AUSTRIA: RACISM ON A SHARP RISE
Pavol Stracansky
VIENNA (IPS) - Mainstream political parties in Austria must change their approach if a growing anti-immigrant sentiment stoked by far-right politicians is to be curbed, racism watchdogs and political analysts say.

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ECONOMY: 'MIGRANT MISERIES WILL TRICKLE DOWN WORLDWIDE'
Charlotte Lalanne
NEW YORK (IPS) - At least 150 million migrant workers - out of an estimated total of 200 million in the world today - fit the "demographic characteristics of workers who are the most vulnerable" during the current global financial crisis, the UN says.

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RIGHTS: UN REVISITS U.S. POLICIES ON RACIAL PROFILING
Haider Rizvi
NEW YORK (IPS) - Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African descent on his father's side.

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ECONOMY-UGANDA: TRADERS GO DOWN AS PRICES GO UP
Wambi Michael
KAMPALA (IPS) - With the world economy in the grip of a credit crunch, traders and consumers in Uganda are struggling with price inflation and the depreciation of the country's currency, the Ugandan shilling, against the dollar. Especially importers have not been able to bring goods in which were ordered when prices were lower.

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LIBERIA: CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR IS TALK OF THE TOWN
Rebecca Murray
MONROVIA (IPS) - Myaha Johnson sits with her family beneath a flimsy shelter of black plastic, looking with despair at the charred remains of what used to be their home. Mary Broh, Monrovia's controversial mayor-designate, had just swept through the neighbourhood with her task force, vigorously tearing down residential structures along the back road, including their own.

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