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South Africa expresses outrage at Israeli bombings

Protests against Israel's atrocities in Middle East abound (FCN, 08-31-2006)Israeli massacre in Qana, Lebanan (Warning: Graphic images)UN Secretary Gen. Annan ‘shocked' by deadly...

UN Secretary Gen. Annan ‘hocked’ by Israeli attack on UN Observer post, at least 4 dead

UNNEWS Israel repeatedly 'ignored UN bomb warnings' (Al Jazeera, 07-26-2006)Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006)Listing of U.S. Vetoes of UN Resolutions Critical...

No agreement at UN small arms conference

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The first conference to review the 2001 “Programme of Action” to control the illicit trade in small arms ended without agreement...

U.S. conduct in terror war destroyed image abroad

WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - It was in 1776 that a group of British colonists living along the Atlantic seaboard of North America felt compelled to...

Pentagon resists ban on degrading prisoners

Amnesty: Guantanamo 'the gulag of our time' (FCN, 06-08-2005)Charge them or let them go! (FCN/Min. Louis Farrakhan, 05-25-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - As new...

Presidents of Iran, Venezuela attend African Union Summit

The African Union (Official Site)Birth of The African Union (FCN, 07-14-2002) Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Hugo Chavez...

Suicides further stir the cauldron at Guantanamo

Bush Administration rejected as Supreme Court rules Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal' (BBC, 06-29-2006)  Pentagon’s Guantanamo tribunals are ruled illegal (FCN, 02-17-2005)  NEW...

Bush Hawks Down in Somalia

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS) - The takeover of Mogadishu this month by Islamic militias marks a major defeat for the administration of U.S. President George W....

UN sends envoy to Sudan

Sudan peace agreement welcomed at the UN (FCN, 05-16-2006)One-sided Reporting That Is Delaying An End To The Killing (UK Guardian/ZNET, 05-06-2006)Sudan needs help, not...

Activists hail censure of Washington’s ‘terror war’

Report: European nations complicit in CIA abductions, secret prisons (Al Jazeera, 06-07-2006)Amnesty: Guantanamo 'the gulag of our time' (FCN, 06-08-2005)Carter: Guantanamo Prison Camp, an Embarassment...