U.S. slams door on greater UN role in economic crisis
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The United Nations General Assembly convened a major conference on the global financial crisis in late June meetings at its New...
Former Bagram airbase detainees tell of torture
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - An investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has uncovered allegations that former detainees at the U.S. Bagram airbase...
International media and Obama’s message to the Muslim world
(FinalCall.com) - Pre- and post-reaction to President Obama's speech delivered in Cairo to the Muslim world was overwhelmingly favorable and seemed to take...
Shell pays settlement, ends Nigerian abuse lawsuit
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Royal Dutch Shell settled a long-pending case June 8, reaffirming the possibility for corporations to be held accountable in U.S....
New Zimbabwe PM makes Washington rounds
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai presented a new face of the troubled southern African nation in his first official...
South Africa’s new president: A man of the people
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Political analysts looking at the man who will be named president of South Africa by its Parliament sometime in early...
Judge: Investigate Bush lawyers, torture memos
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Human rights advocates are hailing a Spanish judge's order to pursue a criminal investigation into the actions of six...
U.S., Israel relations rocky?
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - If a recent week was any indication, the U.S.-Israeli relationship, which could scarcely have been smoother during the eight-year presidency...
Somalia: Military action won’t resolve crisis
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - President Barack Obama vowed there would be an international crackdown to halt piracy off the Somali coast during an April 13...
Donors promise Haiti $324 million to rebuild
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - International donors have pledged $324 million over the next two years in additional aid to help Haiti recover from food...