By Tom Ridge and Barry McCaffrey | July 31, 2007 WHILE THE war in Iraq continues to dominate the news and the presidential candidates bob and weave on the issue, the nation finds itself at a major foreign policy crossroads.… Continue Reading
By Ali al-Fadhily* BAGHDAD, Jul 31 (IPS) – Many Iraqis believe the dramatic escalation in U.S. military use of air power is a sign of defeat for the occupation forces on the ground. U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft dropped… Continue Reading
By Zoltán Dujisin GJIROKASTRA, Jul 30 (IPS) – Good looks have not sufficed to make Gjirokaster, a picturesque historical city in Southern Albania, the wealthy and successful tourist destination it aspires to be. Tourism is practically the only aspiration for… Continue Reading
By Harriette Onyalla and Gladys Kalibala Sunday, 29th July, 2007 THE World Health Organisation will advocate for a reduction in price of the long lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets to fight malaria in Africa. The representative, Dr. George Melville, said in… Continue Reading
Seven percent of Afghan children suffer acute malnutrition and 54 percent of them are chronically malnourished, according to UNICEF KABUL, 26 July 2007 (IRIN) – In 2007 floods, diseases, drought and armed conflict have increased the need for humanitarian aid… Continue Reading
By Khody Akhavi WASHINGTON, Jul 27 (IPS) – A shocking thing happens midway through Norman Solomon’s documentary film “War Made Easy”. While analysing the George W. Bush administration’s lead-up to the Iraq invasion, Solomon plays a news clip of Eason… Continue Reading
By John Bercow, MP 26 July 2007 The people of Burma endure human rights abuses on an unimaginable scale. Rape, torture and forced labour are facts of their lives. So why does the world refuse to act? A cross-party group… Continue Reading
By Steven Lang JOHANNESBURG, Jul 25 (IPS) – Water resources are unevenly distributed throughout the countries of Southern Africa. The region boasts of some of the world’s largest lakes and rivers, but is also a land of vast deserts. Measured… Continue Reading
IRIN In-Depth JOHANNESBURG, 24 July 2007 (IRIN In-Depth) – Women’s voices have gone largely unheard in the debate on male circumcision as an HIV prevention method, but informal discussions with women reveal a range of concerns, preferences and views that… Continue Reading
By Bill Berkowitz* OAKLAND, Jul 25 (IPS) – That it happened at all was a major feat. That not much was resolved was not surprising. That those involved are determined to meet again is fascinating. That it was organised by… Continue Reading
HARARE, 23 July 2007 (IRIN) – An urgent call on Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF government and the international donor community to mobilise food aid to avert an impending crisis has been met with assurances by government that “no one will starve”.
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Jul 24 (IPS) – A recent statement by Pope Benedict XVI in which he declared the Roman Catholic Church to be the only “complete” Christian faith met with angry responses from the… Continue Reading
AAP – July 22, 2007 – Leading HIV experts say it is a “shameful failure” that lives are still being lost to AIDS despite major scientific breakthroughs in the field of HIV treatment. Organisers of an international HIV conference in… Continue Reading
By Michael Deibert PARIS, Jul 23 (IPS) – While China’s growing trade and investment flows to Africa have sparked a sometimes contentious debate with the United States and Europe over who has the continent’s best interests at heart, a closer… Continue Reading
By Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 20, 2007 Pledging to make headway where others have failed, Tony Blair made his debut as the new Middle East envoy at a meeting in Portugal yesterday with Secretary of State… Continue Reading
By Ellen Massey WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (IPS) – At the end of June, a few members of the U.S. Congress made a discreet move to limit this country’s exports of cluster bombs, a weapon that has been used around the… Continue Reading
BEIRUT, 18 July 2007 (IRIN) – Abdullah lives like no eight year-old-boy should. Two years ago, the youngster from Raqqa, a town in the north of Syria on the banks of the River Euphrates, travelled to Lebanon with his three… Continue Reading
By Julio Godoy BERLIN, Jul 19 (IPS) – A summit on integration of some 15 million migrants into German society has produced an ambitious new programme. The plan approved by the summit Jul. 12 includes about 400 measures, including such… Continue Reading
JANE ARMSTRONG From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail July 18, 2007 In the past decade, 13 members of the news media have been slain in contract-style killings, a U.S. press watchdog says MOSCOW — Once, Andrei Kalitin was part of a… Continue Reading
Interview with Aruna Rao ROME, Jul 18 (IPS) – The women’s movement over the last decade has revealed how legislative guarantees and policy reforms do not necessarily result in opening institutional spaces, and that participation does not necessarily translate into… Continue Reading
