Global Issues News Headlines for “Arms Control”

Q&A: 'Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot'

2009-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

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

Kosovo: Ten Years On, Forensics Continues to ID Missing

2009-11-19T00:00:00-08:00

Pictures of missing people have been hanging for years next to the gate to the fence surrounding Kosovo’s parliament. Some of them have been there for so long that the features of the faces can hardly be seen anymore - a good example of how slow and painful the process of discovering the fate of the missing is.

U.S.: Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group

2009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are 'definitely' too low.

U.S.: Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan

2009-11-13T00:00:00-08:00

U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having been told she would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-old son while she is overseas.

Australia/sri Lanka: Untangling the Knotty Issue of Human Smuggling

2009-11-12T00:00:00-08:00

It is a story that spans three islands, across the breadth of the Indian Ocean. That is, of hundreds of boat people sailing the rough seas in unseaworthy vessels, risking life and limb in their desperate attempt at a new lease of life.

Rights: Iraqi Minorities Dying Over Turf War

2009-11-11T00:00:00-08:00

Iraqi minority groups are caught up in a power struggle between the country's Arab-dominated central government and the Kurdish-controlled regional government over the oil-rich Nineveh province - and they are paying with their lives, according Human Rights Watch.

France: Top Designers Make Dolls to Fund Darfur Vaccinations

2009-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Designer rag dolls, the concept couldn’t sound more frivolous. But dolls made by top fashion designers such as Armani and Prada are helping to fund a vaccination programme in war-torn Darfur.

U.S.: 'War Comes Home' with Ft. Hood Shootings

2009-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident 'brings the war home'.

Politics: U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet

2009-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned.

Nepal: Hopes High for Environmental Rights in New Constitution

2009-11-05T00:00:00-08:00

As the new federal republic of Nepal forges ahead with writing a new constitution, activists are demanding that environmental rights be enshrined in this important document.