Seeking an agency or agencies to help it with "corporate identity and design, advertising, media, digital, events and demand generation."

PAUCARÁ, Peru, Nov 21 (IPS) - As if he were showing off a treasure, Dionicio Sarmiento holds up his seed potatoes with a smile. "Look how nice they are, all ready to plant. It'll be a good harvest," says the

PORT-LOUIS, Nov 21 (IPS) - "We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the

BANJUL, Nov 21 (IPS) - The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access

KABUL, Nov 21 (IPS) - A Taliban fighter infiltrated the Afghan police force, killing seven Afghan officers and British soldiers. Similar attacks have taken the lives of U.S. troops.

BEIRUT, Nov 21 (IPS) - October and November have been bloody months for Lebanon's migrant domestic workers - over the last five weeks nine women have died. Most deaths have been reported as suicide.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (IPS) - A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make "a final push" to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of

HAVANA, Nov 20 (IPS) - The impacts of climate change on human health will require new approaches to development, based on mitigation and adaptation programmes in line with policies that ensure equal access to health care.

MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (IPS) - The families of three young women murdered in Ciudad Juárez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua on the border with the United States, had to wait eight years for justice, which they finally

GABORONE, Nov 21 (IPS) - When Kgomotso Mogami threw her name into the hat to contest the Gaborone Central parliamentary seat it was easy for many people to write her off.

COPENHAGEN, Nov 20 (IPS/IFEJ) - Whether a new internationally binding treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and forestall climate change will be signed next month remains to be seen. What is clear though, is that if there is a place in

TEMUCO, Chile, Nov 20 (IPS) - "This lie has got to end," said a sobbing Luisa Marilef, a 55-year-old Mapuche woman who says her son's arrest and prosecution under Chile's anti-terrorism law was part of a set-up by the police

MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (IPS) - Although it is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Latin America and the Caribbean, after Brazil, and will be hosting next year's United Nations climate meeting, Mexico is heading to the Cophenhagen

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations Yuriy Sergeyev, who participated in a UN Security Council debate on fighting piracy at sea, has confirmed Ukraine's intention to join the European Union's Operation Atalanta He said that

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. An academic process at schools, higher education establishments and kindergartens will be resumed on Monday, November 23 in a major part of Ukraine's regions as the Cabinet of Ministers makes a relevant decision, First Deputy Premier,

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine has completed the harvest of sunflower seeds and according to rough data, the country harvested 6.53 million tons of sunflowers seeds in 2009, with the average yield being 1.58 tons per hectare, according to the

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The sale of cars in Ukraine fell by 74% in the first ten months of 2009 year-over-year. According to experts, the market of new cars will fall to 180,000 vehicles this year, compared to 623,000 sold

KYIV, November 27 /UKRINFORM/. President Viktor Yushchenko has sent letters of intention to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with proposals for removing obstacles arising from the failure of previous agreements with

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has conducted a currency auction to satisfy the needs of banks' clients for them to repay their debts on loans issued in foreign currency, the NBU press service has reported.

KYIV, November 20 /UKRINFORM/. The hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market strengthened by eight kopecks on Friday after a two-kopeck drop on Thursday, to UAH 8.08/USD 1, according to currency market players. Trading on the interbank market opened