Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 713
Wealthy Pakistanis Leaving Taliban Areas
- Inter Press Service
Wealthy Pakistanis from the country’s northwestern region are leaving their hometowns permanently to settle in safer areas far from the war zone. Doctors and other professionals are joining the exodus.
EAST AFRICA: ‘It’s Not a Heartless Mother Leaving a Child Behind, Just One Who Wants to Survive’
- Inter Press Service
On the road between the Kenyan and Somali border lie the dead bodies of children who have succumbed to the famine and the hardships of making the journey from their drought-stricken villages to Kenya.
SOUTH SUDAN: Rows Over Exorbitant Fees for Pipeline Use
- Inter Press Service
Less than three weeks after gaining independence, South Sudan is embroiled in a row with Sudan over pipeline fees charged by the latter to export oil.
Britain to Expel Gaddafi Diplomats
- Inter Press Service
Britain has officially recognised Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government, and asked all diplomats belonging to Muammar Gaddafi's government to leave the United Kingdom.
Libya Blames NATO for Raid on Food Warehouse
- Inter Press Service
Libyan officials have accused NATO of killing at least eight people in an air raid on a food warehouse and medical clinic in Zlitan, east of Tripoli.
India and Pakistan Prepare for Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials have held discussions in New Delhi, the Indian capital, that will lay the groundwork for formal peace talks set for Wednesday.
Q&A: Budget Woes Could Hamper ICC Investigations
- Inter Press Service
The work of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world's first and only permanent court that pursues war criminals, is likely to be hampered by a shortage of funds next year.
PAKISTAN: Taliban Backs Off From Attacking Civilians
- Inter Press Service
A series of Taliban attacks selectively targeting Pakistani security forces is being seen as an attempt to shore up the flagging popularity of the fundamentalist Islamic scholars.
COLOMBIA: Native Groups Mobilise Against Escalation of War
- Inter Press Service
The powerful Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC), in southwest Colombia, has called a 'minga' or protest march to 'curb the militarisation driven by the army and the FARC,' the main guerrilla group, which set off a car bomb on a busy market day in a Nasa Indian town on Jul. 9.
PAKISTAN: Study Rebuts U.S. Claims of 'No Civilian Deaths'
- Inter Press Service
As the Pakistani public grows increasingly outraged at the United States' drone attacks in the northwest region of the country, a recent study by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism is contradicting U.S. officials' insistence that 'not a single civilian life' has been claimed in the covert war.
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