Maoist Back in Action

Kathmandu, November 4, 2009: From early morning the situation in and around the valley was tensed with high security alert and police personnel running around the valley. The recent declaration of agitation...

President Obama continues economic stranglehold on Cuba

On Monday, President Obama continued the economic stranglehold on Cuba for another year claiming "...that the continuation for one year of the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba is in the national...

UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime

The problem is Hamas. If they would give up terrorism then they would be able to get enough aid to rebuild." A U.N. human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the...

Top Hamas strongman emerges from post-war hiding

" Gaza's top strongman  emerged Saturday from six weeks in hiding, leading a Hamas delegation to Egypt for cease-fire talks and reiterating the Islamic militant group is "flexible" over who should lead...

U.N.’s John Ging..Fair and Balanced.. Criticizes Israel, Hamas

In this statement he seems to be trying to be fair but his prior statements were mostly anti- Israel. "As to Hamas, Mr. Ging called on its leadership to rein in its rank and file after armed policemen looted...

Israeli forces seize aid ship heading for Gaza

The ship should have went  to Egypt as scheduled. They should have known that  Israel would not allow themto land in Gaza."Citing security concerns, Israeli naval forces early Thursday commandeered...

Israel rules out opening Gaza border if Hamas gains

This will be the next big dispute. If Hamas really cares for thewelfare of Gazans they will acceptothers controlling the money and aid." Israel has all but ruled out fully reopening border crossings with the Gaza...

Ban 'appalled' by Gaza's damage

 At least the killing has ended,for now.  The reconstructionwill be expensive and willtake a long time."The headquarters were badly damaged and nearly 40 people were killed near one of the schools....

Another humanitarian tragedy that fails to hit the prime time

While the war on Gaza preoccupies the attention of international media, human rights organisations international community and public at large another humanitarian tragedy of equal gravity unfolds largely...

The World Protests Israel Genocide on Gaza

.This is the opinion of one paper in Uganda.  It is posted to show the extremes to which propaganda goes in this war." In spite of Mainstream media biased reporting of Gaza,thousands of people all over the...

Gaza Relief Boat Damaged in Encounter with Israeli Naval Vessel

An Israeli navel vessel rammed a boat carrying medical volunteers, relief supplies and journalists to Gaza early Tuesday as it attempted to intercept the vessel in the Mediterranean Sea.  Israel denies...

Activists' medical aid boat breaches Israel's blockade

A medical aid boat from Qatar and Lebanon managed to breach the Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. It carried "medicine required for cancer brought by the Qatari government at the request of the Palestinian...

Colombo steps up bombardment on Vanni

Sri Lanka's ongoing military campaign has reached a genocidal proportion with the deliberate targeting of civilianareas aimed at driving the civilians out of the LTTE held regions. The region has been crippled...

How Can My Brother Walk?

Following is a narration by a 4th grader from the northern part of Sri Lanka (Vanni) of the Sri Lanka Airforce attack on an internally displaced hamlet on  29-November 2008. Because we have no father, my mother,...

UNHRC censures Israeli blockade on Gaza

The UN Human Rights Council urged Israel to end the blockade of the Gaza Stirp and the "physical and mental torture inflicted on Arab prisoners." It also asked Israel to "end all forms of cruel, inhuman and...

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