News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 79

LONDON, Nov 11 (IPS) - Britain's Conservative government looks set to resolve its bilateral problems with Malaysia arising from the Pergau Dam debacle -- but the wider implications of its illegal use of aid funds for the giant project will continue to reverberate.

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - The U.S. camps for Cubans and Haitians at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba resemble a medium-security prison rather than a safe-haven for refugees, a human rights group complains.

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - The World Bank will make new efforts to provide "green revolution" technology to boost lagging food production in sub-Saharan Africa as a part of a new partnership with a non-governmental organisation active in Africa.

MILAN, Nov 11 (IPS) - An Italian proposal for reform in the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council is supported by 120 countries, according to Francesco Paolo Fulci, Italy's permanent representative in the international forum.

BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Europe Friday frowned on U.S. plans to lift the arms embargo on the Bosnian Muslims, with senior European Union (EU) officials in Brussels saying it is a "premature" move and Russian lawmakers warning that it would lead to "chaos".

CARACAS, Nov 11 (IPS) - The Credit Lyonnais bank of France has decided to retain its 17.3 percent of Provincial, Venezuela's leading bank. Local financial experts claim that an attempted sale of the shares was unsuccessful.

ROME, Nov 11 (IPS) - The Italian people are showing strong support and solidarity for victims of the worst natural disaster to affect the northern part of the nation in the last 80 years.

BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Europe Friday frowned on U.S. plans to end its enforcement of the arms against Bosnian Muslims, with senior European Union (EU) officials here saying it was a premature move and Russian lawmakers warning that it would lead to chaos.

GEORGETOWN, Nov 11 (IPS) - Guyana's president, Cheddi Jagan, Friday acknowledged that his government would like to jettison a Structural Adjustment Programme implemented by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but it cannot.

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 11 (IPS) - The United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights in Guatemala will begin operations in coming weeks, while peace talks between the government and rebels continue without significant advances.