News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 73
INDIA: WSF Must Address Terrorism Says Mumbai
- Inter Press Service
Civil society in this port city, victim of the Nov. 26-29 terrorist attacks and host to the 2004 World Social Forum, has one question to ask - will the movement seriously address terrorism?
Q&A: 'U.S. Must Take Seriously What the World Thinks'
- Inter Press Service
John Brown, a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. State Department for more than 20 years, resigned in 2003 to protest the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He now teaches at Georgetown University.
RIGHTS-US: Close Torture Loopholes, Physicians' Group Urges
- Inter Press Service
While applauding President Barack Obama's recent executive orders banning torture and other harsh interrogation practices, medical authorities are calling attention to a little-reported section of the Army's Field Manual on Interrogation that they say still allows the use of tactics that can constitute torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under U.S. and international law.
POLITICS-US: Top Defence Chiefs Vow Focus on Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
Both the top civilian and military leadership of the U.S. Department of Defence had busy days on Tuesday, fielding topically varied questions on their new policy priorities since President Barack Obama took office one week ago.
AUSTRALIA: Complicit in East Timor Occupation - Records
- Inter Press Service
Recently declassified government records from 1978 are a further indictment of Australia’s complicity in Indonesia’s 24-year occupation of East Timor.
US-EUROPE: Few Welcome Mats for Guantanamo Detainees
- Inter Press Service
International human rights groups have expressed mixed reactions to the European Union's lukewarm pledge to accept some detainees from U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay once the facility closes.
POLITICS: Muslim World Hails End of a Despised Symbol
- Inter Press Service
While the decision of President Barack Obama to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and end the practice of interrogation techniques that violate international law, made front page news throughout the United States, press reaction in the Middle East was far less extensive - but generally favourable.
RIGHTS-INDIA: Clamour for Police Reforms Louder Post Mumbai
- Inter Press Service
Following the Nov. 26-29 terror attacks on the port city of Mumbai, which exposed lack of coordination among various security forces, the clamour to implement long-pending police reforms in India has become louder.
PAKISTAN/INDIA: Women Beat Unorthodox Paths to Peace
- Inter Press Service
As high-profile delegations from Pakistan visit India after the launch of a month-long cross-border signature campaign to press for resumption of dialogue between the two countries and call for peace, IPS interviewed three Pakistani women who are pushing this agenda in their own unorthodox ways.
CHINA: Melamine Milk - Penalties Disappoint Victims' Parents
- Inter Press Service
Days before families across China sit down for the Chinese New Year’s feast, the country’s leaders have moved to restore public confidence in the safety of their repast. A Chinese court has sentenced two men to death and awarded stiff sentences to others implicated in the country’s worst food-tampering scam.
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