http://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/124 2009-11-21T03:54:11-08:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpg © Inter Press Servicehttp://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/20/35882009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

<p>In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/13/34902009-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

<p>Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva faces his toughest foreign policy challenge as his first year in office draws to a close. At stake is this South-east Asian kingdom’s standing in a regional bloc.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/07/34242009-11-07T00:00:00-08:00

<p>One thing that has set apart the current administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa from those of his predecessors is its diplomatic duals with international heavyweights.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/06/34202009-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

<p>As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/04/33782009-11-04T00:00:00-08:00

<p>Almost 400 Indian fishermen continue to languish in Pakistani prisons despite having completed their prison terms. Their release has been hampered by tensions in the relations between their country and neighbouring Pakistan.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/31/33442009-10-31T00:00:00-07:00

<p>Is the ongoing controversy over Iran's nuclear programme helping to advance the United Nations' agenda on nuclear disarmament? To a number of diplomats and experts who have participated in past U.N. discussions on the spread of nuclear weapons, the answer is, yes — although not necessarily for the expected reasons.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/26/32642009-10-26T00:00:00-07:00

<p>Amid growing speculation and partisan bickering over what President Barack Obama will do about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, an influential Democratic senator Monday warned against deploying tens of thousands more U.S. troops there.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/24/32442009-10-24T00:00:00-07:00

<p>A South-east Asian human rights mechanism launched here at a regional summit should be used by victims of rights violations to end oppression at home, says a member of this new body. </p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/23/32312009-10-23T00:00:00-07:00

<p>The Barack Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran's decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of such construction. But the November 2007 U.S. intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear programme tells a different story.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/23/32252009-10-23T00:00:00-07:00

<p>When the European Union announced last year that it was seeking an investigation into alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka as a precondition for extending concessionary tariff rates for exports from the island state, the government promptly cried foul.</p>