News headlines in March 2014, page 15

TAIPEI, Mar 03 (IPS) - Taiwan's national legislature has taken a small but important step to curb rampant government surveillance of citizens and politicians through revisions of the Communication Security and Surveillance Act and the criminal code.

SRINAGAR, India, Mar 02 (IPS) - Upon meeting an acquaintance after a long time, a young man at a Srinagar drug store asks: "Where did you disappear?" The innocuous question elicits an unexpected reply from the other: "Weigh your words. There are people whose loved ones have really disappeared."

WASHINGTON, Mar 01 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration has demanded that Iran resolve "past and present concerns" about the "possible military dimensions" of its nuclear programme as a condition for signing a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Tehran.

GENEVA, Mar 01 (IPS) - Before the world economy has been able to fully recover from the crisis that began more than five years ago, there is a widespread fear that we may be poised for yet another crisis, this time in emerging economies.

WASHINGTON, Mar 01 (IPS) - Watching former gangsters and paramilitary leaders proudly reenact scenes from Indonesia's military-led mass killings of 1965-66 in the Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Act of Killing", it's easy to forget the role of outside countries.

MOSCOW, Mar 01 (IPS) - Fears are growing in Russia that the Kremlin is preparing a crackdown on rights activists following the end of the Sochi Winter Olympics.