Full Coverage: Politics

29.10.2004 Indian ministers, including those from parties outside the ruling party, commit themselves to promote elementary education.

29.10.2004 Indian ministers, including those from parties outside the ruling party, commit themselves to promote elementary education.

28.10.2004 Les uruguayiens avons tendance à croire que notre pays existe, mais le monde ne s'en rend pas compte. Les grands médias de communication, ceux qui ont une influence universelle, ne mentionnent jamais cette très petite nation, perdue au sud de la carte du monde.

28.10.2004 In the weeks before Americans go to the polls to choose their next president, reports of organized efforts to intimidate voters or suppress the turnout have streamed in from across the country. Interview with Elliot Minceberg, People for the American Way Foundation, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris.

27.10.2004 Pakistan’s women ministry has launched a women's political school project, in the wake of the upcoming local government elections in 2005, to educate and train female leaders in the political processes of the country.

26.10.2004 Any chance for a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine will collapse unless the UK intervenes now, says Christian Aid. Find out how to lobby for action.

26.10.2004 The Russian parliament ratified the Kyoto Protocol last week giving the agreement the push it needed to become international law, despite Bush failing to sign up.

26.10.2004 NEW YORK, Oct 25 (IPS) - New citizen voters could make or break the U.S. presidential race, experts say, but they are also more vulnerable to intimidation and harassment on Election Day.

25.10.2004 A satirical song by Gerry Dempsey about George W Bush. lyrics

22.10.2004 Depuis quelques années, la publication de l'Indice de perceptions de la corruption de l'ONG allemande Transparency International constitue un événement, qui draine un nombre important de journalistes. Le point de presse organisé hier à Yaoundé, par le président de la section camerounaise de Transparency International, Me Akere Muna n'a pas dérogé à cette tradition. Les journalistes de la presse nationale présents dans la salle attendaient avec une certaine impatience la position attribuée à notre pays cette année.

22.10.2004 BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Commission approved emissions trading plans in six European Union countries Wednesday, bringing the total of E.U. nations ready to implement the Kyoto climate change pact to 14.

21.10.2004 The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said it is concerned over the government's apparent "lack of regard" for the "rule of law." LAZ's comments came in the wake of President Levy Mwanawasa's move to dismiss the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mukelabai Mukelabai, allegedly unconstitutionally.

20.10.2004 Securing peace through bullets has stunted Angola’s ability to rebuild and develop a democracy. Conciliation Resources’s report reveals important lessons for resolving other armed conflict.

19.10.2004 Crushing the efforts of radical Islamic militants, Afghanistan has successfully completed the election process that gives an opportunity to the military to celebrate victory over the fundamentalists.

18.10.2004 Aproximadamente a duas semanas das eleições norte-americanas, os candidatos à presidência dos Estados Unidos, George W. Bush e John F. Kerry, iniciaram a batalha por um dos mais polêmicos eleitorados do país: o do estado da Flórida.

18.10.2004 Zimbabwean government policies deny political opponents food access and threaten to leave millions facing desperate hunger, says Amnesty International.

15.10.2004 When the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) celebrates biodiversity on World Food Day on October 16, Iraqi farmers will be mourning its loss. A new report by GRAIN and Focus on the Global South has found that new legislation in Iraq has been carefully put in place by the US that prevents farmers from saving their seeds and effectively hands over the seed market to transnational corporations.

15.10.2004 European environment ministers are planning to limit fluoridated greenhouse gases, which are thousands of times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. In today's Environment Council meeting they started to think ahead to climate policies after the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period which runs from 2008 to 2012.

15.10.2004 WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2004 (ENS) - The Bush administration has not vigorously enforced the nation's key environmental laws and has allowed polluters to escape litigation over alleged violations, according to a former top enforcement official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

14.10.2004 European refugee policies have been criticised in a new report for being repressive and acting to 'protect' Europeans from refugees rather than dealing with the welfare of refugees.