of mobile telephones, German ornithologists report, underscoring the influence of humans on the evolution of birds.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42994 CUBA: Cautious Response to Lifting of EU Sanctions- (Found June 29, 2008 ) HAVANA, Jun 20 (IPS) - Cuba reacted cautiously to the announcement that the European Union would lift the diplomatic sanctions adopted after 75 dissidents received lengthy jail terms on charges of conspiring with Washington to destabilise the Cuban state, and three men convicted of hijacking a passenger ferry were executed, in 2003.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42909 |