Helping Haiti may turn on ‘affirmative engagement’
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Forty-speakers addressed the 15-member UN Security on April 6 concerning the commitment of member states to help the people of Haiti...
U.S. threatens to deport thousands of Haitians
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - An independent human rights expert, the special envoy of the UN secretary-general to Haiti, the NAACP, and a plethora of...
U.S. seeks seat on rights council
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - President Barack Obama has taken yet another step in distancing his administration from the past eight years under George W. Bush...
What about Obama’s policy for Africa?
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - President Barack Obama March 3 extended for a year Executive Order 13288, which declared a national emergency and blocked access...
Somalia piracy and the untold story
Somali piracy connected to toxic dumping, illegal fishing Orginally posted: Nov 20, 2008 While CNN, FOX, Times and other corporate media sources have fixated on one-dimensional...
Activists demand U.S. attends race conference
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The December 12th Movement, a Brooklyn-based advocacy group, spearheaded a March 21 national grassroots day of protest against a decision...
Report spurs new call to investigate Bush
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - A leaked Red Cross report, detailing chilling accounts of prisoner torture in “black sites” run by the Central Intelligence...
Amid global plunge, poor nations need up to $700 Bil.
JIM.LOBE Hit by global downturn, poor nations need up to $700 billion, says new World Bank report WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - In the latest in a...
Government spending secret for most citizens
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The vast majority of the world’s governments effectively deny citizens basic information they need to understand how public monies are...
Is Africom a U.S. military maneuver or real help?
Is Africom a U.S. military maneuver or real help for the Motherland? NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - From the halls of academia to the streets...