CAIRO, Nov 1 (IPS) - As the sun rises over the Nile delta, workers at a fish farm in northern Egypt open a sluice gate and sort through the thousands of wriggling tilapia that pour out of a concrete holding

SUSYA, West Bank, Nov 1 (IPS) - Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - Countries emerging from conflict need more international assistance to rebuild their food production, since hunger and scarcity may prompt a return to fighting, United Nations and development officials warned this week.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 31 (IPS/IFEJ) - The possibility of environmental catastrophe has led many leaders, scholars and average citizens to reconsider an economy based on constant growth. It is becoming clear that people, especially in the United States, will need

BANGKOK, Oct 31 (IPS) - An upcoming mission by senior United States government officials to military- ruled Burma points to Washington's commitment that engaging with oppressive regimes—than spurning them—is the way forward for change.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - Is the ongoing controversy over Iran's nuclear programme helping to advance the United Nations' agenda on nuclear disarmament? To a number of diplomats and experts who have participated in past U.N. discussions on the

BARRA MANSA, Brazil, Oct 31 (Tierramérica) - For the past 43 years, biologists Edna and Luiz Toledo have not waited for the garbage truck to collect their trash. Their three-storey house is in fact made out of "garbage", from the

KABUL, Oct 31 (IPS) - Soon after President Hamid Karzai acceded to a runoff two weeks ago, challenger Abdullah Abdullah put forward an avalanche of requests so complex, that his objective remains unclear.

More than 50 people were detained in an unauthorized protest in downtown Moscow on Saturday, according to police, but protestors said the number was higher and police were too tough.

A Russian Interior Ministry plane with eleven crewmembers on board crashed several minutes after taking off in Yakutia in the Far East

German President Horst Koehler thanked on Saturday the former Soviet, U.S. and West German leaders - Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush Sr. and Helmut Kohl - for their efforts in Germany's reunification.

A Russian Interior Ministry plane with eleven crewmembers on board crashed on takeoff in Yakutia in the Far East, six bodies have been recovered

David Miliband is starting a two-day visit to Russia on Sunday, which will be the first visit to the country by a British foreign secretary in the past five years.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is starting a three-day working visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday

Russia is lowering the oil export duty on its benchmark Urals blend 4% to $231.2 per metric ton from $240.7 from November 1, following trends on global oil markets.

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

Iran has launched an independent TV channel to promote Islam, national media reported on Saturday.

The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) has unveiled China's fastest supercomputer, Xinhua has reported.

India hopes to win the non-permanent Asian seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a top government official has said.

The Israeli government seems to be retracting its opposition to a UN plan for Western nuclear cooperation with Tehran, Iranian media reports say.