LUSAKA, Feb 1 (IPS) - Zambia is poised to have a maize surplus this
season but it is still unlikely that the food will reach many of
the 58 percent of Zambians that are classified as extremely poor.
PARIS, Feb 1 (IPS) - The fourth assessment of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will confirm catastrophic
predictions on global warming and its effect on nature and
weather cycles over coming decades.
BAJOS DE HAINA, Dominican Republic, Feb 1 (IPS) - Looking down from the hills of Paraíso de Dios, the
smokestacks of more than 100 factories can be seen stretching out
in a wide line, near the Dominican Republic's Caribbean
coast.
