Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 718
Despite Troop Surge, Taliban Attacks and U.S. Casualties Soared
- Inter Press Service
Data on attacks by armed opposition forces and U.S. combat casualties since the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan was completed last summer provide clear evidence that the surge and the increase in targeted killings by Special Operations Forces have failed to break the momentum of the Taliban.
AFRICA: African Union Divided over Libya
- Inter Press Service
As African heads of state gather to discuss the future of the youth of the continent, Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is a noticeable absentee at the African Union (AU) summit in Equatorial Guinea.
COLOMBIA: 'Impunity' — Keeping the 'Black Hand' Anonymous
- Inter Press Service
The film 'Impunity' has only just now arrived in Colombia, although the filming was completed a year ago and it was first shown to the public in Geneva in January. But the wait was apparently worth it because the documentary contributes key elements to the heated debate on the so-called 'black hand' behind many of the atrocities committed in this South American country.
SUDAN: The Point of No Return
- Inter Press Service
From across the border, they anxiously watch the drama unfold. As their home land of South Sudan prepares itself to split from the Islamic north, fighting continues across the disputed oil-rich areas. During the decades of civil war, almost 400,000 refugees dreamt of the day independence would come. But now it is finally there, many are not ready to go home.
ZIMBABWE: 'Blood Diamonds' Slip Through Watchdog's Cracks
- Inter Press Service
Following a recent procedural breakdown of one of the world's leading 'blood diamond' watchdogs, experts warn that controversial stones from the Marange fields of Zimbabwe may soon find their way into the hands of unknowing consumers.
U.S.: The Realist Who Moved Washington Closer to Reality
- Inter Press Service
'We are in a multi-polar world now,' Robert Gates told a Washington Post columnist within a year of his taking over the Pentagon in early 2007.
AFRICA: Southern Kordofan - A State of Ghost Towns
- Inter Press Service
While humanitarian organisations try to bury the corpses scattered across Southern Kordofan, aid to the thousands of people displaced by the fighting is slow as the country’s humanitarian commission has prohibited most aid organisations from working in the area.
AFRICA: Southern Kordofan - A State of Ghost Towns
- Inter Press Service
While humanitarian organisations try to bury the corpses scattered across Southern Kordofan, aid to the thousands of people displaced by the fighting is slow as the country’s humanitarian commission has prohibited most aid organisations from working in the area.
AFRICA: Southern Kordofan - A State of Ghost Towns
- Inter Press Service
While humanitarian organisations try to bury the corpses scattered across Southern Kordofan, aid to the thousands of people displaced by the fighting is slow as the country’s humanitarian commission has prohibited most aid organisations from working in the area.
AFRICA: Southern Kordofan - A State of Ghost Towns
- Inter Press Service
While humanitarian organisations try to bury the corpses scattered across Southern Kordofan, aid to the thousands of people displaced by the fighting is slow as the country’s humanitarian commission has prohibited most aid organisations from working in the area.
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