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Britain Moves to Reshape the BBC |
Submitted by: sofiushka / 02 Mar 2005
Publisher: Reuters
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LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC, the world's biggest public broadcaster, will be forced to scrap a 77-year tradition of self-regulation under a new government proposal prompted by criticism of the BBC's journalism in the run-up to the Iraq (news - web sites) war.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell Wednesday issued the draft proposal to abolish the BBC board of governors -- singled out for criticism in last year's official Hutton report -- and replace it with an independent trust.
The report by Lord Hutton, which centered on a reporter's allegation the government "sexed up" evidence of Iraqi weapons programs to justify going to war, forced the resignations of BBC Director-General Greg Dyke and Chairman Gavyn Davies.
"The current model of governance is unsustainable. ... The BBC governors, with their dual role of managing the BBC, but also holding it to account, will be replaced by two bodies, each with a clearly defined role," Jowell told Parliament. ..
...The proposals are part of the review of the BBC's renewable 10-year governing charter, which is set to expire at the end of next year. |
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News: Politics |
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Uruguay, Cuba Restore Full Diplomatic Ties |
Submitted by: sofiushka / 02 Mar 2005
Publisher: Associated Press
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Uruguay's new president restored full diplomatic ties with communist Cuba in one of his first acts Tuesday, more than two years after a diplomatic row divided the two Latin American countries.
President Tabare Vazquez was joined by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque as he made the announcement only hours after being sworn in as Uruguay's first leftist president.
Jorge Battle, the outgoing president, broke diplomatic relations with communist Cuba in 2002 after a war of words with Cuban leader Fidel Castro (news - web sites) following Uruguay's decision to condemn Cuba's human rights record in an annual U.N. vote in Geneva. The two countries had since maintained consular relations. |
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News: Environment : Globalization : Human Rights : International : Labor : Organizing : Politics : Social Welfare |
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Thousands Protest Trade Pact in Guatemala |
Submitted by: sofiushka / 02 Mar 2005
Publisher: Associate Press
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GUATEMALA CITY - About 8,000 protesters — most of them teachers — demonstrated Tuesday in the capital against a pending free-trade agreement between Central America and the United States.
The protesters want a public referendum held before the Guatemalan Congress ratifies the Central American Free Trade Agreement — an idea already ruled out by President Oscar Berger.
Along with the United States, countries that have signed the free-trade agreement include Guatemala, El Salvador (news - web sites), Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
"The congressmen are making unilateral and crazy decisions behind the Guatemalan people's back," said teachers union leader Joviel Acevedo.
CAFTA also faces difficulties in the United States. President Bush (news - web sites) has said the accord would open new markets for the U.S. while encouraging economic and democratic reforms in Central America, but he didn't have the votes in 2004. He may not have support this year either because of competition fears among U.S. sugar and textile producers.
Guatemala's Congress plans to take up the concessions law this week, while the legislature's foreign trade commission indicated that it could approve CAFTA as early as Thursday, the last step before it goes to the full Congress for a vote. |
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News: Environment : Labor |
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Ethical Shopping Bears Fruit for Fair-Trade Farmers |
Submitted by: sofiushka / 01 Mar 2005
Publisher: Independent UK
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Figures show that while fair trade remains a niche market in the UK, the spending power of the ethical consumer is rising sharply. The Fairtrade Foundation, which guarantees that produce meets a minimum set of trade standards, found that sales of approved products in the UK rose by 52 per cent last year to £140m compared with £92m in 2003.
That shows consumers are increasingly prepared to pay a premium for a product to ensure farmers in the developing world are guaranteed a stable income against a backdrop of fluctuating market prices. One of the rallying calls of the fair traders remains the collapse in 2001 of coffee prices which forced farmers to end their children's education, withdraw from long-cultivated land or switch production to the narcotic qat... |
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2 Arrested in U.S. Nun's Slaying in Brazil |
Submitted by: sofiushka / 01 Mar 2005
Publisher: Associated Press
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Police have arrested two men working for the rancher in Brazil's who allegedly ordered the killing of American nun Dorothy Stang, authorities said... |
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2,000 Demonstrate at Iraqi Bombing Site |
Submitted by: Sam Fielden / 01 Mar 2005
Publisher: Associated Press
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 2,000 people demonstrated Tuesday at the site of a car bombing south of Baghdad that killed 125 people, chanting "No to terrorism!" |
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News: Globalization |
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Uruguay Inaugurates First Leftist Leader |
Submitted by: Eric Ginsburg / 01 Mar 2005
Publisher: Associated Press
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - As thousands of supporters waved flags, Tabare Vazquez took office as Uruguay's first leftist president Tuesday, aligning the small South American country with a regional political shift in that direction and promising "a better country for all."
A 65-year-old cancer specialist and former mayor of the capital, Vazquez becomes the sixth left-leaning Latin American leader to come to power emphasizing greater help for the poor and a cautious approach to U.S.-backed free-market economic policies.
Vazquez replaces Jorge Batlle after winning an Oct. 31 president election that broke a 170-year lock on power by the country's two traditional parties. |
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News: Human Rights |
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High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths |
Submitted by: Eric Ginsburg / 01 Mar 2005
Publisher: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON - A closely divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it's unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers, ending a practice in 19 states that has been roundly condemned by many of America's closest allies.
The 5-4 decision throws out the death sentences of 72 murderers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes and bars states from seeking to execute minors for future crimes.
The executions, the court said, violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
"The age of 18 is the point where society draws the line for many purposes between childhood and adulthood. It is, we conclude, the age at which the line for death eligibility ought to rest," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote.
The ruling continues the court's practice of narrowing the scope of the death penalty, which justices reinstated in 1976. Executions for those 15 and younger when they committed their crimes were outlawed in 1988. Three years ago justices banned death sentences for the mentally retarded. |
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