28 April 2000 : the week in brief:

• Reports from the World Education Forum, Dakar more
  
• EU and China resume trade talks more
  
• Protests at the annual meeting of the World Bank and IMF in Washington more
  
• Discussion on water security and the possibility of privatisation more
  
• Corporate ethics have a long way to go more
  
• Update on events in Zimbabwe more
  
• 50m face famine in India more