New Israeli settlements pushing peace off the table
–NEWS ANALYSIS– JERUSALEM (IPS)–It’s clear that the new government will pursue a relentlessly right-wing agenda with peace far down on the list. Defense...
UN Report – UN members feeling heat from U.S. on Iraq war
UN launches inquiry into American spying (UK Guardian)American Corporate Media Dodging U.N. Surveillance Story (FAIR) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com)–A London-based activist group, citing outrage over reports...
UN Report Doctors warn UN: ‘200,000 people could die’
UNITED NATIONS (IPS)–Groups representing more than 300 international lawyers, jurists and physicians recently warned that a military attack on Iraq would not...
World powers ‘boycott’ Afro-Descendants Group
GENEVA (IPS)–The United States and the European Union are ignoring the work of a group of intellectuals who are studying–at the behest...
South Africa rallying UN members to oppose war
JOHANNESBURG (IPS)–South Africa is marshaling developing countries in the United Nations to try and prevent war between Iraq and the United States,...
Will Bush ignore world opinion on Iraq war?
Mandela Blasts U.S. Policy Toward Iraq Hawks to Bush: Military spending is inadequate UN weapons inspectors to U.S.: 'We need more time"UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com)–In...
Mexican farmers protest NAFTA
MEXICO CITY (IPS)–Industrialists in Mexico recently urged the government to take a firm hand with small farmers protesting the lifting of tariffs...
African Union to hold summit in support of war-torm Cote d’Ivoire
PARIS (PANA)–South African President Thabo Mbeki said in Paris recently that an extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) would be held "in...
Venezuelan president stands tall for the Black and Brown
NEW YORK–There will be no civil war in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez Frias declared during a recent press conference at UN headquarters. "What my government...
Woman runs for president in Nigeria
LAGOS (IPS)–Nigeria’s first female presidential aspirant, Sarah Jubril, will challenge 29 men, including incumbent President Olusegun Obasanjo, at the polls on April...