News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 47

MANILA, Dic 14 (IPS) - The Asian Development Bank (AsDB) has approved a 150 million dollar loan for India to come up with more efficient use of energy in its industries.

DAR ES SALAAM, Dic 14 (IPS) - THE INTERNATIONAL DONOR COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY PLEDGED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS TO HELP THE LOCAL POPULATION IN TANZANIA AFFECTED BY THE INFLUX OF BURUNDI AND RWANDAN REFUGEES.

LIMA, Dic 14 (IPS) - Peru's 200 million dollar income from 1994 coffee exports is nearly three times last year's total due to sharp price increases on the international market, according to Chamber of Exports President Ernesto Hanspach.

WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - Two human rights organisations on Wednesday accused the Mexican army of serious violations during the guerrilla uprising in the southern state of Chiapas in January.

PANAMA CITY, Dic 14 (IPS) - Amidst charges that U.S. soldiers have committed human rights abuses against Cuban refugees, the Panamanian Parliament warned on Wednesday that it may demand the United States remove the 8,600 Cuban refugees housed in the canal zone.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - Some 88 percent of those polled in Sao Paulo, Brazil disapproved of the Supreme Court's acquittal of former President Fernando Collar, accused of "passive" corruption during his 1990-1992 term.

CARACAS, Dic 14 (IPS) - The Venezuelan Financial Emergency Board took over the mid-sized Progress and Republic banks on Wednesday, as part of the "third wave" of the worst financial crisis in the county's history.

CARACAS, Dic 14 (IPS) - Income from Venezuela's non-traditional 1994 exports broke records, but failed to reach foreseen levels, and lost momentum in the second half of the year.

BEIJING, Dic 14 (IPS) - Chinese officials are grim over the suspension beginning this month of several of its star amateur athletes because of drug use, but they say the incident has not made China less determined to become a global sports superpower.

LOS BANOS, Philippines, Dic 14 (IPS) - Consumer phobia about genetic engineering could hamper research into new transgenic rice seeds that scientists hope will one day feed Asia's rising population.