New Mideast Bush Initiative Met with Scepticism
JIM.LOBE Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006) WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - A major policy address Monday by U.S. President George W....
Iran launches English-language news channel
Latest challenger to CNN and BBC World News (FinalCall.com) - PRESS TV is the first international Iran-based news network to broadcast in English on...
Africa rebukes Bush on African Command
(FinalCall.com) - President George W. Bush announced in February his plans to establish an African Command, and according to The Guardian, the plan has...
Somalian prime minister visits UN asking for help
McKinney: The West fuels the conflicts in Africa (06-09-2007)US-UN Backed Invasion of Somalia-An International Crime (American Chronicle, 02-09-2007)Bush bombs Africa, no outcry! (FCN, 02-05-2007)Somalia: a...
Arbiter of investment disputes favors global north
/GIN WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - A little-known entity that mediates disputes between sovereign nations and foreign investors appears to favor corporations in northern countries,...
Black women define a shared agenda
/GIN MEXICO CITY, Mexico (IPS/GIN) - Fewer than 50 Black women hold high-level political or administrative posts in Latin America and the Caribbean,...
Estranged Aborigines say aid won’t reverse damage
MELBOURNE, Australia (IPS) - Aboriginal communities in Australia are still mourning family ties destroyed by the forced removal of Indigenous children from...
NGOs sue U.S. gov’t for disappeared detainees
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Three human rights groups sued the U.S. government June 7 to force it to disclose information about detainees allegedly held...
Sudan and America’s racist foreign policy
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Bush imposes pre-emptive sanctions on the Sudan WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Hostility toward the government of the Sudan by the U.S. and other Western nations...
Nigeria sues U.S. drug company Pfizer for $7 Billion
GINNEWS Anger at deadly Nigerian drug trials (BBC, 06-20-2007)Pharmaceutical trials in developing countries criticized (FCN, 06-11-2007)Nigeria: Drug Test - FG Sues Pfizer for $7 Billion...