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News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1255
Amidst Rising Xenophobia, U.N. to Reiterate Culture of Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06 (IPS) - Amidst growing attacks on religious groups and a rising intolerance toward migrants and minorities worldwide, the 193-member General Assembly will hold a High-Level Forum next week to discuss one of the key issues on the U.N. agenda aimed at promoting social, economic and political harmony: a culture of peace.
Report Details U.S. Abuse of Gaddafi Opponents Under Bush
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 06 (IPS) - Startling new evidence of the torture, unlawful rendition, and other abuse of Libyan anti-Gaddafi rebels in U.S. detention facilities during the George W. Bush administration was revealed Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
U.S.: Rights Activists Call on U.S. to Revise Bahrain Policy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 06 (IPS) - Human rights activists are calling on the administration of President Barack Obama to radically revise its policy toward Bahrain in light of the decision by an appeals court in the kingdom this week to confirm harsh prison sentences against 13 opposition activists.
Auntie Hillary Visits Cook Islands Hoping to Put China on Sidelines
- Inter Press Service
RAROTONGA, Cook Islands, Sep 06 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was greeted as celebrity-royalty by Cook Islanders during an unprecedented visit at the end of last week to attend a regional meeting of Pacific island nations here.
After Dempsey Warning, Israel May Curb War Threat
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - President Barack Obama’s explicit warning that he will not accept a unilateral Israeli attack against Iran may force Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step back from his ostensible threat of war.
U.S. Ready to Cut Egypt's Debt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - As reports surfaced Tuesday that U.S. negotiators, in Cairo for the past week, are closing in on an agreement to cut a billion dollars from Egypt’s bilateral debt, the State Department here announced that a record-sized U.S. business delegation would travel to Egypt later this week.
Nearer the Church, Farther From MDGs
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Sep 04 (IPS) - When Philippines President Benigno Aquino III delivered his annual state of the union address in July, he appealed to the country’s lawmakers to break a deadlock on progressive birth control laws in this predominantly Catholic nation.
Egyptian Hospitals Under Attack as Patients Lose Patience
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 03 (IPS) - The emergency room of Mansoura International Hospital is closed, a lock and chain securing its entrance. Ambulances carrying stroke and burn victims are ordered to go elsewhere.
Pacific Nations Women Promised a Better Deal
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Sep 03 (IPS) - Leaders of 15 Pacific Island nations have pledged to remove barriers to women’s economic empowerment, end violence against women and pave the way for their increased political representation, at the conclusion of the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, last week. The meeting was also attended by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet.
Israel ‘Pillaging’ Palestinian Resources
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Sep 03 (IPS) - By mining natural resources from the occupied Palestinian territories for its own economic purposes, Israel is committing the war crime of pillage in the Dead Sea area, according to a report released Monday by Palestinian human rights group Al Haq.
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