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 an around-the-clock schedule. This is the latest of several news outlets seeking to challenge the global media dominance of CNN and BBC World News. The recently-launched English channel for Al Jazeera and Venezuela-backed TELESUR have...
Hezbollah casts shadow over Bush Mideast tour
JIM.LOBE What is Hezbollah? (List of links to official websites and docs) Book Review: In The Path of Hizbullah (FCN, 09-14-2006) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The swift defeat of U.S.-backed forces by Hezbollah in Lebanon on May 9 has provided yet another vivid illustration of the rapid decline of Washington’s influence in the Middle East during the tenure of President George...
Somalia piracy and the untold story
Somali piracy connected to toxic dumping, illegal fishing Orginally posted: Nov 20, 2008 While CNN, FOX, Times and other corporate media sources have fixated on one-dimensional reporting of the "Somalia Piracy" story, some diligent reporters and outlets have reported the broader picture. The following article and attached video offers that broader picture. UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The head of the UN's...
TransAfrica: ‘Overwhelming need’ still exists in Haiti
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - There is the Haiti that President Obama recently described: "The situation on the ground remains dire and people should be under no illusions that the crisis is over," he said following a meeting with Haitian President René Preval. With spring rains coming, the president noted, "The challenge is now to prevent a second disaster." Then...
Use gold sales profits to cancel debt of poorest nations IMF told
JIM.LOBE Related news: Africa didn't create economic crisis but is paying most for it (FCN, 09-24-2009)IMF policies leave legacy of hunger, insecurity (FCN, 07-09-2008)The impoverishment of Black Africa (FCN, 12-08-2003)The IMF enslavement of Black Africa by Jude Wanniski (FCN, 11-24-2003)The IMF Moves Against West Africa's Monetary Union (BlackElectorate.com, 01-21-2003) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Nearly 60 international civil society organizations recently urged the...
Preparation for War? U.S. deploys covert mission to Jordan
By RT.com (RT.com) - A covert task force was sent to Jordan in case Syria loses control of its chemical weapons, U.S. officials said. The team will be stationed at a base 35 miles from the Syrian border, making it the U.S. military’s closest presence to the embattled nation. A 150-member team of planners and other military specialists was covertly deployed...
No handshake–but can Iran-U.S. relations shift?
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - An anticipated handshake between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani didn't happen, but tweets and positive statements renewed hope the two countries might move toward better relations. The excitement around the 68th General Assembly at the United Nations–where President Obama and President Rouhani did not meet–was given a cold chill Sept. 30 by...
Uproar Over Expulsion Of Famed Anti-Colonialist Professor
GINNEWS (GIN)–China's influence in Africa has some leaders trying hard to please their new, rich and seemingly generous foreign partners. Recently, Zambian authorities roiled the nation's waters by deporting an influential pan- Africanist professor before he could disembark at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and before he could address a class of graduating university seniors on the topic: “Africa in the age...
UN prepares for up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya—The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing for up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary. Axel Bisschop, the agency’s representative in Sudan, told reporters Nov. 20 that “nobody at this stage can say exactly how many will come,” as deadly fighting...
Families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists sue U.S. for supporting Israel’s acts of terror
The families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against the United States for supporting Israel’s acts of terror against the Iranian nation. Somayeh Afzali Niku, the lawyer, said in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Jan. 11 that the 400-page case, with about 500 pages of appendices, had 32 defendants and 11 plaintiffs. Afzali Niku censured the...