Wyclef’s New Fight
ERICTOUREM -Contributing Writer- Ruled ineligible to run for president, Haitian-born rapper plans to appeal decision (FinalCall.com) - At Final Call press time, lawyers for Haitian-born entertainer...
Wyclef brings excitement to Haiti’s politics
ERICTOUREM -Staff Writer- Hip hop artist may have major impact on Haiti politics, but can he pull the country together? (FinalCall.com) - On the streets of...
Armed police storm Nation of Islam mosque in London
ERICTOUREM -Contributing Writer- (FinalCall.com) - On July 22, in Brixton, London armed police officers forced their way into the United Kingdom headquarters of The Nation...
With departure of McChrystal, what now?
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Nearly a week after the abrupt demise of Washington's top commander in Afghanistan, U.S. strategy for reversing the flood of...
Afghan mineral wealth story raises eyebrows over timing
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The timing of the publication of a major New York Times story on the vast, untapped mineral wealth that lies...
Israel’s nuclear deal with apartheid South Africa
- (FinalCall.com) - Israeli President Shimon Peres denied reports May 24, that he offered to sell nuclear weapons to apartheid South Africa when he...
CIA medics ran experiments on detainees, group charges
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - A major human rights organization claims it has uncovered evidence indicating that the administration of former U.S. President George...
Lawyers condemn detention without end or trial
/GIN NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - A new U.S. government report is recommending that 48 men currently detained at Guantanamo Bay should be held...
Secret detention a problem around the world
/GIN GENEVA (IPS/GIN) - What was already an open secret, detentions in secret prisons in the fight against terrorism since the Sept. 11,...
Critics blast U.S. for support of Israel after deadly attack on aid convoy to Gaza
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Less than a week after a Gaza bound aid-convoy, the Freedom Flotilla, was raided by Israeli naval commandoes resulting in...