News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 40

PARIS, Dic 18 (IPS) - Whether openly debated or not, the issue of militant fundamentalism weighed heavily on many minds at the two-day summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) held in Casablanca, Morocco this week.

CAIRO, Dic 18 (IPS) - The seventh summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) began in Morocco this week amid calls from member states to unify around the Muslim government in war-torn Bosnia.

VIENNA, Dic 18 (IPS) - Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen this week again vowed not to compromise her ideals at the behest of "religious fundamentalists" who have sentenced her to death.

NAIROBI, Dic 18 (IPS) - KENYAN PRESIDENT DANIEL MOI HAS BUCKLED UNDER PRESSURE FROM CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES AND CANCELED THE SEX EDUCATION PROGRAM HE HAD SUCCESSFULLY PUSHED THROUGH LAST WEEK.

LUSAKA, Dic 18 (IPS) - THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA (FAZ) HAS SHOWN THE RED CARD TO ASSISTANT NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM COACH, BONIFACE SIMUTOWE FOR ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGING PLAYERS TO PRACTISE JUJU RITES.

AMMAN, Dic 18 (IPS) - Archaeologists from 17 countries met in Amman this month to discuss their findings on Byzantine and early Islamic ceramics in Syria-Jordan, mainly from the 7th and 8th century A.D.

LONDON, Dic 17 (IPS) - Prisoners in manacles and leg chains are being used to clear and restore ancient sites in Burma in anticipation of an influx of 500,000 tourists during its Year of the Tourist in 1996, according to Burma observers in London.

WASHINGTON, Dic 17 (IPS) - The U.S. intelligence community sees 1995 as a year of worsening humanitarian disasters, especially in Africa and West Asia, according to a report in Saturday's Washington Post.

BANGKOK, Dic 17 (IPS) - Like indulgent parents, Cambodia watchers have looked on in amusement as Cambodia's young and excessively free press take one vulgar turn after another.

PARIS, Dic 17 (IPS) - The French, who battled for centuries to overcome the power of the Catholic church and establish a secular state, now respond to Muslim fundamentalism as a threat to the very core of their society.