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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says Cholera Crisis Over

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12.11.08 posted by jason 0 views no comments
What Cholera outbreak. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe suggested today that the Cholera crisis was over. In fact, it is far from over. If ever there was a time for more international action against Mugabe's regime it is now. See this NYT article and judge for yourself
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Nepal's Deposed King leaves Palace for Last Time

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06.11.08 posted by pondy 58 views 1 comment
What happens when a King is stripped of his power and told the age of Monarchy in his country is over after almost 300 years of rule? He leaves. That's what happened today as Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra left his palace for good Wednesday, marking an end to the world's last Hindu monarchy. But the 94 year old mistress of the King's grandfather was permitted to stay in the palace.
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Zimbabwe High Court Rules Against Opposition

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04.14.08 posted by jason 105 views no comments
Robert Mugabe scored a victory today. The biggest question on everyone's mind is - now what? Zimbabwe's High Court ruled Monday that it would not force the troubled African country's electoral commission to release the results of the March 29 presidential vote.
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EU says it has 'very serious concerns' over alleged Sri Lanka human rights abuses

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03.18.08 posted by jason 131 views no comments
The European Union said Tuesday it has "very serious concerns" about reported human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. Abductions, enforced disappearances and unexplained killings have increased in the country since December 2005, when hostilities reignited between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels after a cease-fire brought relative calm for more than three years.
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03.23.08 posted by jason 124 views no comments
Four U.S. soldiers died in a roadside bombing in Iraq on Sunday, military officials reported, bringing the American toll in the 5-year-old war to the grim milestone of 4,000 deaths.
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U.N. police returning to Kosovo towns

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03.19.08 posted by jason 126 views no comments
United Nations police began returning to the Serb-dominated part of this divided town Wednesday after Serb leaders promised they would not be attacked, a U.N. spokesman said. The international police force pulled out of Mitrovica on Monday after the worst violence since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia a month ago.
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Darfur is in worse shape than four years ago, Ban says

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04.05.08 posted by chab13 112 views no comments
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the conditions in Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur have worsened, four years after the UN Security Council first turned its attention on the ethnic conflict there.
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Did China Hack into US Lawmakers' Computers?

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06.12.08 posted by pondy 58 views no comments
China dismissed accusations from two United States lawmakers that it had hacked their office computers as alarmist and unfounded. The computers that were targeted contained sensitive information about human rights in China. Congressman Christopher Smith, a New Jersey Republican, said he had "every reason to believe" the Chinese government was to blame.
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Iran: We Are Not Interested in Nuclear Weapons

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06.03.08 posted by pondy 64 views no comments
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has insisted it will continue its nuclear activities for civilian purposes only and will not manufacture nuclear weapons. The comments come a day after the UN's atomic watchdog urged from Iran "full disclosure" about its atomic work. Its report said alleged research into warheads was "of serious concern".
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'Puppet President' Medvedev Takes Power in Putin Job Swap

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05.06.08 posted by pondy 84 views no comments
Tomorrow is inauguration day in Russia, but how much will things change under new leadership? At his inauguration tomorrow Dmitri Medvedev, 42, will be unable to escape the shadow of his predecessor, Vladimir Putin. His first act as President will be to appoint his patron in a job-swap that allows Mr Putin to keep a firm grip on power.
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Japan Pledges to Double Aid to Africa

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05.27.08 posted by jason 66 views no comments
With its regional competitor, China, becoming more and more engaged in African affairs, Japan upped the ante today with a new pledge of economic support for Africa. n particular, Japan will provide up to $4 billion in flexible, low-interest "soft loans" to Africa over the next five years for infrastructure projects, something Africa is very much in need of.
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