Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 630
Pluralities of Israelis, Palestinians Want Stronger U.S. Peace Role
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 10 (IPS) - Amidst a new U.S. effort to revive the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, healthy pluralities of both peoples want U.S. President Barack Obama to play a stronger role in resolving their conflict, according to a major new poll released here Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, May 09 (IPS) - "I was displaced here by mining a month ago. Illegal miners forced me out of my municipality. No, don't write down where I'm from, let alone my name," said a 40-year-old black man frightened for his safety. IPS agreed to say only that he is from Colombia's southern Pacific coast region.
Culture Becomes Latest Front in Afghanistan's War
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 09 (IPS) - Another kind of war, less explosive than bombs and more subtle than night raids, is taking place in the Central Asian country of Afghanistan: a war of cultural influence. Its means are financial sponsorships and other support for cultural and artistic events.
Hope, Scepticism Over U.S.-Russian Accord on Syria Conference
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 09 (IPS) - The surprise accord reached by the U.S. and Russia in Moscow Tuesday to try to convene an international conference to resolve the two-year-old civil war in Syria as soon as the end of this month has been greeted with equal measures of hope and scepticism.
Scolding with One Hand and Bribing with the Other
- Inter Press Service
, May 08 (IPS) - When a Southeast Asian country was riddled with corruption in a bygone era, there were rumours that government officials routinely offered receipts every time they accepted a bribe.
Still Homeless, Two Decades Later
- Inter Press Service
PUTTALAM, Sri Lanka, May 08 (IPS) - The camp should not have been difficult to find. We were told to drive straight on the road that leads north away from the town of Puttalam, 140 kilometres from Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, and we would come upon the settlement of internally displaced people.
Women Taking the Lead in Northern Pakistan Province
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, May 08 (IPS) - "Women in Pakhtun society have traditionally helped their men in hard times," declares former Pakistani lawmaker Shagufta Malik. They are doing so again, and how, going by their hectic campaigning activity in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Giving Extremists a Second Chance
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, May 08 (IPS) - At 18, Farah Osman should not be a battle-hardened soldier. He should not have spent the last seven years fighting for the Somali Islamist extremist group Al-Shabaab, or have been trained by foreign jihadists in handling and repairing weapons and improving his shooting skills.
Decade After Iraq, Right-Wing and Liberal Hawks Reunite Over Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 08 (IPS) - Ten years after right-wing and liberal hawks came together to push the U.S. into invading Iraq, key members of the two groups appear to be reuniting behind stronger U.S. military intervention in Syria.
OP-ED: War and Peace in Colombia and Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, May 07 (IPS) - The crisis in Venezuela caused by the violent opposition of followers of Henrique Capriles, who is accusing President Nicolás Maduro of election fraud, and peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas in Havana, are occupying the attention of national and foreign media.
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