News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 60

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (IPS) - Foreign direct investment in developing countries could reach a record 75 billion dollars in 1994, according to a new report released this week by the World Bank.

CARACAS, Nov 23 (IPS) - The Venezuelan government approved the privatisation of the steel, aluminum and mining companies run by the Guyana Corporation on Wednesday, while Congress called for the firing of the head of the company.

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (IPS) - Immigration and trade topped the first meeting here Wednesday between U.S. President Bill Clinton and Mexico's President-elect Ernesto Zedillo, according to the White House.

CAIRO, Nov 23 (IPS) - A United Nations human rights investigator said Wednesday that if Iraq could not clean up its human rights record at home how could it expect the international community to trust it in foreign relations.

BANGKOK, Nov 23 (IPS) - Thailand is acknowledged to have one of the most successful AIDS education campaign in the world, but reports from the field indicate that the dreaded disease is still raging out of control in much of the country.

PIROJALI, BANGLADESH, Nov 23 (IPS) - THIS REMOTE UNDER DEVELOPED VILLAGE OF FRUIT ORCHARDS AND PADDY FIELDS HAS EMERGED AS AN UNLIKELY LEADER IN BANGLADESH'S FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMME, PUZZLING DEMOGRAPHIC EXPERTS BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 23 (IPS) - MILLIONS OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR RENAMO, A MOVEMENT THAT, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, CARRIED OUT "ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL HOLOCAUSTS AGAINST ORDINARY HUMAN BEINGS SINCE WORLD WAR LL", IN MOZAMBIQUE'S FIRST MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS.

TUNIS, Nov 23 (IPS) - In early October, the beaches around the city of Sfax, 270 kilometres down the coast from Tunis, suddenly and inexplicably became jammed with dying fish.

NAIROBI, Nov 23 (IPS) - UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILLANTS KILLED ABOUT 20 PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BURUNDI, A REGION WHICH HAS SEEN AN UPSURGE OF ETHNIC BLOODSHED IN RECENT WEEKS, BURUNDI'S NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY REPORTED WEDNESDAY.

DUBLIN, Nov 23 (IPS) - After what has been described as the most sensational week in Irish politics for some 20 years there is now speculation that the next prime minister will be the first Labour Party prime minister in the history of the state, Dick Spring.