DEVELOPMENT: CALL FOR A 'NEW WORLD AGRICULTURAL ORDER' Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN (IPS/TVE) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for a global summit to design a "new world agricultural order" and find 30 billion dollars a year to eradicate hunger "once and for all".
DEVELOPMENT: UN LOOKS TO DOHA SUMMIT FOR ANSWERS Thalif Deen
NEW YORK (IPS) - As the spreading global financial crisis threatens to cripple banks, stock markets and manufacturing industries in the developing world, the United Nations is now focusing on the outcome of a major international conference on Financing for Development (FfD) scheduled to take place in Doha Nov. 20-Dec. 2.
MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN SPLIT DEEPENS Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO (IPS) - Palestinian resistance factions were roundly blamed in the mainstream media for their last-minute decision to boycott last week's Egypt-sponsored "comprehensive dialogue" summit, ostensibly aimed at Palestinian national reconciliation. But some independent commentators say the move, led by Gaza-based resistance faction Hamas, was justified.
CHINA: TIBETAN MOVEMENT MAY DUMP 'MIDDLE WAY' Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING (IPS) - Eight months after Tibet's capital of Lhasa was rocked by violent anti-Chinese protests positions have hardened, casting gloom on prospects for progress on the Tibetan stalemate.
DR CONGO: WHAT FUTURE FOR MONUC? Stephanie Kale
KIGALI (IPS) - Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria and newly-appointed UN envoy in the Great Lakes Region, has visited both Congolese president Joseph Kabila and CNDP rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, attempting to chisel the outlines of a new peace in the region.
TRADE: SAILORS AT SEA OVER VIOLENCE Miren Gutierrez
ROME (IPS) - The oil tanker Sirius Star may be the largest ship to have been hijacked so far, but piracy is far from rare. In all 251 such incidents worldwide have been reported this year to the Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) of the International Maritime Bureau.
