Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 729
SOMALIA: Manifestation of Stealth Trusteeship
- Inter Press Service
Somalia is currently under what James Fearon and David Laitin of Stanford University call 'a neo-trusteeship system'. Various external powers, while disagreeing among themselves, make the important decisions for the Somali people.
COTE D'IVOIRE: Pro-Ouattara Forces Launch Palace Assault
- Inter Press Service
Heavy fighting is continuing in Abidjan where forces loyal to Côte d'Ivoire's presidential rivals are battling for control of the country's main city.
U.N. Member States Falter in Protecting Staffers, Peacekeepers
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations has remained virtually helpless as hundreds of its staffers, mostly peacekeepers, are killed, kidnapped or victimised by unbridled violence worldwide.
Agencies Grappling With Liberia Refugee Crisis
- Inter Press Service
The yard at Peter Saye's is full: of kids, of cooking pots, of chickens, goats, and piles of belongings. Women carry firewood and stir coals, plait hair and snap at the children scampering around in the dust. There are nearly 100 refugees sheltering here from the violence across the border in Côte d'Ivoire.
U.N. Staff Killed in Afghanistan Quran Protests
- Inter Press Service
Afghan officials say at least 11 people have been killed at a United Nations operational centre in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when protests over the burning of the Quran by an American preacher turned violent.
Sky-High Oil Prices Here to Stay
- Inter Press Service
As the Arab world continues to pitch and heave with flashes of popular uprisings here and sparks of brutal crackdowns there, analysts are painting a grim picture of the regional unrest's economic consequences, predicting the persistence of high oil prices in the coming years.
COTE D'IVOIRE: U.S., U.N. Press Gbagbo to Yield
- Inter Press Service
As forces loyal to Ivorian President-elect Alassane Ouattara closed in on Abidjan Thursday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for the incumbent president, Laurent Gbabgo, to immediately step down.
Ouattara Forces Seize Cote d'Ivoire Towns
- Inter Press Service
Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognised winner of Cote d'Ivoire's presidential election, say they have seized control of another two central towns in their advance toward the country's capital.
LIBYA-U.S.: Obama Speech Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
- Inter Press Service
Widely praised as an effective defence of Washington's 10-day- old military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama's speech Monday evening appears to have left several key questions about his future intentions unanswered.
OP-ED: No-fly Zone - Clouding Words of War
- Inter Press Service
Phantasms from the 1990s are upon us: no-fly zones; the rhetoric of humanitarian war in Washington, Europe and the U.N.; guarantees that no U.S. ground troops will be deployed; an air war which alone cannot decisively affect earthbound events.
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