The Australian | By Cathy Pryor | October 20, 2003
THE UN body on arts and culture, UNESCO, has adopted a resolution aimed at protecting cultural diversity from globalisation at its general conference which wrapped up in Paris on the weekend.
Associated Press | By UAMDAO NOIKORN | October 17, 2003
A ritual curse has been placed on him. His spirit will be potted and thrown into a river. Some want him tried for murder and terrorism.
The Guardian | By Naomi Klein | October 13, 2003
Fighting Aids was supposed to show George Bush's softer side. "Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many," he said in his State of the Union address in January.
Agence France Presse | By SHINO YUASA | September 30, 2003
Nearly 50 African nations and the international community on Tuesday discussed peace and the failure of global trade talks as they began the second day of a three-day conference on African development here.
Agence France Presse | By SAM DAGHER | September 23, 2003
World Bank president James Wolfensohn called on rich nations Tuesday to provide more aid and facilitate trade with poor countries to combat an alarming rise in poverty and make the world a safer place.
Associated Press | July 10, 2003
PARIS (AP) - French militant farmer Jose Bove's jail sentence will be reduced by four months in this year's traditional Bastille Day clemency, the government said Thursday.
Bove, best known for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant under construction in 1999, was jailed last month to serve 10 months for destroying genetically modified crops.
