Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 696
Burma in the Throes of Change — Part II
- Inter Press Service
As 'positive' news flows out of Burma - release of political prisoners, ceasefire talks in ethnic areas, increased freedom, formation of labour unions — people inside the country and exiles have been in heated discussion. What does 'reform' entail and are the changes going to be fully implemented?
Renewed Push in U.S. to Arm Syrian Rebels
- Inter Press Service
What with rumours from Israel of war on Iran, a major showdown with the Egyptian military over the indictments of government- funded U.S. activists in Cairo, and continuing political paralysis in Iraq, you would think President Barack Obama has enough Middle East crises to deal with.
Russian, Chinese Arms Fuel Conflict in Sudan, Says Amnesty
- Inter Press Service
Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described as key arms suppliers to the embattled regime in Syria, are now accused of supplying weapons and fuelling an ongoing conflict in another military hotspot: Sudan.
BOOKS: In the Shadow World, Only Blood, Gold and Gunpowder
- Inter Press Service
They called themselves the 'cut hands commandos' because they lopped off their victims' hands with machetes; the 'burn house unit', for the thousands of families who were locked into their homes and roasted alive; the 'born naked squad', in reference to the hapless hundreds who were stripped naked and raped before being bludgeoned or burned to death.
Garzón May Appeal Case Outside Spain
- Inter Press Service
If Spain's Supreme Court convicts judge Baltasar Garzón in what is known as the Historic Memory case, he will appeal the verdict before the European Court of Human Rights, where all the indications are that his appeal may receive a sympathetic hearing.
'Besieged' Homs Endures Tank Assault
- Inter Press Service
The Syrian military is reportedly moving deeper into residential areas in the city of Homs, a day after the Russian foreign minister said President Bashar al-Assad was 'fully committed' to ending the bloodshed.
'Raining Bombs' Causing Hundreds to Flee Northern Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
'I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe,' said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria’s northern state with her five-year-old daughter.
BOOKS: A Global Empire, Yet a 'United States of Fear'
- Inter Press Service
By the end of 2011, the United States had elite special operations forces in around 120 of the 192 countries recognised by the United Nations, with U.S. military bases in more than half of the world's nation-states.
Bahrain Braces for More Shia Protests
- Inter Press Service
It is far from Pearl Roundabout, the scene of last year’s crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, but for now Mughsha, a village in the northern district of Bahrain, serves as the centre of the country’s ‘Arab Spring’ movement.
Burma in the Throes of Change - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karen in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have caught most observers by surprise.
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