12 May 2000 : The week in Brief:

• Launch of the twelfth annual Worldaware Business Awards more
  
• S. Africa feels the impact of Zimbabwe’s economic and political instability more
  
• MoD target of criticism as Short is vindicated over Mozambique response more
  
• Globalisation needs an ethical dimension more
  
• Former Greenpeace president attacks its extremists more
  
• Kenyan farms invaded as land unrest spreads more
  
• British troops in Sierra Leone more
  
• Developing countries demand involvement in global decisions more