Sudan 'kills refugees in Darfur'

"Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes in Darfur, a rebel spokesman told the BBC. There is no...

MDC Wins Zimbabwe Parliament Vote

In a surprising move, MDC chairman Lovemore Moyo was voted the first opposition speaker since the country's independence in 1980. Two MDC law-makers were arrested at the ceremony, after Moyo narrowly beat Mugabe-backed MDC candidate Paul Themba Nyathi 110 to 98. "As the MPs...

Opposition reunites in Zimbabwe

"Zimbabwe's rival opposition factions say they have reunited, declaring they have a majority in parliament. The announcement was jointly made by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, whose faction split in 2005. The final results...

Dutch Government opposes islamophobic film

"Do not broadcast critical Islam movie, says Dutch foreign minister 29 February 2008AMSTERDAM - Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen on Thursday called upon legislator Geert Wilders, founder of the right-wing Freedom Party, not to broadcast a movie that...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

New Coalition Is Reached To Rule Iraq

"y ELI LAKE Staff Reporter of the Sun August 17, 2007  WASHINGTON — A month before General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker deliver to Congress a make-or-break assessment of Iraq, the country's prime minister announced a new ruling coalition that excludes the...

Gaza faction boosts police ranks-For Palestinan Security purposes?

"Gaza faction boosts police ranks The latest factional fighting is the worst in several months About 500 Fatah loyalists have returned to Gaza from police training in Egypt amid fighting with rival faction Hamas. The latest violence killed 14 people, including eight in one...

The Struggle Continues: Mugabe Opponents Vow to Retake Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe remains in the news. Check out some other articles by NP'ers as well. Zimbabwe finds itself on the brink every so often these past few years; perhaps this time critical mass has been achieved."President Robert Mugabe's opponents have vowed to unite to drive him from...

Nepal's new source of unrest

"Nepal's new source of unrest By Charles Haviland BBC News, Kathmandu The government has asked Maoists to talk to the southern insurgents Nepal's 10-year civil war appears to be over, with Maoist rebels locking up their weapons and preparing to join the government. But with...