Analysis by Peter Costantini SEATTLE, Washington, May 25 (IPS) – Driving Pres. George W. Bush’s plan to send 6,000 National Guard troops to the border with Mexico and Congressional plans to build hundreds of miles of fences along it is… Continue Reading
By Nick Wadhams Burma’s junta ‘is ready to turn a new page’, says senior UN envoy Published: 25 May 2006 Burma’s military junta appears ready to “turn a new page” and engage the international community after years of hostility, a… Continue Reading
Ludu Sein Win International Herald Tribune , TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2006 YANGON, Myanmar My country is an aborted democracy. It is governed by an interim military regime, which refuses to honor the results of the election held in 1990, when… Continue Reading
Analysis by Emad Mekay WASHINGTON, May 24 (IPS) – The George W. Bush administration has called on the U.S. Congress to keep annual aid to Egypt of nearly two billion dollars intact for the next fiscal year, despite a massive… Continue Reading
Sanjay Suri LONDON, May 23 (IPS) – The war on terror is provoking more terror, Amnesty International secretary-general Irene Khan told IPS in an interview Tuesday at the launch of the human rights group’s 2005 annual report. “The war on… Continue Reading
By George Obulutsa (Adds Rwandan government quote, paragraph 9) NAIROBI, May 22 (Reuters) – A United Nations court rejected the transfer of a Rwandan genocide suspect’s case to Norway, saying that the country lacks a specific law against genocide. In… Continue Reading
Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, May 22 (IPS) – Revelations of horrific levels of sexual abuse and violence suffered by women and children in Australia’s aboriginal communities have surfaced, even as the fifth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous… Continue Reading
By Alex Last BBC News, Abuja An international conference on financing development in Africa has opened in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. It is looking at ways of implementing the Millennium Development Goals without damaging local economies.
By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, May 18 (Reuters) – Only about one-fourth of the prisoners held at the Guantanamo naval base are interrogated regularly because there are not enough translators and interrogators to question them all, the… Continue Reading
Diego Cevallos MEXICO CITY, May 19 (IPS) – It took the Catholic Church more than half a century to acknowledge the numerous allegations of sexual abuse against the leader of a conservative order founded in Mexico, the Legionaries of Christ.… Continue Reading
Analysis by John Quigley BRUSSELS, May (IPS) – The future of EU spending on external aid for developing countries has been cast into doubt following a vote Thursday in the European Parliament. A legislative proposal governing how the EU will… Continue Reading
Dear Friends, First of all I would like to thank all of you who have given me support in the conflict between AMI (Alma Mater Indoamericana) and the Argentinean Education Ministry. AMI, as I had said earlier, is an NGO… Continue Reading
Diego Cevallos* MEXICO CITY, May (Tierramérica) – The wave of petroleum nationalism across Latin America suggests crucial challenges for state-run oil companies. Some are weak and politicised and will require major overhauls if they hope to successfully confront the new… Continue Reading
Conn Hallinan | Editor: John Gershman, IRC Foreign Policy In Focus The image of China in the Western press is less the dragon of the Celestial Kingdom than J.R.R Tolkien’s Smaug, a beast of enormous strength and cunning, ravaging oil… Continue Reading
Stephen Zunes Editor: John Gershman, IRC Foreign Policy In Focus While the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon one year ago was certainly a positive development, claims by the Bush administration and its supporters that the United States deserves credit… Continue Reading
Brian Conley and Muhammad Zaher BAGHDAD, May (IPS) – Call them terrorists, call them resistance fighters. A significant member of one such group spoke to IPS about why he joined. Abu Ayoub, a 35-year-old living in Baghdad, is a member… Continue Reading
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May (IPS) – Every year, the U.N.’s Department of Public Information (DPI) unveils its list of the world’s 10 most under-reported stories, implying that politics, murder and sex scandals still take precedence over poverty, peace-building or… Continue Reading
6 workers go through 9th day of Hunger strike on May Square The Argentinean education minister Daniel Filmus met last Friday with Maria Rosa Dagfel, the only representative AMI (Alma Mater Indoamericana) was capable of sending to a 5pm meeting… Continue Reading
Stephen Zunes Editor: John Gershman, IRC Foreign Policy In Focus With even mainstream media outlets like the Washington Post and The New Yorker publishing credible stories that the United States is seriously planning a military attack on Iran, increasing numbers… Continue Reading
Julio Godoy VIENNA, May (IPS) – The governments of Argentina and Bolivia joined civil society organisations, in the Austrian capital, to accuse European companies of disregarding laws on the environment, civil rights and labour in their operations in Latin America… Continue Reading
