23.03.2005
Togo's parliament Monday reversed a hastily made revision of the constitution putting off elections following the death of former president Eyadema, and said a vote would indeed be held within two months. But the former president's son, who was installed at the time, has refused to step down in the interim; opposition parties don't believe he will organize free or fair elections.
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22.02.2005
Iraq is by tradition the breadbasket of the region, its wheat farmers expert in selection and preservation of seeds. This will not prevent US agribusiness from endeavouring to convert diversity into uniformity and foreign ownership.
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18.02.2005
The government of Zambia is dragging its feet towards the enactment of a national gender law that will protect women and children against violence despite its promises to have one by 2005.
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