Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 710
INDIA: Grave Issues Trouble Kashmiris
- Inter Press Service
Rights activists say that thousands of unmarked graves newly uncovered along the Line of Control (LoC) in Indian Kashmir may hold the bodies of ‘disappeared’ people rather than those of militants killed while trying to cross the fortified de facto border between India and Pakistan.
PAKISTAN: For Shia Hazaras, it’s Funeral After Funeral
- Inter Press Service
Rukhsana Ahmed finds comfort visiting her husband Ahmed Ali Najfi’s grave. 'I feel at peace there,' says the 60-year-old widow, mother of four and member of the Shia Hazara community.
U.S.: Budget Talks Have Major Defence Contractors on Edge
- Inter Press Service
When an expensive unmanned aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a U.S. defence contractor, disappeared during a U.S. military test flight off the Pacific coast earlier this month, the debacle raised eyebrows.
LIBYA: Evidence of 'Mass Execution' in Tripoli
- Inter Press Service
Al Jazeera has found evidence of a possible mass execution of political activists in Libya.
PAKISTAN: Democracy Follows Drones
- Inter Press Service
Along with the devastating drone strikes the United States-led ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan is bringing changes to punitive laws imposed by British colonialism on Pakistan’s Pashtun areas more than a century ago.
LIBYA: Rebels Storm Gaddafi Compound in Tripoli
- Inter Press Service
Rebels have entered the fortified compound of Muammar Gaddafi in Bab al-Azizya in Tripoli, following intense fighting with forces loyal to the Libyan leader.
SOUTH SUDAN: Inter-Ethnic Clashes Become More Frequent and Deadly
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of women and children are being abducted and over 1,000 people have died this year as communities in oil-rich South Sudan war over a precious commodity — cattle.
POLITICS: IBSA Opposes Measures Against Syria
- Inter Press Service
Members of the emerging economy grouping known as IBSA - India, Brazil and South Africa - have joined China and Russia in opposing measures against Syria.
GUATEMALA: Activists Worried that Clenched Right Fist Will Take Power
- Inter Press Service
Activists in Guatemala are alarmed at the prospect of a victory by the right in the September general elections, recalling the dismal records of past regimes in the areas of human rights, the economy and justice.
Sri Lanka Ducks International Probe
- Inter Press Service
Although the Sri Lankan government has evaded calls for an international probe into alleged excesses while militarily defeating Tamil separatism in 2009, it may yet be called to account at the September session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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