News stories by IPS Correspondents, page 81

MEXICO, Nov 11 (IPS) - When Mexican President-elect Ernesto Zedillo said last Wednesday that he knows how to govern "near the people and with the people," he was underlying the difficult task ahead.

NAIROBI, Nov 11 (IPS) - THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT FRIDAY DENIED REPORTS THAT IT HAS BEEN ASSISTING AN ETHIOPIAN REBEL GROUP FIGHTING TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT MELES ZENAWI'S INTERIM ADMINISTRATION.

LONDON, Nov 11 (IPS) - The coffee market was dominated this week by the Brazilian government's official estimate of its 1995-96 crop losses during the two frosts earlier this year and the drought that followed it.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (IPS) - The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which required 27 years to move from conception to completion, finally enters into force on Nov. 16.

ROME, Nov 10 (IPS) - Italy's three major confederated unions will Saturday stage a major protest in Rome with one million workers expected to take to the streets of the Italian capital to protest against the terms of the 1995 Finance Bill or Budget.

AMMAN, Nov 10 (IPS) - The participation of women in politics and decision making throughout the Western Asian Region remains limited since the last women's world conference in 1985, delegates at Arab Region Preparatory Meeting here in Amman heard.

BRUSSELS, Nov 10 (IPS) - A top European Union (EU) development official is predicting a very different look for European development policy at the turn of the century with the changes expected to hurt African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.

LONDON, Nov 10 (IPS) - The Tunisian government has announced its intention to extend womens' rights and their participation in the nation's decision-making process -- it has been announced here at a conference being held by Tunisian women's organisations.

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (IPS) - After three years in the political wilderness Russia's powerful industrial and agricultural manufacturers are bouncing back to power.

BRIDGETOWN, Nov 10 (IPS) - The long-standing and controversial issue of casino gambling is once again taking centre stage in discussions in several Caribbean islands, with those opposing its introduction just as vocal as those supporting it.