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...
Spanish prosecutors pursue Bush aides
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Human rights organizations and legal scholars are applauding the efforts of Spanish lawyers in seeking the indictment of six...
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...