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Who will try Saddam Hussein?

Was Saddam actually captured on December 13? (Al Bawaba, 12/18/2003)Saddam's Capture Means Trouble for U.S. Officials (FFF, 12/15/2003) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Amnesty International (AI), the...

IAEA asks Israel to give up nuclear arsenal

/GIN Israelis urge nuclear disarmament (Al Jazeera, 01/01/2004) Nearly half of Americans say Israel is threat to world peace (AP, 12/17/2003) VIENNA (IPS/GIN) (FinalCall.com) -...

Israel said to train U.S. assassins in Iraq

/GIN LONDON (IPS/GIN)–The U.S. army in Iraq is enlisting Israeli experts to train its forces on assassinating resistance leaders, a move which a...

UN tells Israel once again: ‘Get rid of fence’

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - One day after Israel vowed to speed up construction of its controversial West Bank security fence, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi...

UN: Africa is ground zero of global AIDS crisis

HIV/AIDS continues to challenge Black America (FCN 12/4/2003) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The HIV/AIDS pandemic took the highest number of lives and produced the highest...

A booming China challenges

/GIN Premier Wen urges stronger Sino-US ties (12/08/2003, China People's Daily)China and the World's Power Pyramid Pt. II (April, 2000 BlackElectorate.com) BEIJING (IPS/GIN)–Two years after its...

World reaction to Bush’s UK visit

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - "Why do they hate you, Mr. President?" asked the political editor of Britain's ITV news, at a press conference in...

UN General Assembly tells U.S. to end the Cuban embargo

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - For the 12th straight year, the United Nations General Assembly voted on November 4 against Washington's four-decade-old economic embargo against...

Bush’s ratings plummet abroad too

/GIN Downing of US aircraft in Iraq brings home the harsh reality (Gulf News) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN)–If President George W. Bush was surprised on his...

Israel still defiant over apartheid wall

Correcting CNN's measurement of Israel's Apartheid Wall (Electronic Intifada)Israel used uranium against Palestinians: Arafat (UNI) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Observers called the 144 to 4...