>From: Le Monde diplomatique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: November 2000 > > > Le Monde diplomatique > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > November 2000 > > >LEADER > >Middle East in freefall > >by IGNACIO RAMONET > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/01leader> > > Translated by Ed Emery > > >MIDDLE EAST: THE FAULTLINE > >Palestinian hopes in tatters * > >by ERIC ROULEAU > > The failure of the process set in motion by the Oslo accord of 13 > September 1993 is clear. As the territories erupted and Barak tried > desperately to form a national emergency government with Sharon, > the US decided to grant Israel hundreds of millions of dollars in > military aid, confirming its bias as an intermediary in the peace > negotiations. A page has been turned in the Middle East and the > contagion may well spread. Yet for over 30 years the Palestinians > and the PLO have gradually advanced towards acceptance of a > solution rooted in the co-existence of two states. Their hopes for > a just peace and a compromise solution, based on Security Council > Resolution 242, have been dashed by Israeli intransigence, US bias, > and the indifference of the international community. > > Translated by Harry Forster > >Jerusalem: city of conflict * > >by MOHAMED SID-AHMED > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > >Jerusalem: myth and reality * > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > >'We are still the enemy' * > >by JOSEPH ALGAZY > > >Deheisheh days > >by MUNA HAMZEH-MUHAISEN > > Deheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem. Muna > Hamzeh-Muhaisen lives there. She is a journalist. She set up the > first website in a camp, establishing relations with Palestinians > all over the world. During this new intifada she kept a diary. > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/06mideastdeheisheh> > > Original text in English > >Media omissions, army lies > >by AMIRA HASS > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/07mideastmedia> > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > >Children in the line of fire > >by EYAD SERRAJ > > Demonstrations are nothing new in Palestine. They took place under > the British and then - as now - the press accused people of pushing > their children into the line of fire. Eyad Serraj is head of the > Mental Health Community Centre in Gaza and a firm believer in > peace. The question of the children angers him. > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/08mideastchild> > > Original text in English > >A chronology of confrontation and negotiation > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/09mideastchrono> > >Little Boy > >by AMIN KASSAM > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/10mideastlittleboy> > > >THE COST OF CORRUPTION > >A necessary evil ? * > >by PIERRE ABRAMOVICI > > Corruption costs the world at least $80bn a year. But bribery is > nothing new: it is deeply embedded in our societies. In Europe > bribery was institutionalised in the 1970s, in the form of > commissions, provided they were paid to foreign civil servants. And > though, at this same time, the US was making corruption of foreign > officials a criminal offence, US companies carried on just as > before via subsidiaries in tax havens. Attempts by the OECD to end > the corruption of foreign nationals have met with resistance. So > how realistic is it to think we can put an end to the practice ? > > >Ill-gotten gains * > >by JOSEPH K. > > >Index on corruption * > >by PIERRE ABRAMOVICI > > >How to play the aid game > >by SYLVIE BRUNEL > > After three years of drought, humanitarian aid organisations have > come to the rescue of the famine-stricken Ogaden in southeast > Ethiopia. But this disaster has little to do with nature. Rather, > the famine has been cynically staged with the aim of attracting > maximum international aid and capturing votes. > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/14corruptionaid> > > Translated by Carole Beaulieu > > >REBUILDING SERBIA, REINVENTING THE BALKANS > >Double challenge confronts Belgrade * > >by our special correspondent CATHERINE SAMARY > > President Vojislav Kostunica's personal pilgrimage to the Republika > Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina on 22 October has caused deep concern > in that country. Especially as his ruling majority appears to offer > no credible alternative to the policies of Slobodan Milosevic. > Milosevic's defeat has raised great hopes, but the problems at the > root of the Yugoslav wars still remain. > > Translated by Barry Smerin > >Dead end for Balkans 'Marshall Plan' * > >by NEBOJSA VUKADINOVIC > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > >CAN CHAVEZ PERFORM AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE ? > >Venezuela waits for the superstar's magic to work * > >by PABLO AIQUEL > > In Venezuela a period of transition is coming to an end. For two > years Hugo Ch�vez has scored one electoral victory after another, > enabling him to sweep away the old political class. But his party's > hegemonic ambitions and the divisions he has caused, among his > allies and in society as a whole, have earned him distrust and > criticism. He has a new constitution, an important role on the > international scene and oil prices at a peak, but the charismatic > president must now prove his worth in the economic and social > arenas. > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > >'Little people' rally to their hero * > >by our special correspondent FRAN�OISE BARTH�LEMY > > Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore > >Old guard fights back > >by Maurice Lemoine > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/19venez> > >Venezuela : the dates > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/20venezchrono> > > >CLASH OF INTERESTS IN MASAI COUNTRY > >Kenya's battle for biodiversity * > >by our special reporter ALAIN ZECCHINI > > Kenya is rich in nature reserves and national parks where wildlife > is protected. In the Mara region in the south of the country, the > Masai face a double challenge: they must share space with the wild > animals that bring in the tourists and make a living from the land. > It is hard to strike a balance between the rival claims of > biodiversity and economic and social development. > > Translated by Barbara Wilson > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > (*) Star-marked articles are available to paid subscribers only. > > Yearly subscription fee: 24 US $ (Institutions 48 US $). > > > > ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Le Monde diplomatique > ______________________________________________________________ > > For more information on our English edition, please visit > > http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/ > > To subscribe to our free "dispatch" mailing-list, send an > (empty) e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an (empty) e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
