Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 731
Impunity for Killers of Women in Strife-torn Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
Fracha Begam has been unable to come to terms with the deaths of her two teenage daughters, killed by unknown gunmen in the latest incident of violence against women in the Kashmir Valley.
Obama Leaves Door Open to Regime Change in Libya
- Inter Press Service
The fate of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi remains up in the air after the United States and its allied partners began missile strikes over the weekend to impose a no-fly zone (NFZ) in the North African country.
Regional Support Erodes for Air War on Libya
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) imposing a no-fly zone in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya passed Thursday by a predicted 10-0, no one stopped to ask what ends the means of military force hoped to achieve.
Libya Declares Immediate Ceaseire
- Inter Press Service
Libya's government has announced it will halt all military operations in the country hours after the United Nations Security Council backed a no-fly zone over the country.
LIBYA: Obama Threatens Military Action if Attacks Resume
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama issued an ultimatum to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday, less than 24 hours after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to 'take all necessary measures' short of deploying an 'occupation force'.
U.N. Body Authorises Military Intervention in Libya
- Inter Press Service
As Libyan leader Muammar el-Gaddafi's fighter planes and helicopters continue to mercilessly pound civilians and rebel groups inside Libya, the U.N.'s most powerful political body voted to militarily intervene in the besieged North African country in an attempt to prevent and neutralise the attacks.
U.N. Reported Only a Fraction of Civilian Deaths from U.S. Raids
- Inter Press Service
The number of civilians killed in U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids last year was probably several times higher than the figure of 80 people cited in the U.N. report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan published last week, an IPS investigation has revealed.
Military Intervention in Libya May Already Be Irrelevant
- Inter Press Service
As the White House and its partners in the international community inch closer to a decision over military action in Libya, while Muammar Gaddafi's forces advance steadily into rebel-controlled territory, some analysts argue that the intervention debate is nearing irrelevance after raging unabated for almost a month.
COLOMBIA: Return of Land to Displaced Farmers Picks Up Steam
- Inter Press Service
'Wholesale land titling' Colombia's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Juan Camilo Restrepo announced Tuesday, adding that titles would no longer only be handed over to individuals who file land claims, but to entire groups of people in specific rural areas.
BANGLADESH-LIBYA: Garment Industry Pledges to Employ Evacuated Labourers
- Inter Press Service
Bangladesh’s garment factories and overseas recruiting agencies have pledged to employ a substantial number of Bangladeshi expatriates returning from politically volatile Libya, following the violent crackdown on opposition forces by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime there.
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