Protests against Israel’s atrocities in Middle East abound
Israeli massacre in Qana, Lebanan (Warning: Graphic images)UN Secretary Gen. Annan ‘shocked' by deadly Israeli attack on UN post (FCN, 07-26-2006)Crisis brings Rice but no peace (FCN, 07-26-2006)The Media War in the Middle East Targets the Truth (MediaChannel.org, 07-25-2006)Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The western media would have every one believe that...
South Africa expresses outrage at Israeli bombings
Protests against Israel's atrocities in Middle East abound (FCN, 08-31-2006)Israeli massacre in Qana, Lebanan (Warning: Graphic images)UN Secretary Gen. Annan ‘shocked' by deadly Israeli attack on UN post (FCN, 07-26-2006) CAPE TOWN, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Thabo Mbeki has joined world leaders in expressing his country's outrage at the bombings of the Lebanese town of Qana...
UN Secretary Gen. Annan ‘hocked’ by Israeli attack on UN Observer post, at least 4 dead
UNNEWS Israel repeatedly 'ignored UN bomb warnings' (Al Jazeera, 07-26-2006)Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006)Listing of U.S. Vetoes of UN Resolutions Critical of Israel (JVL)United States rushes new delivery of bombs to Israel (Al Jazeera, 07-23-2006) A matter of Liberty - The Day Israel Attacked America (FCN, 06-27-2003)The U.S. Congress and the Israeli Attack on Lebanon: A Critical...
No agreement at UN small arms conference
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The first conference to review the 2001 “Programme of Action” to control the illicit trade in small arms ended without agreement on a final outcome document, thus failing to provide the General Assembly with either a mandate to conduct a further review in five years. Some 2,000 anti-gun activists descended on the United Nations from June 26-July...
U.S. conduct in terror war destroyed image abroad
WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - It was in 1776 that a group of British colonists living along the Atlantic seaboard of North America felt compelled to offer a public justification for their “Declaration of Independence” from their mother country out of “a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind.” That justification, a bill of particulars against King George II for a host...
Pentagon resists ban on degrading prisoners
Amnesty: Guantanamo 'the gulag of our time' (FCN, 06-08-2005)Charge them or let them go! (FCN/Min. Louis Farrakhan, 05-25-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - As new reports detail further abuse by the U.S. military of its prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, a behind-the-scenes battle is being fought between the U.S. departments of State and Defense about whether a key section of...
Presidents of Iran, Venezuela attend African Union Summit
The African Union (Official Site)Birth of The African Union (FCN, 07-14-2002) Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela were among foreign observers attending the 7th AU Summit which opened in Banjul, the Gambia, Saturday. They joined leaders from most of the 53 AU Member States at the opening of the summit, which...
Suicides further stir the cauldron at Guantanamo
Bush Administration rejected as Supreme Court rules Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal' (BBC, 06-29-2006) Pentagon’s Guantanamo tribunals are ruled illegal (FCN, 02-17-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - The U.S. government sought to distance itself June 13 from an official’s statement calling the suicides of three Guantanamo Bay prisoners a “public relations move,” as human rights groups, legal experts and...
Bush Hawks Down in Somalia
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS) - The takeover of Mogadishu this month by Islamic militias marks a major defeat for the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, which had secretly backed a coalition of warlords that has reportedly been routed from the Somali capital. While the victors, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), sought to assure the international community that they have...
UN sends envoy to Sudan
Sudan peace agreement welcomed at the UN (FCN, 05-16-2006)One-sided Reporting That Is Delaying An End To The Killing (UK Guardian/ZNET, 05-06-2006)Sudan needs help, not sanctions - A report from Darfur (FCN, 09-23-2004) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The United Nations sent respected diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi to Khartoum to consult with the government of President Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir on the world...