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News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 626
Q&A: Iran's Medical Shortages: Who's Responsible?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 03 (IPS) - For two years, reports have surfaced describing medical supply shortages in Iran, some with devastating consequences, as debate continues to rage about who's responsible - the Iranian government or the sanctions regime.
U.N. Can Help Devalue Nukes as Geopolitical Currency
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - When the 193-member U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) holds is first-ever high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament next September, there is little or no hope that any of the nuclear powers will make a firm commitment to gradually phase out or abandon their lethal arsenals.
U.S., China Seek Common Ground on North Korea
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Jun. 7-8 for their first bilateral meeting as heads of state. Figuring on their agenda is how to address a precarious North Korea, which is armed with a small nuclear arsenal and vying for a bigger one.
Healing South Sudan’s Wounds
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jun 03 (IPS) - Susana Apai Wani has lived as a widow for more than two decades since her husband, James Wani, was arrested in 1992 by a policeman who accused him of collaborating with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which was a rebel political movement at the time.
The Battle to Save DRC’s Mothers
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Jun 02 (IPS) - "Many hospitals and health centres" that are not run by NGOs "do not meet health standards," according to Dominique Baabo, provincial medical inspector for North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Syrian Rebel Setbacks Spur Renewed Talk of No-Fly Zones
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 01 (IPS) - A series of reversals for Syria's rebels this month has prompted its supporters here to call for much greater U.S. military intervention in the civil war in order to give them a stronger bargaining position in advance of any peace negotiations.
India’s Maoists Are Far From Spent
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 31 (IPS) - They chopped down trees and used them to barricade the road, then retreated into the dense forests of the remote Sukma district, located in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, to await their quarry.
Obama Urged to Sign Arms Trade Treaty Immediately
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 31 (IPS) - Advocacy groups here are stepping up a campaign to pressure President Barack Obama to quickly sign on to a new United Nations treaty aimed at regulating, for the first time, the international small-arms trade.
Warlords and Vague Constitution to Blame for Renegade Somali State
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, May 31 (IPS) - Attempts by clan elders and militia commanders in southern Somalia to form an autonomous state, without the consent of the central government but with the apparent backing of foreign countries, remains a dangerous, destabilising element in the region, say analysts.
U.S. Accused of Politicising Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (IPS) - When the United States invaded Iraq back in March 2003, one of its primary objectives was to track down and destroy weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) reportedly stockpiled by the regime of President Saddam Hussein.
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