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Nervous Pakistanis asking ‘Are we next?’

ISLAMABAD (IPS)–Worries are growing here about the long-term implications of the war on Iraq for Pakistan, its ties with the United States...

Protesters blast Israeli aggression

5 Palestinians killed when F-16 fires missile at car in Gaza (Israel's Haretz)International Press Centre (Palestinian National Authority) NEW YORK(FinalCall.com)--Sixteen activists were arrested after a...

African Union to develop continental defense policy

Birth of the African Union (FCN Special Coverage 07/14/2002)  African Union is made a reality (FCN Special Coverage 07/24/2001)   The Birth of the African Union (Min. Louis Farrakhan...

U.S. peace plan for Palestine designed to defuse Arab anger over Iraq invasion?

DUBAI (IPS)--With the last of the U.S.-driven political reform conditions–the Palestinian parliament ratified the post of prime minister on March 18–Washington is...

French intellectuals see erosion of the U.S. image

PARIS (IPS)–Intellectuals are throwing their support to the political and popular French opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq. In new debates,...

Zimbabwe looks to Asia for trade

Journalists see Zimbabwe's land crisis up close (FinalCall.com Special Report) HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA)–Ostracized by her traditional European trading partners over alleged human rights abuses, Zimbabwe...

Protests build against genetically modified food

LONDON (IPS)–Protests were held around the world March 15 against genetically modified foods on World Consumer Rights Day. Protest meetings were held...

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...