Pakistan peace pact with militants scrapped as violence restarts

The critics of the peace pact signed by the government in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) with militants active in Swat region have won as the peace accord practically stands scrapped...

Pakistan Hopes for Swat peace high as Shariah imposition in sight

As the government in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Monday signed an agreement with a religious outfit for implementation of Islamic law in the Malakand Division, hopes were high in Pakistan about the restoration of peace in the restive Swat...

Bangladesh to implement peace deal with Buddhist tribals

The Bangladesh government plans to amend the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Land Commission to ensure a better deal for the Buddhist tribals and implement the peace accord signed in 1997. " The government is going to fully implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace...

World - 100 countries sign cluster bomb ban; US, Russia, China refuse

" OSLO, NORWAY: Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs on Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians. Norway, which began the drive to...

Philippines confident of peace pact

" The Philippine government has pledged to convince Christian politicians to drop their opposition to an accord aimed at ending a southern insurgency by granting minority Muslims an expanded homeland. The...

Japan pressured to oppose US-India nuclear deal

"TOKYO - Anti-nuclear campaigners launched a campaign Friday to press nuclear energy suppliers to stop an accord between India and the United States, saying it would shatter anti-proliferation efforts. A loose coalition including activists and scholars focused efforts on...

Indian MPs hold confidence debate

India Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh has described the nuclear deal as 'historic'."The Indian parliament is debating a vote of confidence in the Congress party-led government that could decide the fate of a...

Chavez loosens terms of oil-supply pact

The admirer of fidel castro's cuba and anti-globalist dealing with oil-supply problems."Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez touted a pact delivering fuel to Caribbean nations and loosened the financing terms to aid...

Sarkozy aims to revive EU pact this year

In an important speech delivered yesterday in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who assumed the French rotating EU presidency at the begining of the month, outlined the timeframe he envisions for...

End of ceasefire 'imminent' as more rockets fired from Gaza

The cease-fire in Gaza appears to be all but over as more rocket attacks have been launched into Israel. It wasn't even able to last mroe than a week." Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel today, as the week-long ceasefire deal...

Lest we die of hunger

Today I met Julia and she told me about her CJ site about Kenya.  Here is a sample of the work."Accordingto the Holy Book, Jesus Christ fed thousands with five loaves of breadand two fish. Long before that, is an account chronicling the receptionby the Jewish people of...

Just Say it: "Kyoto's a Crock"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne thing that is true about all the Kyoto Bandwaggonry, is that opposition politicians and politicians in power, who had the power to implement Kyoto, did...

China denies 'link' to Greek doping scandal

" CHINA said yesterday Greek media reports blaming the "positive" doping test results of that nation's weightlifting team on a Shanghai-based drug maker were wrong. "The Chinese side paid great attention to the issue, and according to our initial investigation, the facts...

Open Skies agreement begins

"Cheaper air tickets and more airline choice could be on the horizon as the Open Skies pact between the EU and the US comes into effect today.After more than four years of often tense negotiations, hopes are high that the new open skies agreement will usher in a new...

Kenya MPs urged to back agreement

MPs are being pushed to accept a law that would share power between president Mwai Kibaki and make opposition party leader Raila Odinga Prime Minister in a power-sharing deal."Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki has...

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