New Questions over CIA Nominee Brennan’s Denial of Civilian Drone

New Questions over CIA Nominee Brennan’s Denial of Civilian Drone Deaths Claims by the Central Intelligence Agency’s new director-designate that the US intelligence services received ‘no information’ about any civilians killed by US drones in the year prior to June...

Aishwarya Rai receives French civilan award on her Birthday

CLICK HERE TO VIEW Mrs. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan receives French highest civilian award on her Birthday - PHOTOSBollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was honoured by France with a prestigious civilian award for her contribution to art today on her birthday.Francois...

Israel retaliates against Hamas

Hamas is at fault in this.  Israel does not attack Gaza if Hamas does not try to attack Israel.  If Gazans would get rid of Hamas, there could be real peace in the middle east. "In retaliation for the...

'Officer of the Order of Canada' go to Indian origin scientist

New Delhi: Indian origin scientist Shrawan Kumar has been awarded the 'Officer of the Order of Canada', country's top civilian honour for his pioneering research on workplace and spinal injuries. He is among 57...

Philippines gunmen still holding dozens of hostages

This incident is not in the area under military law and said not to be connected to the killing of 57 people. Its a gang of known kidnappers. " An armed group has seized dozens of hostages from a school in the...

Sri Lanka: attacks on free media put displaced civilians at risk

" Vigil marking the first anniversary of the detention of Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, London, March 2008 © Amnesty International" "If you read Sri Lankan newspapers,...

'Agents of Change' Receive 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom

In a ceremony held today in the East Room of the White House, President and Mrs. Obama participated in a ceremony for the 2009 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Obama presented the 2009...

Afghan helicopter crash kills 16 - Updated

" A civilian helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 16 people, a military official has told the BBC. The helicopter crashed at the Kandahar airfield, Nato's largest base in southern...

AP writer denied permission remain in Sri Lanka

Ravi Nessman, the Associated Press burea chief in Sri Lanka was denied permission to remain in Sri Lanka. Associated Press had reported extensively on the heavy civilian casualities this year. Nessman also...

Chiba Day

  By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...

Milan and Sredoje Lukic, Bosnian Serbs, Convicted of War Crimes

Milan Lukic, 41, and his cousin Sredoje Lukic, 48, were found guilty of war crimes, among them the burning of Bosnian Muslims alive in the town of Visegrad, during the civil war in Yugoslavia in 1992-95. Cousins...

Sri Lankan doctors recant death figures

After being in custody for about two months, the doctors say they inflated death tolls. The doctors who stayed with the people till the end now claims that only 350-400 civilians were killed in the last month of...

Failed strategy in Afghanistan

Obama said a surgewould not be successfulin Iraq so now he istrying a surge inAfghanistan"When will the Obama administration stop transplanting the Bush administration's failed methods from Iraq to Afghanistan...

Sri Lanka "runs out of time" for investigation

Sri Lankan government ended the investigation into human right abuses during the war with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This decision came despite call from various human rights groups request to allow...

Up to 30,000 'disabled' by Sri Lankan shells

Sri Lanka's shelling made up to 30,000 tamil people disabled.  A french charity in Batticaloa  producing artificial limbs has got "huge demand". But Mahinda Rajapakse is still claiming his army rescued...

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