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[Sofia JarrinT]

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--- IPS - Weekly <newsletter at ipsnews.net> wrote:

> To: sofiajt at yahoo.com
> From: IPS - Weekly <newsletter at ipsnews.net>
> Subject: Anti-Tobacco Treaty's Bite To Be Tested in
> Thailand
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:20:26 -0800
> 
> The Week with IPS
> Here are some of the most read stories of the week
> -- and stories you shouldn't  do without reading. 
> 
> *****
> 
> Anti-Tobacco Treaty's Bite To Be Tested in Thailand 
> 
> Marwaan Macan-Markar (Bangkok)
> 
> As one of South-east Asia's leaders in the drive to
> snuff out smoking, Thailand has become a
> battleground to test how much longer cigarettes will
> be publicly available following an anti-tobacco
> international treaty that came into force on Feb.
> 27. 
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27646
> 
> ***
> 
> U.S. on Sidelines of Yet Another Global Treaty 
> 
> Jim Lobe (Washington)
> 
> Eleven days after the Kyoto Protocol to fight global
> warming entered into force despite staunch
> opposition from the George W. Bush administration,
> another international treaty, this one on tobacco,
> will take effect Sunday without U.S. ratification. 
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27624
> 
> ***
> 
> World Bank May Fund Israeli Checkpoints 
> 
> Emad Mekay (Washington)
> 
> The World Bank, an international development
> institution that says it has no political agenda,
> may be preparing to fund Israeli security
> checkpoints around a controversial separation wall
> under construction on occupied Palestinian
> territories. 
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27620
> 
> ***
> 
> What Comes Next, After the Argentine Debt Swap? 
> 
> Marcela Valente (Buenos Aires)
> 
> As Argentina's unprecedented exchange of defaulted
> bonds for new ones reaches its Friday deadline, most
> economic analysts predict that a majority of the
> bondholders will accept the government's offer,
> which is final. 
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27613
> 
> ***
> 
> Peace Movement Gears Up for Global Protests on War
> Anniversary 
> 
> Katherine Stapp (New York)
> 
> At Fort Bragg, the largest U.S. army installation in
> the world and home to the famed 82nd Airborne
> Division, the mood is not exactly buoyant. 
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27609
> 
> ***
> 
> Creating a Neighbourhood Out of Nothing 
> 
> Raúl Pierri (Montevideo)
> 
> There was no shade in "El Monarca" when Angel "El
> Viejo" (Old Man) Martínez arrived, only a few
> dried-up bushes and a blazing sun. But soon the
> empty field began to fill up with shacks, and in
> time it turned into a neighbourhood where trees grew
> alongside cinder block houses with electricity and
> running water. 
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27607
> 
> ***
> 
> Will the Zimbabwean Opposition’s Campaign Trip Up on
> Purse Strings? 
> 
> Wilson Johwa (Bulawayo)
> 
> The topic of campaign finance is rarely far from the
> minds of politicians or pundits in the run-up to
> elections -- and Zimbabwe is no exception to this
> rule. With the country in the midst of a political
> and economic crisis, it may even be a hotter topic
> of discussion here than elsewhere.
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27596
> 
> ***
> 
> 'Peaceful Dictatorship Better than Democratic Chaos'
> in Iran 
> 
> Aaron Glantz (Arbil, Iraq)
> 
> The two Kurdish guerrilla fighters, if anyone,
> should have wanted the United States to overthrow
> the regime in Iran. They have just escaped after
> five years in an Iranian prison for membership of
> the banned Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran.
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27582
> 
> ***
> 
> Hopefully, the Beginning of the End for Child
> Traffickers in Gabon
> 
> Antoine Lawson (Libreville)
> 
> Children’s rights activists have long expressed
> concern over the extent of child trafficking and
> exploitation in West Africa. Recent events in Gabon
> might give them cause for hope, however.
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27605
> 
> ***
> 
> Student in "Rendition" Case Brought Home for Trial 
> 
> William Fisher (New York)
> 
> Even as defence attorneys were filing court papers
> charging that the U.S. government was hiding behind
> secret evidence, and demanding their client's
> release from a Saudi Arabian prison, Ahmed Abu Ali
> was being whisked back to the United States and
> charged with conspiring to kill Pres. George W.
> Bush.  
> http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27610
> 
> ***** 
> 
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> 
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> 
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