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U.S. Plans to Renew Its Offer of Food Aid to North Korea The U.S. plans to offer 55,000 tons of food this year to North Korea at the same time it is trying to lure it back to the negotiating table. The U.S. maintains that this was strictly a humanitarian e... Read More...

No American 'Gulag' Amnesty International’s use of the word "gulag" to describe the prisoner camp at Guantanamo is an exaggeration the organization can’t afford to make, writes Litvinov. By Pavel Litvinov. (Washington Po... Read More...

A First Step on African Aid In the upcoming G-8 Summit in Scotland, President Bush must go beyond the usual rhetoric of promising hope to Africa, he must deliver. (New York Times, 14/06/05) Read More...

Hungry, and getting desperate The food shortage in North Korea is reaching crisis levels. Worse yet the World Food Program, one of the only sources of food aid in the small communist state, is running out of donations. By Tony ... Read More...

United States can't afford to be so stingy with humanitarian aid. Considering all the political turmoil British Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone through over supporting President Bush’s War in Iraq, the American president should have been more willing to assist hi... Read More...

Meeting: Women in the new Afghanistan The John F. Kennedy School of Government's Women and Public Policy Program sponsored a policy framework meeting the weekend of Dec. 7-9. Some of the world's foremost experts on Afghanistan, Islam, gov... Read More...

Neither famine nor feast Although President Bush's aid pledge to Africa and climate control rhetoric were viewed as unfavorably by many Europeans; at least their is still hope in debt relief for the poorest nations. (The Gua... Read More...

Bangladesh on course to meet gender parity in primary school enrollment Bangladesh is well on course to achieving gender parity in primary education enrolment by 2005, a target set by the United Nations as part of the Millennium Development Goals. Read More...

North Korea declares permanent end to US MIA recovery work In response to a US decision to halt a remains retrieval mission over North Korea’s refusal to return to the Six Party Talks; North Korea has announced they were permanently ending the retrieval missi... Read More...

Religious freedom non existent in North Korea says US Commission Peter Kenny’s featured article for Ecumenical News International states that although North Korea has pledged to allow Freedom of Religion, the officially atheist state is still highly restricting pub... Read More...

Just Shut It Down Friedman writes that to speed victory in the war on terror, the US should close down the Guantanamo Bay prison complex. By Thomas L. Friedman. (New York Times, 5/27/2005) Read More...

Student Paper: The Intersection of Academics and Attacks Discusses American and German Student Visa Policy after 9/11. By Andrea Detjen. (5/25/2005) Read More... 0 Comments |

Russia 'mocking' WWII ceremonies Fierce criticism of Russia's own democratic record is brought to the fore when preparations for ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the closing of WW2 are under way. 06 May 05 (BBC News) Read More...

Russia Objects to Bush Visit to Neighbors President Bush's upcoming visit to Latvia and Georgia was condoned by Russian officials as an interference in Russia's sphere of influence. By ELISABETH BUMILLER (06 May 05, New York Times) Read More...

Bring Charles Taylor to Justice The author writes that the United States should press Nigeria, which currently is harboring Charles Taylor, the former Liberian dictator, to turn Mr. Taylor over to the Special Court for Sierra Leone.... Read More...

Repeating Clinton's Mistakes Like the Clinton administration in Bosnia, the Bush administration has not put political or military muscle behind its efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. By Tom Malinowski. (Washington Pos... Read More...

A Protected Friend of Terrorism The Bush administration has done little to bring former Liberian president Charles Taylor to justice, writes Farah. By Douglas Farah. (Washington Post, 4/25/2005) Read More...

ACLU Aiding Illegal Entry Into US? The volunteer civilian force, the Minuteman Project, claims that members of the American Civil Liberties Union are interfering with the Border Patrol. By Elizabeth Farah and Joseph Farah. (WorldNetDai... Read More...

Billions of Promises to Keep Donor countries have pledged $4.5 billion for aid in Sudan, yet too often promises of aid are not converted into dollars, the author writes. By Kofi A. Annan. (New York Times, 4/13/2005) Read More...

Anti-Muslim discrimination in EU on the increase Discrimination and intolerance against Muslims in the EU have increased since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, a new report released yesterday (7 March) by the International Helsinki Federa... Read More...

Report on Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims in the EU Discrimination and intolerance against Muslims in the EU have increased since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, a new report released yesterday (7 March) by the International Helsinki Federa... Read More...

Report from seminar on IDPs from Chechnya, August 30 – 31 2004 The seminar was part of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles’ (ECRE’s) advocacy project on IDPs and refugees from Chechnya. The project is coordinated by the Norwegian Refugee Council, and was ... Read More...

Grassroots justice for genocide begins Rwanda's gacaca, or traditional courts, start the huge task of trying 63 000 cases. (11/3/2005, The Star) Read More...

Niger govt to free 7,000 slaves The government of Niger has announced a ceremony tomorrow, which will see the release of some 7,000 slaves. Anti-slavery activists estimate that there are still "at least 43,000 people" in slavery acr... Read More...

China's poisoned workers fight back The huge army of migrant workers that has fuelled China's rapid expansion is beginning to think twice about the personal price they are paying for the Middle Kingdom's economic miracle. By Tony Cheng... Read More...

Chechens name new rebel leader The underground separatist government of Chechnya said Thursday that it had appointed a little-known fighter and religious leader as a successor to Aslan Maskhadov, the rebel president who was killed ... Read More...

US convinced of Darfur 'genocide' The US is standing by its claim that Sudan is committing genocide in the Darfur region, despite a UN report stopping short of using the term. (2/1/2005, BBS News) Read More...

Q&A: Peace in Sudan The Sudan government and rebels from the south have signed the accords making up a peace deal to end 21 years of fighting. (12/31/2005, BBC News) Read More...

What Iraq's checkpoints are like This personal account explains how confusing and risky checkpoints can be - from both sides. By Annia Ciezadlo (3/7/2005, Csmonitor.com) Read More...

Ugandan army recruiting children Hundreds of former child soldiers abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army are returning to the battlefield to fight for the Ugandan army. (BBC News, 2/15/2005) Read More...

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