SELECTED HEADLINES FOR PAMBAZUKA NEWS 178

* Editorial: Violently intent on keeping us in poverty: Riaz Tayob on interenational trade policy
* Breaking eggs and eating omelettes: africa's experience with the Bretton Woods institutions
* Comment and Analysis: Gerald Caplan on the genocide problem (Part II)
* Pan-African Postcard: Congratulations to Wangari Mathai- Nobel Peace Prize
* Conflicts and Emergencies: Museveni angered by Uganda-Sudan comparison
* Refugees and Forced Migration: 1,618 refugees return home to DRC
* Elections and Governance: Predictions for Cameroon Election 2004
* HIV/AIDS: Pandemic filling African cemeteries
* Corruption: Which are the most corrupt countries in Africa?
* Education: IMF policies squeezing Zambian education system
* Media and Freedom of Expression: AU intellectuals campaign for freedom of expression

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