No peace, no silence in Colombia
New documentation is available on the precariousness of life and pall of terror weighing upon Colombia. Why has deadly conflict persisted for decades? Why have rich nations turned a blind eye, or lent a hand?
Angry wife puts hubby to sleep, cuts off testicles
To protect her marriage, a gynecologist in Xiaoxian, Jiangxi province, sliced off of her hubby's testicles. Li, a hardworking doctor, takes good care of her two children. But her husband surnamed Huang had an 18-year-old mistress two years ago. Li asked for a divorce but Huang turned her down.
Hunger drives man to jail
A jobless Taiwanese national stole a box of cotton swabs to get arrested again and have free lunch in jail. Tsou Hao-lan from Taipei first stole a pair of shoes Sunday. He was detained and released, according to local media. But, because he was unable to forget the police department boxed lunches, the man then resorted to stealing again the next day just to get back inside and be fed for free.
Iraq violence seen as effort to derail pullout
A string of deadly bombings has hit Baghdad and other areas as the U.S. prepares to pull out of Iraqi cities and towns next week.
The writing is on the settlement walls
A paralyzing equation has long bedevilled would-be Middle East peacemakers: either, go directly to negotiating the kernel issues of the Israel-Palestine conflict - borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem - and leave, in the context of a full peace, the thorny question of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to fall naturally into place. Or, tackle the settlements head-on, thereby opening the way for a peace drive.
Global workers defend Bangladeshi jobs
Trade unionists from around the world celebrated today after international solidarity helped garment workers in Bangladesh win a resounding victory against 'corporate exploiters.'
Rich, poor to clash in UN summit
Underdeveloped countries prepare to confront wealthy powers in defense of their survival during the present world economic crisis in the UN this week. A UN official told Prensa Latina that top ranking officials of 130 countries have assured participation in the largest conference to date to debate the present economic and financial world crisis, as well as its impact on development.
50,000 people attend German Communist Party media fair
DORTMUND, Germany -- The biannual press fair of Unzere Zeit [Our Time], the socialist weekly newspaper of the German Communist Party, was attended by 50,000 people over the weekend of June 19–21 in Revier Park near Dortmund, Germany.
A/H1N1 flu epidemic escalating in Middle East
The influenza A/H1N1 epidemic swept over the Middle East region as infections continued to climb across the region and more countries previously immune to the flu saw their first confirmed cases. Oman's Health Ministry last Wednesday confirmed its first three A/H1N1 cases, which was three Omani students studying in the United States, the first such cases in the Sultanate.
One in six of world are going hungry
The UN has warned that the global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion. UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) officials reported at the weekend that, because of war, drought, political instability, high food prices and poverty, hunger now affects 1.02 billion - up 11 per cent from last year's 915 million.
