News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 83
LIBYA: Water Emerges as a Hidden Weapon
- Inter Press Service
Libya’s enormous aquatic reserves could potentially become a new weapon of choice if government forces opt to starve coastal cities that heavily rely on free flowing freshwater.
U.S.: House Votes Suggest Growing War Weariness
- Inter Press Service
In a sign of growing war weariness in Congress and among the general public, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted Thursday to bar the deployment of U.S. troops to Libya and narrowly defeated a provision requiring President Barack Obama to submit a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Mideast Uprisings Underlie Falling Peace Index
- Inter Press Service
The world has witnessed a decline in global peace over the last year, according to the 2011 Global Peace Index, or GPI, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace Wednesday.
Nascent Independent Unions Play Key Role in Arab Uprisings
- Inter Press Service
In the Arab world, most trade unions are affiliated to governments, but independent labour organisations are starting to emerge.
OP-ED: The Sacred and the Secular - Promoting Muslim Democracy
- Inter Press Service
The presence of religion in public space challenges our ideas about the roles of faith in our lives and politics. Over the last centuries, proponents of secularisation have claimed that as societies modernise, the role of religion in public and private life diminishes. For them, modern rationality, science, and the ideal of representative governments as sovereign replace religion as a source of authority, regulation, and security.
EGYPT: Political Punch with a Religious Thrust
- Inter Press Service
More than three months since the fall of the Mubarak regime, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement is well on its way to forming its first official political party since its inception in 1928. But while the nascent party is to be based on 'the principles of Islamic Law and respect for freedom of belief,' some critics see this as a contradiction.
Politics Could Dominate G8 Summit of World Leaders
- Inter Press Service
When leaders of the Group of 8 (G8) industrialised nations meet in Deauville, France later this week, there is a strong possibility that politics will take precedence over traditional socioeconomic issues like food security and development aid, which are being overshadowed by the Arab revolution and Palestinian statehood.
Arab Spring Solidarity Defies National Boundaries
- Inter Press Service
Ever since the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ordinary citizens have been leading uprisings all over North Africa and the Middle East against unwanted rulers. But what is now known as the 'Arab Awakening' is not confined to people resisting within their own borders. Some Arabs are helping the fight in neighbouring countries too.
EGYPT: Secularists Unite to Take on Islamists
- Inter Press Service
Liberal and secular Egyptians at the core of mass protests that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak are scrambling to form a unified political front ahead of critical parliamentary elections in which they will face the better-organised Islamists.
OP-ED: Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion
- Inter Press Service
All cultures and civilisations contribute to the enrichment of humankind. Human beings must respect one another in all their diversity of belief, culture and language. Differences within and between societies should be neither feared nor repressed but cherished as a precious asset of humanity.
Powered by
