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MIDEAST: Poverty in Gaza Hits "Unprecedented" Level UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - In both the West Bank and Gaza, young people aged 15 to 24 are the most likely of any group to be unemployed, while the number of households in Gaza below the poverty line has reached an historic high of nearly 52 percent, according to a new report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) issued Thursday. BRAZIL: Controversy Over DWI Law Despite Reduced Deaths RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 25 (IPS) - Although Brazil’s tough new drunk driving law has been applauded for cutting traffic deaths in its first month, and is bringing about a change in habits, it continues to face opposition by restaurant and bar owners who will challenge it as unconstitutional in order to get it revoked or at least limit its effects. RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: No House Arrest for Elderly Former General BUENOS AIRES, Jul 25 (IPS) - Former Argentine General Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, one of the most notorious of the military commanders who led the "dirty war" waged by the country’s 1976-1983 dictatorship, was handed a life sentence Thursday for human rights violations committed 31 years ago. CHILE: Declaring War on Pigeons SANTIAGO, Jul 25 (Tierramérica) - The cities of the world are ideal habitat for the proliferation of the pigeon, or rock dove, a picturesque species that actually poses health and environmental risks. MIDEAST: Palestinian 'Che' Blindfolded and Shot BI'ILIN, West Bank, Jul 25 (IPS) - A Youtube video, uploaded on the Internet this week, showing a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian being fired on at close range by an Israeli soldier in the presence of a Lieutenant-Colonel, has made international and regional headlines. SERBIA: Most Wanted Man Was Always There BELGRADE, Jul 25 (IPS) - Serbians are still in shock after revelations that Radovan Karadzic was living in Belgrade as a psychiatrist and bio-energy healer, holding seminars and lectures, and writing for the magazine Healthy Life under the name Dragan Dabic. LEBANON: Syria Comes In From the Cold BEIRUT, Jul 25 (IPS) - Syrian skies seem to be finally clearing after a very long storm and the virtual shunning of President Bashar al-Assad from the international political scene for almost three years. Many may perceive the recent rapprochement between Syria and France as a mere dalliance, but others believe it can herald a new -- and more peaceful -- dawn in Lebanon. MIDEAST: In Israel, Obama Looks to Votes Back Home JERUSALEM, Jul 25 (IPS) - Lighting a remembrance flame at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. Speaking against the backdrop of a pile of empty rocket casings in the southern town of Sderot. Standing solemnly, face close to the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. CULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: Made in Khayelitsha, Sold in New York CAPE TOWN, Jul 25 (IPS) - Entering the Monkeybiz shop, one is confronted with hundreds of brightly coloured beaded animals, dolls, place mats and pictures. You find yourself smiling involuntarily. EUROPE: Germans Love Obama – For Now BERLIN, Jul 25 (IPS) - The extraordinary enthusiasm with which Germans greeted U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in Berlin Thursday may have concealed a fear: once the presidency of George W. Bush ends, Germans might be forced to close ranks with the U.S. and go back to playing the role of military junior partner of a superpower at war. UAE: US-Iran Detente Viewed With Caution DUBAI, Jul 25 (IPS) - The turnaround in Washington-Tehran ties is being viewed with relief on the one hand and anxiety and anger on the other by various quarters within the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) bloc. POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Malay-Muslim Call Shakes Opposition Unity KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 25 (IPS) - A key constituent of the opposition People’s Alliance coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim has opened secret talks with the ruling United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) party of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi in a move that threatens the stability of the fragile five-month-old opposition alliance. BURMA: UN Missions Draw Derision BANGKOK, Jul 25 (IPS) - In their hour of despair, Burma’s beleaguered people continue to find comfort in humour. New jokes reflect new frustrations. The latest target is Ibrahim Gambari, United Nations special envoy for Burma. POLITICS-US: Latino Voters Heavily Favour Obama WASHINGTON, Jul 24 (IPS) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is preferred by a nearly a three-to-one margin over his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, among Latinos who are registered to vote, according to a major new poll released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Centre. FINANCE: U.S. Accuses Trading Firm of Manipulating Oil Market WASHINGTON, Jul 24 (IPS) - U.S. regulators are pressing charges against a global trading firm they accuse of manipulating the oil market, in a move that dovetails with heightened political agitation over rising energy and food prices.
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