Taleban 'cleared from Kandahar'

After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...

Guantanamo 9/11 suspects on trial

Trial for 5 terrorists, considered as mastermind of attack on World Trade Centre,  have started at a miltiary tribunal in Guantanamo Bay. All five men face the death penalty if convicted by the US tribunal in Cuba. " The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the...

Plea after girl 'starves to death'

A seven year girl was allegedly starved to death in her home by her parents in Birmingham over the past several days, and officials are demanding an explanation from social services as to how this was allowed to happen."An MP is calling for a council to review its childcare...

Five at Guantanamo to face capital charges

After many years, it would appear charges are being brought against alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. "A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly conspiring in the...

Common people bear brunt of climate change`s impact

"Fiu Elias Sara from Samoa Islands said the land surface in his country lay only less than three meters above sea level so that it was under serious threat of sinking.Felicita from Mexico said climate change had caused floods which had adversely affected the country`s...

Walhi presses for exclusion of carbon brokers from negotiations

""If carbon brokers and traders act as negotiators, there will be a scandal because they will only think of forest trade," Walhi Executive Director Khalid Muhammad said on the sidelines of a "climate justice" rally here on Wednesday. Walhi was looking into who currently acted...

Puff, Puff, Past: Eradicating Moroccan Cannabis

"Morocco, which has slashed cannabis cultivation by nearly half over the past four years, hopes to eradicate the main remaining area of cultivation in the northern Rif mountains by opening up the region and introducing substitute crops. The eradication programme encourages...