Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 667
Drawing an Uncertain Kurdish Map
- Inter Press Service
QAMISHLI, Sep 17 (IPS) - Over a yellowish map, Qehreman Meri draws an oblong surface along the Turkish-Syrian border. "We want an autonomous region with clearly defined boundaries," says this spokesman from Yeketi (Unity), one of 15 Kurdish political parties in Syria.
When a Courtyard Becomes a Border
- Inter Press Service
RAS EL-AMOUD, Occupied East Jerusalem, Sep 17 (IPS) - Filistin Hamdallah looks disoriented, walking without purpose amidst the furniture strewn in the courtyard, as if she was moving home. Only the fresh laundry hanging on wires indicates that the Palestinian family is here to stay, to stay in conditions with Jewish neighbours that show just how difficult the divisions in Jerusalem can be.
Govt Abandons Former Kashmir Militants
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Sep 16 (IPS) - Rashid was 12 years old when he picked up a gun and received armed training in Pakistan. He was caught by the Indian forces in 1992 and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Five years later when he wished to return to a normal life, everyone turned away from him.
No Safe Exit for Military Leaders
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 16 (IPS) - When Egypt's army was deployed to restore order in the streets during the uprising that ended president Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egyptians greeted the troops as saviours. But by the time the generals handed the country over to a civilian president in June this year, many Egyptians regarded the 16 months of transitional military rule as more oppressive than the 29 years under Mubarak.
Fighting for a Free Press in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sep 15 (IPS) - In Sudan’s newspaper district in Khartoum East, dozens of people sit beneath the trees sipping tea or reading newspapers. Most are journalists who once worked for the 10 newspapers that were either forced closed by the country’s security services or because of economic constraints that resulted after the government raised printing taxes in an attempt to prevent the media from reporting on anti-government demonstrations.
Without Medals, With Pride
- Inter Press Service
RAFAH, Gaza, Sep 14 (IPS) - The car's engine revs, wheels spinning in vain, as it sinks deeper into the sandy lane near Rafah, southern Gaza. Members of the Palestinian Paralympic Committee (PPC) are en route to welcome Palestine's two Paralympic contenders, Mohammed Fanouna and Khamis Zaqut, home from the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
Unseen Dangers Lurk in Libya
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Sep 14 (IPS) - The revolution might officially be over in Libya but the ground war continues. But one enemy is motionless and often hidden, and Libyans are continuing to pay the price with hundreds maimed and killed.
Q&A: Harnessing the Power of the Press to Build Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Conflicts of interest can be viewed as drivers of societies and human development, although recourse to violence has destroyed millions of people’s lives and leaves generations wounded for decades and even centuries.
U.S., Israeli Attacks Unlikely to Destroy Iran's Nuclear Programme
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 (IPS) - While U.S. or Israeli air strikes may delay the building by Iran of a nuclear weapon, they are unlikely to prevent it altogether and could well prove counter-productive, according to a major new report signed by nearly three dozen former top U.S. foreign-policy makers, military officers, and independent experts.
General’s Defence on Afghan Scandal Ducks Key Evidence
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 (IPS) - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the former commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, denied to a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that he had cited the impact on Congressional elections in opposing the timing of a request for an investigation of high-level Afghan military corruption and its impact on neglect of patients at the Afghan National Military Hospital (NMH) two years ago.
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