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POLITICS: U.N. Staff Seeks Answers in 2007 Algiers Bombing

Credit:UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Family members pay tribute to victims of the Algiers bombing at a memorial ceremony in Geneva, Jan. 23, 2008.

By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Why is the U.N. keeping its report on the 2007 terrorist attack in Algeria secret? The world body’s staff union says it wants to know.

POLITICS: U.N. To Seek Accountability in Algiers Bombing – Dec 2007
POLITICS: Kenya, Chad New Danger Zones for U.N. Workers – Feb 2008
POLITICS: Terror Threats Weigh on U.N. Staff Abroad

ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: Biodegradable Label Less Eco-Friendly Than It Promises
Raffaella Delle Donne
CAPE TOWN (IPS) - South Africans buying products with "biodegradable" plastic packaging are often duped by companies eager to profit from the current trend towards environmentally-conscious consumerism. While the plastics do break up into small pieces, they remain toxic and potentially dangerous to human health.

POLITICS: Spotlight on Gender Equality at IPU Meeting in Addis Ababa
Michael Chebud
ADDIS ABABA (IPS) - The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) started its assembly in the Ethiopian capital on Apr. 5 with a debate called by women parliamentarians.

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Focus on Southern Africa

> U.N. Staff Seeks Answers in 2007 Algiers Bombing
> Spotlight on Gender Equality at IPU Meeting in Addis Ababa
> Nobel Laureates Demand Women Be Part of Peace Talks
> U.S. Navy Snookered in Pirate Hostage Drama

Economics - Finance

> Flip-flops Transformed Into Toys to Save Turtles
> ‘‘EPAs Will Prevent African States From Achieving MDGs’’
> EPAs Negotiations Trudging Along Slowly
> Wild West - the Sinoe Rubber Plantation

> U.N. Staff Seeks Answers in 2007 Algiers Bombing
> Nobel Laureates Demand Women Be Part of Peace Talks
> Officials Complicit In Kololo Torture
> Religion and Poverty Force Girls into Early Marriages

> Flip-flops Transformed Into Toys to Save Turtles
> ‘‘EPAs Will Prevent African States From Achieving MDGs’’
> EPAs Negotiations Trudging Along Slowly
> A Msg of Hope to Farmers

Health - HIV/AIDS

> 'Role Models in the Community'
> Shifting the Weight to Bear the Burden
> Returning Sick - HIV, Illness, Death and Migration
> Bringing HIV Testing Where It's Needed

> 'Move Beyond Goodwill To Action'
> Communities Doing it For Themselves
> Teachers' Strike Infringes Children’s Right to Education
> Free Education? Maybe Next Year...

> New North-South Corridor To Tackle Trade Bottle-Necks
> ‘‘Russia Should Extend More Preferences to Nigeria’’
> ‘‘Climate Change Does Not Wait For Recessions’’
> Borders - Where Two Economies Meet

> Biodegradable Label Less Eco-Friendly Than It Promises
> Flip-flops Transformed Into Toys to Save Turtles
> Tens of Thousands Displaced by Flooding
> Researchers Developing New Ways to Purify Water

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

Zimbabwe: A House Divided

Active Citizens

CHANGING LIVES: Making Research Real

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

The Southern Africa Water Wire

More Africa News

SUDAN: Nobel Laureates Demand Women Be Part of Peace Talks

TRADE-AFRICA: Flip-flops Transformed Into Toys to Save Turtles

POLITICS: U.S. Navy Snookered in Pirate Hostage Drama

TRADE: ‘‘EPAs Will Prevent African States From Achieving MDGs’’

TRADE-AFRICA: EPAs Negotiations Trudging Along Slowly

DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: A Msg of Hope to Farmers

RIGHTS-UGANDA: Officials Complicit In Kololo Torture

HEALTH-SWAZILAND: 'Role Models in the Community'

GENDER-ZIMBABWE: Religion and Poverty Force Girls into Early Marriages

LIBERIA: Wild West - the Sinoe Rubber Plantation

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