Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 647
Taliban Bullets Target Ballot
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 20 (IPS) - The new round of a terror campaign by Taliban militants against liberal politicians and health workers has led to fresh alarm within government and civil society. Many see this as a ploy to postpone elections due mid-2013.
Iran’s Nuclear Plans Drop Off Israeli Radar
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 (IPS) - A meeting between Iran and world powers is tentatively set for the month-end in Istanbul, and might constitute a litmus test over a compromise regarding Iran's uranium enrichment programme. Strangely enough, in Israel, Iran's nuclear quest is now off the public radar.
Iraqi Women Seek a New Liberation
- Inter Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan 16 (IPS) - From full literacy declared in the seventies, Iraq is down to 40 percent literacy for women. From the first woman prime minister and the first woman judge in the Middle East in 1959, Iraq has slipped to a place where an abnormal number of widows struggle, and where child marriages are on the rise. Hanaa Edwar is putting up a fight to win Iraqi women their freedoms again.
The Ugly Face of Street Justice in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Jan 16 (IPS) - On a steamy, starless night in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a teenager runs desperately down a potholed street before being violently brought to the ground by a bystander. As word spreads that a thief has been caught, young men come running from all directions.
Digging for Water, But Striking Oil
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Jan 16 (IPS) - The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil.
Kurdish Rights Back in Focus in Turkey
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jan 15 (IPS) - After over a year without accountability for a Turkish aerial bombing that killed 34 Kurdish men and boys, Turkey has come under heavy criticism for what many say is a widespread culture of impunity, especially when it comes to the treatment of its Kurdish citizens.
Syrian Refugees Face Storms With Cardboard
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Jan 15 (IPS) - Zuhur al-Khalaf is eight months pregnant and lives in a one-room shack in northern Lebanon with her husband and five children. The cloth walls and cardboard roof have become sodden and musty after heavy storms this past week, and two of the children are suffering from fevers and chest infections.
U.S. Prepares Support for French Military Intervention in Mali
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has applauded France's surprise airstrikes on Islamist rebels in northern Mali that began late last week and continued over the weekend.
Hugo Chavez and Colombia's Peace
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Jan 14 (IPS) - Colombia has suffered an internal armed conflict for so many decades that it almost amounts to a "forgotten crisis" for external donors. But the president of neighbouring Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is well aware of the conflict, and understands that it destabilises Latin America, where centre-left governments proliferate.
A Hundred Killed, A Community Cornered
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 14 (IPS) - "I want justice," says Shukria Jamali, 20. "But I wouldn't want my worst enemies to feel the intense pain I am feeling now."
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