In Africa
World Bank protests veterans' victory
The World Bank is withholding a US$62 million loan to Zimbabwe in protest at the Mugabe government's compensation package for liberation war veterans. Following a determined campaign of
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Tigers
By Brandon Astor Jones
"The identity crisis ... occurs in that period of the life cycle when each youth must forge ... some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of ... childhood and the
Burma: Saving animals, killing people
By Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy
Outside a spartan Burmese government office, military intelligence officers were interrogating two visitors who said they were environmental research fellows
By Norm Dixon
While the United Nations, the aid industry and the world press continue to accuse — without evidence — the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo of systematic human rights abuses during the uprising that overthrew
Not quite
"Many — not all — people with apparently high wealth pay little tax." — Tax commissioner Michael Carmody.
Don't worry, I'm in charge
"I am the captain of the ship. We must batten down the hatches, instead of panicking
Birth-control riots
Authorities in China's southern province of Guangdong have ordered birth-control officials to stop abusing power following several outbreaks of rioting over stiff fines, Chinese newspapers have reported. They also warned
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