Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 660
Bombing Leaves Lebanon Shaken
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Oct 21 (IPS) - The assassination of Lebanon’s top security official on Friday not only ravaged a quiet Beirut neighbourhood but also shattered the precarious sense of security many Lebanese have been desperately clinging to in recent months.
Pill Fails to Cure Occupation
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Oct 21 (IPS) - It’s being taken as an antidote to the stresses of Occupation. But the prevalence of the painkiller Tramadol in the Gaza Strip has more to do with its ease of availability than its singular effectiveness as a reality-numbing substance.
Injured Struggle in the Sahara
- Inter Press Service
KUFRA, southern Libya, Oct 20 (IPS) - Safia’s six-year-old body is riddled with scars from the rocket that hit her home in February. With her immediate family all killed in the violent attack, this sole survivor smiles shyly as she visits the medics that fought to save her life.
U.S.: On Eve of Foreign Policy Debate, Voters Sour on Arab Spring
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (IPS) - On the eve of Monday’s foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the electorate appears increasingly disillusioned with the so-called Arab Spring, according to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center here.
Kenya Pushes Dubiously Against Islamists
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Oct 19 (IPS) - A Kenyan military advance into Somali territory to push back Islamic militants has had some measured military success - but is not without controversy.
OP-ED: Pakistani Taliban's Indoctrinated Child Bombers*
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Oct 18 (IPS) - In the late afternoon of Apr. 3, 2011, in the Pakistani city of Dera Ghazi Khan, an annual Sufi Muslim religious festival at the shrine of the 13th century saint Ahmed Sultan was hit by twin suicide bomb attacks which killed over 50 people and left more than 120 wounded.
Politics of War Crimes Trials Under Spotlight
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - Ten years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its doors in The Hague, the United Nations Security Council held its first open discussion on the role of the court, with some nations reiterating complaints that its docket is highly politicised and has unfairly singled out African nations for censure.
An Empty Chair in Colombia’s Peace Talks in Oslo
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Oct 17 (IPS) - Closed-door talks between members of the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government began in Oslo Wednesday, after the delegates were taken from the airport to an undisclosed location.
U.S. Military Assistance to Central Asia Highly “Opaque”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - U.S. military assistance to key Central Asian governments has increased dramatically in recent years, but remains highly “unexamined”, according to new research presented in Washington on Tuesday.
Caught Between Islamists and the Military
- Inter Press Service
KANO, Nigeria, Oct 16 (IPS) - Locals in the city of Maiduguri in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno have intensified their calls for the military to withdraw from the town, the stronghold of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, after claims that they are being maltreated and abused.
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