Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 674
Rebels Claim Responsibility for Syria Blast
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Aug 15 (IPS) - The main Syrian rebel group has claimed responsibilty for a series of explosions in central Damascus near the hotel used by the U.N. observer mission in Syria.
Drug War Threatens Democracy, Mexican Peace Caravan Warns in US
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES, California, Aug 14 (IPS) - "The war on drugs is endangering the best thing that the United States has given the world: democracy,” Javier Sicilia, the Mexican poet who heads the movement of victims of the violence unleashed by the war on drugs in his country, said upon reaching the United States this week.
Gaddafi Loyalists Up In Arms
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Aug 14 (IPS) - The security situation in Libya remains tense as violence by way of car bombings, political assassinations of high-ranking government and military officials, attacks on foreign diplomatic staff and NGOs, and young men sorting out minor disputes with AK-47s continues unabated.
Lean Times Get Leaner in Northern Cote d’Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
KORHOGO, Cote d’Ivoire, Aug 14 (IPS) - Salimata Coulibaly, director of a medical centre in the town of Korhogo in the northern Cote d’Ivoire region of Savanes, stood before a chart displaying before-and-after photos of local children – one taken when each child arrived at the centre, and one after he or she responded to treatment for malnutrition.
Reining in Private Security Faces Regulatory Thicket
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (IPS) - Alleged human rights violations and other challenges involving the use of Private Military Security Contractors (PMSCs) have sparked a series of international efforts to create systems of accountability for an increasingly complex transnational industry.
Q&A: Military Action in Mali Would Be a ‘Huge Risk’
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Aug 14 (IPS) - Military action by West African states against the insurrection in northern Mali would be extremely risky without diplomatic support from neighbouring Algeria and Mauritania, according to International Crisis Group researcher Gilles Yabi.
Pakistan’s Measles Deaths Hinder Global Goals
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 14 (IPS) - Measles outbreaks, which have killed at least 100 children in Pakistan’s militancy-hit border areas since May, have prompted calls by experts for better cooperation in territories adjacent to Afghanistan with international immunisation campaigns.
OP-ED: What to Make of the Latest Iranian-Turkish Row
- Inter Press Service
HAWAII, U.S., Aug 14 (IPS) - Turkish-Iranian relations have been rocky since the deepening of the Syrian imbroglio, but the latest row suggests a new low.
Armed Forces Still Dictating Côte d'Ivoire’s Law
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Aug 13 (IPS) - Even as Côte d'Ivoire gradually recovers from the bloody events of the 2010-2011 post-electoral crisis, massacres in the western part of the country and the frequent sound of gunfire in the economic capital, Abidjan, are signs of the long road ahead.
In Jerusalem the Past Is Alike, And Alive
- Inter Press Service
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, Aug 13 (IPS) - “This is King David’s palace!” proclaims the Israeli tour guide with much fanfare, ignoring the cautionary “King David’s Palace?” legend on the sign. Opportunely opening the Bible, he reads from 2 Samuel 6:16, “As the Ark of the Lord came to the City of David…”
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