News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 58

ROME, Nov 24 (IPS) - An important change in the area of news and information which will benefit citizens who live outside the country was accorded Thursday in the General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE).

ROME, Nov 24 (IPS) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi urged United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Boutros Boutros- Ghali to promote prudence in the world body's actions in Bosnia when the two leaders met in Rome on Thursday.

SANTIAGO, Nov 24 (IPS) - "Wealthy nations can not sit with their arms crossed" in the face of poverty and inequality, former Chilean President Patricio Aylwin said Thursday in a call for a return to the original goals of international cooperation.

SYDNEY, Nov 24 (IPS) - The Australian government of Prime Minister Paul Keating has fashioned itself into a champion of free trade in the Asia-Pacific, but its neighbour across the Tasman Sea is beginning to wonder if that enthusiasm is directed only at Asia.

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (IPS) - Almost a hundred years ago, Thai officials thought their South-east Asian kingdom had too many trees, and the main reason why they established the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) at all was to regulate the stumpage price.

HONG KONG, Nov 24 (IPS) - The centre of gravity of the world oil market has shifted from the Western industrialised countries to Asia, say energy industry analysts here.

BEIJING, Nov 24 (IPS) - Down a narrow Beijing back alley in the heart of the city's old red-light district, traditional Chinese vaudeville is struggling for a comeback.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Nov 23 (IPS) - French, Vietnamese, Tamil -- it is a strange mix of tongues that greets the ear inside Delhi, Ho Chi Minh City's only Indian restaurant. But for Mohammed Housaine, a middle-aged Indian businessman who has become a patron of the place, this is the only natural way to converse.

BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (IPS) - 'Coherence' between European Union development policies and others like agriculture is set to become the new watchword amongst EU development policy makers over the next few months.

DAKAR, Nov 23 (IPS) - Jeanne Martin Cisse of Senegal, , Sylvie Guinigui of Burundi, Francisca Lucas Peireira of Guinea-Bissau, and Adelaide Tambo of South Africa have many stories of the sacrifice, courage, and leadership demanded from them during liberation struggles in their countries.