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September 04, 2010
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September 04, 2010
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan - An Afghan official said that 10 election campaigners had been killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country.
Two other people, including a candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections, were injured in the alleged air raid in ...
Amnesty International Report Cites Unlawful Killings and Torture Linked to Yemen's Counter-Terrorism
August 28, 2010
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August 28, 2010
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity. We have more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions and we coordinate this support to act for justice on a wide range of issues.
August 28, 2010
Puttalam Township, Sri Lanka -- More than 40 U.S. servicemembers arrived in Sri Lanka to begin a six-day combined medical and engineering training mission with the Sri Lankan government and medical representatives from Maldives and Mongolia.
The mission, called Pacific Angel-Sri Lanka, will be co...
August 12, 2010
New York - The International Year of Youth kicked off today with calls from United Nations officials to harness the talents and energy of the world´s young people to promote better understanding and dialogue between different generations, cultures and religions.
Dialogue and mutual understanding ...
August 08, 2010
HONG KONG -- DuPont is collaborating with the Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd. (HK Electric), a major power utility company in Hong Kong, to support the building and operation of the largest thin film photovoltaic rooftop project in Hong Kong.
With an installation capacity of 550 kilowatt-peak (kWp), ...
August 05, 2010
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) condemnes the Obama administration's decision to resume engagement with Indonesia's notorious Kopassus special forces.
"Slipping back into bed with Kopassus is a betrayal of the brutal unit's many victims in Timor-Leste, West Papua and throughout...
July 30, 2010
Waterford, Ireland -- International Living magazine reports that Costa Rica is nearing a goal it set for itself in 2007… to be carbon-neutral in time for the country´s 200th birthday in 2021.
Three years after making that pledge, Costa Rica is practically there. It already produces 90% of i...
July 30, 2010
Waterford, Ireland -- Mexico has more visitors and makes more money from tourism per year than any country in Latin America…but in the recently released Latin Tourism Index, Uruguay came out on top as Latin America´s tourism champion.
Assembled by the Latin Business Chronicle, the index ass...
July 29, 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia -- A new Greenpeace investigation into the operations of Sinar Mas, one the most notorious destroyers of Indonesia´s rainforests, reveals how it is continuing to break its own environmental commitments on protecting forests and peatland.
Publishing new photographic evidence, ae...
July 23, 2010
London, UK -- Pearson announced that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has formally approved Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) as fully satisfying the Government´s criteria for English language proficiency tests for student visas under Tier 4 of the Points Based System.
Under the te...
July 12, 2010
Hindus are asking for either the opening-up of multi-religious schools or making the education more secular in Ireland.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Irish society and the world had changed so much, and thus education in Ireland should also keep p...
July 12, 2010
The well-known Hindu leader Rajan Zed´s request to read opening prayer in Australia House of Representatives (AHR) has been denied.
Replying to Zed´s request, AHR Speaker Harry Jenkins wrote in a communiqué: Unfortunately you cannot be scheduled to read the opening prayers as you...
July 12, 2010
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today reported that 221 people lost their lives in the war-torn Sudanese region due to armed conflict and criminality in June, the vast majority of deaths being attributed to inter-tribal fighting.
The clashes between the Rize...
June 18, 2010
LIESHOUT, The Netherlands -- Because Bavaria is unable to respond to all the questions from the press on this issue, it would like to react with a written statement concerning the arrest of two Dutch women. Unfortunately, Bavaria has been drawn into the furore surrounding the arrest of the two ladie...
June 18, 2010
BLANKENBERGE, Belgium -- The Sand sculpture festival in Blankenberge is featuring its longest sculpture promenade ever. After achieving the European height record in Zeebrugge in 1998, the festival is now vying for the world record. The length of 841,80 metres was taken and it is enough to become th...
June 18, 2010
LONDON -- The latest poll by global reputation auditors Echo Research shows that the British public are uncertain which companies are sponsoring the tournament.
People are also sceptical about sponsors' motives, believing they are driven more by hard-nosed targets, such as getting on television o...
June 11, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Thirteen home-grown as well as Malaysian operations of large multinational companies were recognized for their excellence in sustainable products, services and strategies at the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Green Excellence Awards banquet.
Co-located with Green Buildin...
June 10, 2010
KIEV, Ukraine, -- There is clear and convincing evidence that large sums are being siphoned from the multi-billion dollar revenues from the global cigarette smuggling trade into the pockets of terrorist networks and international organized crime.
A United Nations Security Council investigative bo...
May 30, 2010
A research team at RIKEN, Japan´s flagship research organization, has uncovered the first ever evidence of nuclear gene transfer from host to parasite plant species. The discovery, reported in Science this week, hints at a greater role for horizontal gene transfer in plant evolution.
May 30, 2010
LONDON -- Live from the iPad queue at the Apple Store on Regent Street, the latest Guinness World Record Breaker can be announced for the fastest time to type the alphabet on an iPad. Joseph Grech, who is 28 and originally from Malta, was queuing from 3am before making his record attempt and setting...
May 22, 2010
TARIFA -- The Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa (FCAT – Tarifa African Film Festival, Spain) celebrates its seventh edition this year. This event will screen up to 113 African films and it will bring together some of the most distinguished African artists, in the closest town of continental Europe...
May 22, 2010
Singapore has jumped ahead of Hong Kong and USA and earned the top spot in global ranking of economic competitiveness as reported by Swiss business school IMD.
May 16, 2010
LONDON -- Ivor Ichikowitz, founder of leading African defence and aerospace business Paramount Group, has issued an urgent call to the developing world to lead a new defence industrial approach for the 21st Century.
Mr Ichikowitz places developing countries at the centre of his vision as being th...
May 16, 2010
(Rankings Live on www.topuniversities.com)
- University of Hong Kong Tops Table Ahead of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and National University of Singapore
- Rankings Produced by Team Behind the QS World University Rankings(TM)
May 14, 2010
Tokyo, Japan – Despite yet another day of compelling evidence of major corruption in the Japanese government whaling programme, Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, known as the Tokyo Two, have been warned by their lawyers that they still run a serious risk of a custodial sentence.
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May 13, 2010
Earlier last month, two German Parliamentarians - ruling Christian Democratic Union's Ute Granold and her colleague Pascal Kober from the Free Democratic Party - visited Gujarat and justifying their denial of Germany's visa to Chief Minister Narendra Modi referred him as a "dictator". They also drew...
May 08, 2010
The world still has time to avert catastrophe in Niger, where more than half the population have been hit by drought, while crucial humanitarian aid in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be harmed by a premature withdrawal of peacekeepers, the top United Nations relief offi...
May 08, 2010
Official selection: 2009 Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard | Toronto International Film Festival | WINNER! Best First Feature - Palm Spring Film Festival
Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem´s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father of fou...
May 01, 2010
Singapore/Jakarta -- As shareholders arrived at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the palm oil arm of Sinar Mas, Greenpeace released fresh evidence showing how Sinar Mas continues to destroy Indonesia's rainforests despite promises to stop. Deforestation for palm oil ...
April 24, 2010
Amir Jahangir, one of Pakistan´s most promising media professionals marked history by becoming the first Pakistani to be selected in the global top 10 media professionals for the year 2010. The announcement was made at the International Festival of Media in Valencia, Spain.
The Festival, no...
April 23, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Even before she and the Urban Bush Women served as diplomats of dance this spring on a U.S. State Department-sponsored cultural-exchange tour of South America, renowned choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar wore many hats. Make that dancing shoes.
Zollar is the founder an...
April 18, 2010
If manufacturers were to adopt simple ecodesign principles and re-evaluate the production process of just five staple consumer products (kettle, television, mobile phone, fridge, DSL box), the UK would save over 1.2 million tonnes of C02 each year – the equivalent of taking over 5 billion road miles...
April 18, 2010
Milton Keynes, UK -- Quofore announced that Dave Barker, professional services director, EMEA, will present at the World Whiskies Conference. A popular two-day business summit that addresses the sales, marketing and production challenges of the global whiskey industry, the conference will take place...
April 18, 2010
London, UK -- Savoo.co.uk, one of the fastest-growing voucher code sites, which features offers such as Dell discount codes, has appointed Simon Bird as the second UK-based person to join its team as UK Director of Retail Partnerships. Bird´s appointment is testament to Savoo´s heavy inv...
April 17, 2010
Rana Pratap Nagar, India -- Bajrang Dal activists ransacked Rana Pratap Nagar police station after some of their associates were rounded up. Police had to resort to lathi-charge to bring the situation under control and disperse the mob. The enraged activists damaged an air-cooler installed inside th...
April 17, 2010
INDIA -- The word 'rape' could go out of the Indian Penal Code, replaced by a more inclusive 'sexual assault' that would place non-consensual oral or anal sex at par with forcible sexual intercourse under a comprehensive review of rape laws finalized by a panel at the home ministry. The panel has re...
April 17, 2010
INDIA -- Nearly one third of Muslims in the nation survive on less than Rs 550 a month, Economic think tank NCAER said, amid the ongoing debate on reservations in jobs and educational institutions for those belonging to the community. A survey by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (N...
April 17, 2010
INDIA -- The controversial killing of Ishrat Jahan and Javed Shaikh in 2004 by Gujarat police allegedly on the basis of inputs from central intelligence agencies but termed a fake encounter by a magisterial inquiry took a fresh turn with the home ministry offering a CBI inquiry into it. Standing by ...
April 17, 2010
INDIA -- Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil revealed that the police are in possession of an audio tape comprising a conversation of Malegaon bomb blast accused making derogatory references to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Replying to a debate on law and order in the Legislative Assembly, Patil said the...
April 17, 2010
Avandi, India -- Describing Naxalism as the country's "first enemy," Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the menace would be completely rooted out in another two or three years. He said Naxalism has assumed gigantic proportions as it had not been dealt with properly in the last 12 years.
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April 17, 2010
Chhattisgarh, India -- Ambushing policemen who were out on an operation against them in thick forests, Naxalites carried out their deadliest attack in the early morning hours killing 76 CRPF personnel who appeared to have walked into their "trap". The police personnel were literally caught sleeping ...
April 17, 2010
Vancouver, BC -- Individual health and welfare is just as important as that of the environment for nearly 2 out of 3 of consumers (65%), but for close to one third (31%), they themselves are the top priority when making a purchase. Just 3.9% of respondents of the Earth Day 2010 Survey conducted by ...
April 17, 2010
Bonn, Germany -- The first UNFCCC meeting since the failed Copenhagen Climate Change Summit closed with countries agreeing to minimal measures on how to move forward. The meeting was marred by a complete lack of the required sense of urgency as many countries fell back on bad habits.
Instead of ...
April 09, 2010
Afghanistan -- The goal is to rid the city of Taliban forces before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in August, according to the official.
US officials previously have disclosed plans for a Nato-led offensive in the area this year but have not said when it might happen. The two-month offen...
March 28, 2010
Singapore -- An ongoing global perceptions study on climate change and the carbon markets is measuring present and future perceptions on key carbon market issues. As part of the study, a global survey of carbon markets & climate change stakeholders has been launched to gather their views.
The Cop...
March 28, 2010
A "steady flow of arms shipments including thousand of Iranian-made rockets" has permitted Hezbollah to rearm after the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006. UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah, banned all unauthorized weapons between the L...
March 28, 2010
Okayama, Japan -- Actor Shin Koyamada, star of The Last Samurai and Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior movies, was named the International Goodwill Ambassador of Okayama Prefecture in Japan. In recognition of his commitment to promoting Okayama and Japanese culture around the world, the honor of Internatio...
March 28, 2010
LONDON - The international body governing the shipping industry approved rules to limit air pollution from ships in most U.S. and Canadian waters. The rules are expected to prevent millions of illnesses and 14,000 premature deaths by 2020.
Friends of the Earth has spent ten years working to put t...
March 28, 2010
Investigative reporter Allan Nairn recently broke a story of assassinations by the Indonesian military: "According to senior Indonesian officials and police and details from government files, the U.S.-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI), now due for fresh American aid, assassinated a series of civi...
March 28, 2010
Sir Elton John announced from Cape Town, South Africa, the granting of a £984,000 award to mothers2mothers (m2m) to be used to help prevent hundreds of thousands of babies across Africa from contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through mother-to child transmission and assist mothers in...
March 28, 2010
Prunerov, Czech Republic -- Twelve Greenpeace activists today climbed the 300 metre high chimney of the Prunerov II coal-fired power station to hang a banner denouncing it as a ´Global Shame´. The action follows the forced resignation of the Czech environment Minister after he refused to approve a ...
March 19, 2010
Washington, D.C. -- World Wildlife Fund is dismayed that discussion of a long-awaited proposal to ban international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna was cut short at the world´s largest wildlife trade convention when an immediate vote was pushed through.
Member governments of the C...
March 19, 2010
BROMLEY, ENGLAND -- South London Healthcare NHS Trust transformed its entrance to the Children's Ward at the Princess Royal University site, with a colourful window display in the corridor, generously funded by the Rotary Club of Bromley. The GBP15,000 donation transformed the corridor into a beauti...
March 19, 2010
PARIS, FRANCE -- Saxo Banque France, the online investment and trading specialist, has announced an exclusive partnership with Agricote, the agricultural broker, allowing farmers to manage their selling prices and negotiate agricultural or commodity futures and CFDS online using the award winning Sa...
March 19, 2010
Dallas, TX -- MediSend International and HopeXchange, US-based international nonprofit organizations with extensive experience working in Africa and with complementary humanitarian missions, have formed a strategic partnership to provide transformational health services in the West African country o...
March 19, 2010
ECELA (Español y Cultura en Latin America) announced that it will be changing one of its Argentine Spanish school locations from Bariloche to the city of Mendoza. ECELA operates programs throughout South America with locations including Argentina, Chile, and Peru. The new Spanish school in Argentina...
March 19, 2010
Milan, Italy -- A team of eight Italian disaster specialists sponsored by the International Association of Scientologists left for Haiti. Departing from Malpensa Airport in Milan, they took with them 2.7 tons of supplies, including more than 1,300 pounds of medical equipment and tents, 815 pounds of...
March 19, 2010
Washington, DC -- Studies released at a symposium in Washington, D.C. underscored the wide range of benefits modern agriculture has provided to society and emphasized the importance of continued innovation and new technologies to meeting growing global food, feed, fiber and industrial needs.
Rese...
March 19, 2010
Doha, Qatar - Greenpeace condemns the failure of governments meeting for at the CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species), to agree any measures to protect endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Speaking from the meeting, Greenpeace International oceans campaigner Oliver Knowles ...
March 13, 2010
With economic recession taking a breather, advertising agencies and PR firms are now back in the hunt for fresh clients as budgets start getting healthier. And, it's not just them - web development companies, creative houses, publications and media houses; virtually everyone on the block is trying t...
March 11, 2010
This year, Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer of SAMAA TV, Pakistan's leading private news channels has been honored as one of the Young Global Leaders for 2010. Jahangir has been acknowledged for his profound leadership quality in promoting innovative media communication models addressing socio...
March 11, 2010
Cuilco, Guatemala -- We often hear the horror stories of companies coming into struggling communities and making massive profits without ever paying back the local community. It is a pleasant surprise to see that World Energy Research (WER) is doing the complete opposite of that.
From the moment ...
March 11, 2010
London -- Worldwide Investments, the UK's leading overseas property investment company, has announced new opportunities in Brazil and Argentina.
According to spokesperson, Mrs. Anna Thompson, investors would be recommended to consider developing economies for growth opportunities as opposed to tr...
March 11, 2010
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti -- Classes have begun again for the children of Cejecodema School in Martissant, an area on the outskirts of Port-Au-Prince in Haiti, thanks to assistance from Save the Children. The humanitarian agency has provided classroom tents and supplies so that hundreds of children in t...
March 06, 2010
Reading, UK -- Orion Health, Ltd., a market leader in providing clinical workflow and integration technology for electronic health record solutions, today announced the appointment of Charles Scatchard as the new President of International - covering the EMEA, India, and North Asia regions and assis...
March 06, 2010
Haiti -- Ruth Parasol DeLeon, founding member of the Bonita Trust´s International Advisory Committee says "Water is the source of life and clean water is extremely limited now in Haiti, particularly in the tent camps where thousands of homeless people are literally struggling to survive. Watch...
March 06, 2010
SAMAA TV and the World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF Pakistan) have embarked on an innovative nation-wide partnership at WWF Pakistan's Wetlands Centre located in Kakapir Village near Sandspit. The partnership intends to enhance public awareness on critical environment challenges, bringing fort...
March 01, 2010
Agoda.com, one of Asia's leading hotel booking websites and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline.com, is offering a host of special deals for people heading to the world's richest horse racing event, the Dubai World Cup 2010. The event starts on March 27 at Meydan Racecourse, part of the futuristic Meydan City entertainment district.
March 01, 2010
As a company committed to making a difference, Jolica is delighted to celebrate the new gardens in Afghanistan. Each garden represents hope for a more stable future for the family. Afghan women gain self-respect because they can now provide for their family and economic independence because they can...
March 01, 2010
Barcelona, Spain -- More than 1,500 young and innovative business leaders from 80 countries convened in Barcelona for the Global Leadership Summit, hosted by YPO (Young Presidents´ Organization). YPO´s annual flagship event centered around the theme "Thriving in Any Environment" and feat...
March 01, 2010
Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Targray Technology International Inc--a leading global supplier of raw materials and cutting-edge products to Optical Media and Photovoltaic manufacturers --has been recertified as a Sony Green Partner based on its ongoing practices in sound environmental management. Foll...
February 28, 2010
With the withdrawal of the 1,950 Dutch troops in Afghanistan following the collapse of the Dutch government, the Jury Team, one of the political parties in the newly formed Alliance for Democracy, again called on the UK government to bring the number of British troops in Afghanistan into line with t...
February 28, 2010
Singapore -- The Singapore Government released its budget for the year 2010. An analysis of the budget shows that the country has weathered the financial crisis very resiliently and it now seeks to build upon this success by ushering an era of higher productivity.
In his budget speech, Minister o...
February 28, 2010
ECELA Spanish school in Argentina has announced a trailblazing program that will benefit not only its Spanish immersion students, but also Buenos Aires citizens who are in need and have not had the opportunity to receive proper medical attention and advice. Organized jointly with local community cen...
February 28, 2010
Geneva, Switzerland -- American Citizens Abroad (ACA) announced that a delegation representing three different groups of United States citizens abroad will head to Washington, D.C. for Overseas Americans Week, to be held April 19 - 23rd, 2010. All three groups involved are volunteer non-profit organ...
February 28, 2010
United Kingdom -- Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, insisted that the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was a "matter of judgement" not deceit, as critics of the war have claimed.
Robustly defending his controversial decision to lead Britain into the war, Blair refused the opportunity to express ...
February 28, 2010
United Kingdom -- A Muslim youth jailed for 8 years after being called "wannabe suicide bomber" was the victim of a miscarriage of justice, appeal court judges ruled on January 29. The 24-year-old student from Scotland was released on February 8. Mohammed Atif Siddique said he should not have been ...
February 21, 2010
DAKAR – A gigantic wall stretching over thousands of kilometres is being erected in Africa, which has no parallels in human history except the Green Wall of China designed to hold back the Gobi desert.
The African fence -- named the 'Great Green Wall', which will run through 11 countries -- is pu...
February 21, 2010
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- At an event coinciding with the Norway - Canada Olympic hockey game, members of the Pure Salmon Campaign and several of British Columbia's First Nations chiefs called for the removal of Norwegian-owned salmon farms from Canadian waters. These open-net pens continue to degrade regi...
February 21, 2010
Spanish solar photovoltaic multinational, OPDE, has recently signed with the Governor of the Mexican state of Durango, the partnership agreement which includes the construction, during the period 2010-2013, of solar photovoltaic plants totalling an output of 45 MW. The first -1 MW power- solar power plant will be built at the Logistics and Industrial Park in Durango and will be fully operational in 2010. The agreement also envisages the establishment in the area within three years of new branches of the companies that make up the OPDE group: OPDE, MECASOLAR and PROINSO.
February 21, 2010
Government of Senegal launches major national action plan to seize on momentum created by local communities and the NGO Tostan to end the practice by 2015
February 21, 2010
As businesses across the globe are urged to reduce their carbon footprints, it seems Google, the company founded on the principle ´don't be evil´, currently penalises UK websites hosted on foreign servers powered 100% by green energy. Epicado, a UK web marketing company based in Stroud,...
February 19, 2010
12 Civilians Killed in Rocket Attack
February 19, 2010
Some 6,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops launched a sustained assault on the town of Marjah in Helmand province. Until this latest offensive, the U.S. and NATO effort in Afghanistan had been constrained by other considerations, most notably Iraq. Western forces viewed ...
February 14, 2010
Tokyo – Nobel Peace Prize winners Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and Betty Williams along with a diverse range of international celebrities have added their support for Greenpeace
anti-whaling activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki: calling on the Japanese government to ensure that the upcoming t...
February 12, 2010
Observers inside Iran say the government is disrupting vital communications links, including the internet and mobile-phone service in an effort to keep the opposition off guard. Opposition activists sometimes rely on text messages and the internet to coordinate demonstrations. Meanwhile, on several...
February 12, 2010
BAGHDAD—Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said.
The order comes in the wake of a U.S. judge's dismissal of criminal charges against five...
February 12, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - A Haitian judge has decided to release 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 children and trying to spirit them out of the earthquake- stricken country, a judicial source said.
The source said the missionaries, who have been in jail since they were stopped at Haiti's bord...
February 12, 2010
Tokyo, Japan -- The Japanese government breached a series of internationally guaranteed human rights by detaining two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered major corruption in the Japanese whaling program, according to a working group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Junichi S...
February 12, 2010
KABUL - Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday.
U.S.-led NATO forces are planning one of the 8-year-old war's...
February 12, 2010
Abu Abdullah has never been charged with a crime, but he has been arrested by Palestinian security forces so many times in the past two years that he has lost count.
He has been arrested at work, in the market, on the street, and, more than once, during violent raids by masked men who burst into ...
February 12, 2010
As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. firms have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work.
At least two politically connected U.S. firms have enlisted powerful local allies in Haiti to help compete for the high-stakes business.
Randal ...
February 07, 2010
Secretariat of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species recommends increased trade protection for red and pink corals.
February 07, 2010
WASHINGTON -- ChinaAid released its Annual 2009 Persecution Report, covering Christian persecution, specifically of House Churches, in China. Results indicate a 19% overall increase in persecution in comparison with the data from 2008. This marks a total increase in persecution levels of 120% within...
February 07, 2010
PARIS -- Telespazio, Italy's leading satellite services company, has renewed leases on two satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) for professional video contribution services and the outside broadcast purposes of RAI, the country's national public broadcaster. The renew...
February 07, 2010
PARIS -- Contrary to statements made by the Georgian Public Broadcaster GPB, Eutelsat reaffirms that no contract has come into force between GPB and Eutelsat. Eutelsat also reaffirms that it does not respond to political or ideological pressure of any kind in the conduct of its activity and operates...
February 07, 2010
A Jesuit teacher has confessed to sexually abusing boys in the 1970s and 80s at a top German Catholic school.
More than 25 alleged victims of abuse have made claims against three staff members of Canisius college in Berlin in the 1970s and 1980s. The alleged victims have said they were punished b...
February 07, 2010
Amsterdam - With the passing of the Copenhagen Accord's 31 January deadline for its supporters to submit their pledges to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the absence of strengthened commitments has failed to meet the Accord's stated objective of taking action to limit global warming to under 2 degree...
February 07, 2010
The Aintree Grand National is one of the most well known and prestigious steeple chases in the world and takes place every year in April. This year is no exception and at 4.15pm on Saturday April 10th, the 2010 race will begin in front of a crowd of thousands and a TV audience of millions around the world.
February 07, 2010
London, UK -- A new UK-based finance website launches today giving cash-strapped consumers quick access to money when they need it most - and in some cases, at a lower cost than the Banks.
The ethical Speed-e-loans.com offers two services to help the cash-conscious consumer. The first is a Payday...
February 07, 2010
WARSAW, POLAND -- TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new broadband services on Eutelsat EB4 & W6 satellites to the Afghan market.
These types of telecommunication products are mainly used by the companies that execute contracts in Asia, as well as by the soldiers that are stationed...
February 07, 2010
A Polish man was sentenced to 10 years for holding his daughter captive for six years, raping her repeatedly and fathering her two sons.
The trial has been held out of the eyes of the Polish media in order to protect the victim, who is now 23, and the other family members. Cameras and reporters w...
February 03, 2010
Local investigators enter Baikal Environmental Wave office without warrant, confiscate computers, and escort staff to prosecutor´s office under spurious charges.
SAN FRANCISCO – Police raided the office of Russian environmental watchdog group Baikal Environmental Wave Friday without a war...
January 22, 2010
NEW DELHI, India - The visit of India's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, to the Dominican Republic this week could be a significant moment in the widening of a huge market for the Caribbean nation and for the region, asserted the Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx).
Minister Tha...
January 16, 2010
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni says his government will bow to international pressure and back away from a controversial bill that would have given the courts the right to hand out the death penalty as punishment for any HIV-positive person convicted of having gay sex.
Although the law had broa...
January 16, 2010
Aomori, Japan – The prospect of putting the Japanese whaling program on trial and defending the principle of peaceful civil disobedience moved a step closer. Following repeated denials of key defense evidence, the legal team for the Tokyo Two were surprised and pleased to win the inclusion of all ke...
January 16, 2010
The appointment of Lieutenant General Sjafrie Sjamsuddin as Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Defense undermines human rights accountability and civilian control of the military, said the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN).
"This is Suharto redux, leaving the military in charge of itself...
January 14, 2010
CMEx wants Caribbean tourism to help Haiti recover.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx), which promotes sustainable tourism development among media practitioners and industry tourism stakeholders, believes that this week's deadly earthquake in Port...
January 04, 2010
At least 47 people have been killed in central Somalia in fighting between Islamist rebels and a pro-government group for control of a strategic town, a human rights group and residents said. Al Shabaab, which seeks to impose strict Islamic rule on Somalia, attacked Dusamareb, 560 km (350 miles) no...
January 04, 2010
The Houthi fighters in Yemen say Saudi warplanes have carried out several airstrikes on the country's beleaguered northern areas, leaving a child dead. According to the fighters, the warplanes targeted more than 20 villages in Sa'ada province. The fighters also reported that they have repelled an ...
January 04, 2010
Talks are underway to add a special-purpose Marine air-ground task force to U.S. Africa Command, a move that would center on expanding efforts to train African militaries, officials say. The plan is "purely in the conceptual phase," said Master Sgt. Grady Fontana, a spokesman for Marine Corps Force...
January 04, 2010
'Little Mogadishu' neighborhood of Nairobi sees new investment
Especially in Karen, the uncontrolled land-buying from formerly white-owned estates by Christian churches and Christian congregations has lured in the Kenyan land-speculators, who drive the prices up, while hardly any person of Somali ethnicity has property there.
January 04, 2010
After more than a year of warships patrolling the Somali coast, the piracy problem has not gone away. In some respects, it's gotten worse. In 2008, there were 111 attacks on ships, with 38 percent of them successful. Last year, there were 216 attacks, with 22 percent of them succeeding. In effect, t...
January 04, 2010
The UK-flagged, UK-owned Vehicle Carrier VC ASIAN GLORY has been captured by presumed Somali pirates. Hijacked 620 miles from the Somali coast the ship was carrying cars from Singapore to Saudi Arabia while en route to the Gulf of Aden. The ship owner DAYER MARITIME INC has the same ISM and ship ma...
January 03, 2010
Piracy and Oversupply Plague the Trade Routes whilst Trucking Consolidates
January 03, 2010
Seven Ukrainian sailors from the Delvina vessel, which was freed from pirates' captivity on December 17, have arrived from London at Boryspil Airport, the president's press service reported.
The sailors were freed with the assistance of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine and other govern...
January 03, 2010
Kenyan Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) supports also EU NAVFOR
January 02, 2010
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has demanded legal action against all those indicted by the Liberhan Commission, which probed the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Most of the 68 people named by the commission do not figure among the 48 who were chargesheeted by the CBI. The 41-member...
January 02, 2010
A British-flagged chemical tanker is under the control of a Somalian pirate gang after it was hijacked in an audacious raid on a shipping corridor designated as a safe passage for international shipping. The St James Park had left southern Spain and was bound for Thailand. The ship, which was built...
January 02, 2010
Failed military action could reflect on combat capabilities
January 02, 2010
Islamist fighters in Somalia loyal to the extremist group Al-shabaab said they raided a WFP-owned warehouse in the coastal city of Merka and burned more than 300 sacks of food. Al-shabaab´s regional governor of the Lower Shabelle region Sheik Mohamed Abdhuulahi, said in a press conference that they ...
December 29, 2009
Too many HIV-infected patients in Africa are dying due to the difficulty of diagnosing and managing antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure in resource-limited settings.
According to an opinion piece co-authored by several AIDS experts, which appears in the latest issue of British medical journal,...
December 29, 2009
Madagascar's rainforests are in a state of resource anarchy
December 29, 2009
Fate of British yacht-sailors not known
December 21, 2009
The killing of pro-Papuan independence leader Kelly Kwalik by Indonesian police risks further alienation of Papuans and is likely to seriously undermine Papuan efforts to begin an internationally-mediated dialogue with the Indonesian government. Simultaneous police allegations that Kwalik was involv...
December 16, 2009
Suggests More Crippling IMF loans for third world in the name of saving the planet
December 16, 2009
One civilian was killed in an exchange of fire between Somali pirates arguing over their shares of a large ransom paid last week for the release of a Greek vessel.
Mohamed Adan Nur, an elder in the pirate lair of Hobyo, some 300 miles (480 kilometres) north of the capital Mogadishu, said tension ...
December 16, 2009
Paul and Rachel Chandler, the British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates, have pleaded with the government to "get us out by Christmas, by whatever means".
The pair, taken captive from their yacht more than seven weeks ago, accused British officials of refusing to help secure their release. Thre...
December 15, 2009
Papeete, French Polynesia, -- Greenpeace slammed the refusal of Asian distant water fishing nations Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan to agree effective new measures to urgently halt the decline of tuna stocks at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
Despite strong calls from...
December 15, 2009
INDIA -- Suspecting a larger conspiracy behind the Diwali-eve Margao blast, the National Investigation Agency has started a probe into the act of terror allegedly carried out by Hindu extremists. After registering a case, the agency, set up after the 11/26 terror strike, had sent a team to Goa to ge...
December 12, 2009
A suicide blast that ripped through the graduation ceremony of medical students in Mogadishu was Somalia's 9/11, said a Somali civil society leader. The suicide attack -- which killed 24 people including future doctors, four ministers, and three journalists -- sent shockwaves through Somali society...
December 12, 2009
At least 8 civilians have been killed and 20 others have been injured in heavy mortar shelling between rebels and government soldiers supported by AMISOM in Mogadishu, witnesses said. The shelling started in Hodan and Hawlwadag districts in Mogadishu and lasted for about half an hour.
Officially...
December 12, 2009
An official from AMISOM (African Union Mission for Somalia) and UNSOA (United Nations Support Office for AMISOM) are reportedly under investigation for passing on sensitive information to a Western intelligence agency and South African intelligence, mareeg.com can reveal.
According to intelligenc...
December 12, 2009
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Mombasa launched discussions on strengthened environmental protection measures that would be implemented through the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) to protect the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), a hotspot for biodiversity that also supports large coas...
December 12, 2009
The spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy force confirmed that Somali captors have seized a Pakistan-flagged fishing vessel. Cmdr. John Harbour said the Somalis seized the MV SHAHBAIG. He says there are 29 crew on board. The vessel, however, was already taken at position 10N 60E and the d...
December 05, 2009
ARLINGTON, Va. -- As nations gather in Copenhagen for the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, BNA is pleased to provide complimentary, real-time reporting and analysis of the landmark event. BNA will offer open access to its World Climate...
December 05, 2009
BOSTON -- "You don't have to be a Halliburton to succeed in the Middle East," says Jeffrey Ornstein, CEO of J/Brice Design, which has established itself as an international hotel-design powerhouse through its growing presence in the region.
In Saudi Arabia, for example, the firm is currently desi...
December 05, 2009
EDMONTON -- ACAMP hosted a health & medical seminar, explaining how technologies like nanotechnology, biomaterials and microfluidics can play a powerful role in the creation of innovative healthcare products that help promote health and improve the quality, cost and outcomes of patient care, while ...
December 05, 2009
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The first Football for Hope Centre in Khayelitsha in the outskirts of Cape Town opened its doors on 5 December 2009. FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter was joined by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) CEO Danny Jordaa...
December 05, 2009
UNITED KINGDOM -- In Singapore, international law firm Ince & Co has advised Islamic shipping fund Safeena (L) Ltd on its first investment made through an Istisna'a and Ijarah mawsufah fi zimmah structure (a deferred purchase and forward lease arrangement) in a 19,900 dwt stainless steel chemical ca...
December 05, 2009
LONDON, ENGLAND -- When the festivities of Christmas are over the next thing to look forward to is New Year and what better way to welcome in 2010 than enjoying a parade in the English capital?
On January 1st, the streets of London will come alive with the sounds of more than 10,000 performers fr...
December 05, 2009
Manaus, Brazil – As Heads of States that represent the Amazon Basin - including French President Sarkozy, representing French Guyana - arrived in Manaus to agree a common position for December´s UN Copenhagen Climate Summit, Greenpeace activists today climbed the city´s famous opera hous...
December 05, 2009
11 days left for world leaders to avert climate crisis
December 05, 2009
Atlanta, GA, Geneva, New York, NY and Washington, DC -- The Measles Initiative announced that measles deaths worldwide fell by 78% between 2000 and 2008, from an estimated 733 000 in 2000 to 164 000 in 2008. However, global immunization experts warn of a resurgence in measles deaths if vaccination e...
December 05, 2009
New York, NY –- Shutterstock, the world´s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today that it has partnered with charity: water to build 12 wells in Africa in 2010 – one for each month of the year. The partnership aims to address one of the fundamental problems facing developing n...
December 05, 2009
With the president´s announcement of 30,000 addition troops to Afghanistan, the lessons of Dr. Chris Coppola, author of the soon to be released memoir, 'Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq', may serve as a cautionary tale.
December 05, 2009
The Philippines called on shipping companies to provide more protection for Filipino sailors after 16 of them were seized by pirates who took over a Greek-flagged supertanker off Somalia. Labour Secretary Marianito Roque said that following the seizure of the Maran Centaurus, a total of 71 Filipino...
December 05, 2009
A huge Greek oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean has reached the Somali coastline, the European Union's anti-piracy mission off Somalia reports. "Maran Centaurus dropped anchor in Hobyo this morning," said Andrew Mwangura of the Seafarers Assistance Programme. "The crew is rep...
December 04, 2009
Five British yachtsmen held by Iran's Revolutionary Guard for a week have been released, the UK has confirmed.
The crew are said to have drifted into Iranian waters mistakenly while sailing from Bahrain to Dubai for a race. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the men had left the island of Siri ...
December 04, 2009
EU NAVFOR is holding 13 pirate suspects today after an attack on the general cargo ship BBC TOGO 150 n-miles south of Salalah, Oman.
The 7,800dwt ship was attacked by pirates in two skiffs yesterday afternoon. However, barbed wire and other protective measures stopped the attackers from boarding. N...
December 04, 2009
Cargo vessel freed from piracy off Somalia - all 10 crew-members well. Seized in the afternoon on Friday June 12, 2009, the relatively small 2,800-tonne general cargo ship MV CHARELLE has been released by her captors after they received a ransom, maritime observers working with ECOTERRA Intl. repo...
November 30, 2009
As reported by the Yemeni coastguard and pirate sources from Eyl at the beginning of the month a Yemeni fishing vessel, which had armed guards on board and killed one Somali while another Somali was injured, was impounded near Ras Hafun. The vessel has now been taken to Garacad and its identity cou...
November 30, 2009
Master reveals ordeal of one seriously ill Ukrainian woman as well as a mother and her daughter.
November 30, 2009
The Greek-owned, 1977 built, Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV RED SEA SPIRIT was reported to have been seized Friday off the southeast coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden. Yemen's Interior Ministry stated Saturday. The 145m long bulker with a gross tonnage of 10,968 had left Aden port late Thursday a...
Greenpeace sends President Obama an urgent call to action from heart of South East Asia's rainforest
November 22, 2009
"Indonesia is climate change's 'ground zero'"
November 21, 2009
With new submarines, destroyers and mine warfare ships, China's Navy is clearly benefiting from modernization financed by the nation's rapidly growing economy, a new report tells U.S. lawmakers.
But a more shadowy Chinese force probably poses a greater immediate threat to the United States - that i...
November 21, 2009
China renewed a call for a cooperative international effort against Somali piracy by defining patrol areas in the Horn of Africa.
In its call for teamwork, officials deftly parried appeals for China to lead the anti-piracy mission.
China and other countries in Somali waters will "strive to reach c...
November 21, 2009
Somali livestock traders see through the Saudi policy and fear political closure will be imposed soon again.
Aussie live sheep exports falling short.
Countries like Romania are increasingly being relied on to make up for Australia´s sheep live export shortfall because of continual downsizing...
November 21, 2009
I meet world-renowned undersea photojournalist Brian Skerry at Legal Seafoods, across from the New England Aquarium, where he's the explorer in residence.
He orders a chicken Caesar salad.
"I refrain from eating much seafood due to environmental concerns," he explains, before launching into a depr...
November 21, 2009
China has sent a new navy flotilla to join an international fleet in the Gulf of Aden combating increasingly bold Somali pirates who are pushing deeper into the Indian Ocean as merchant vessels start to fight back against them.
One of the missions of the incoming flotilla, the fourth Beijing has ro...
November 21, 2009
Pirate attacks on shipping lanes around the Horn of Africa have shown no sign of relenting, and the nations policing the seas are struggling to find solutions in a mission that seems to be covering a growing area and time frame.
The attacks have moved deeper into the Indian Ocean and along the Afri...
November 21, 2009
The decision to pay ransom or fight pirates on the high seas still often depends more on shipowners.
How can the U.S. and Europe keep ship owners from paying ransoms that make Somali pirates more dangerous?
The swarm of pirates buzzing around the so-called Somali Basin has grown since last year ev...
November 21, 2009
Clashes Between Armed Guards And Pirates Lead to More Fatalities
When pirates attacked the chemical freighter MV Theresa VIII, with a South Korean crew of 28, they didn't hesitate. The captain, who fired flares during the attack, was injured so badly by gunfire that he died one day later. He is s...
November 21, 2009
Spanish tuna trawler Alakrana and its 36 crew members were released on Nov. 17 after being held hostage by pirates for one and a half months, and after paying a $3.5 million ransom.
The ship was hijacked by pirates in Somali waters on Oct. 2. Crew members were reported to be in good health.
Spanis...
November 21, 2009
Hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler have made a direct plea in a video obtained by Channel 4 News, warning UK authorities they fear the "kidnappers are losing patience" and may kill them.
The couple, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were taken captive by pirates on 22 October as they sailed their yacht, t...
November 21, 2009
Innoshima, Japan - Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, the so-called ´scientific´ whaling fleet crept out of port, as Greenpeace called for today's departure to be the programme's last.
Earlier, ...
November 21, 2009
International -- An independent expert, commissioned by Greenpeace, has concluded that two nuclear reactors, currently under construction in Finland and France, suffer from serious safety flaws. The EPR (European Pressurised Reactor) design, which is supplied by the French company AREVA, fails to ad...
November 18, 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa - On becoming Greenpeace International Executive Director, prominent human rights activist Dr. Kumi Naidoo today warned world leaders that there can be no excuse for not attending the upcoming UN Copenhagen Climate Summit and agreeing a fair, ambitious and binding treaty t...
November 13, 2009
Marine piracy continues to be a serious risk for shipping companies, sailors, cargo owners, and insurers.
According to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in London, pirate attacks are an almost daily feature. Modern day pirates are armed with state-of the-art weapons and experts suspect that ...
November 13, 2009
Djibouti has forcibly sent 40 asylum seekers from Somalia back to the Somali capital Mogadishu, says the United Nations refugee agency.
A Dutch naval ship, the Evertsen, [N.B.: operating under EU NAVFOR, who were proud on their "ACTION"] on anti-piracy patrols in the Red Sea, rescued the migrants c...
November 13, 2009
Kenya will continue to work with the international community in the fight against piracy to protect its tourism sector.
There should be no cause for alarm about trying suspected pirates on Kenyan soil, said Internal Security assistant minister Orwa Ojodeh.
He said Kenya had signed a memorandum of ...
November 13, 2009
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied media reports saying Somali pirates have hijacked a UAE- flagged ship, the state-run news agency WAM reported.
The reports by some media about the abduction "are deviating from the truth," Mohammed Sultan Al Suwaidi, director of the Foreign Ministry's Arab ...
November 13, 2009
The families of the fishermen held in the Indian Ocean met Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to ask him to extradite the two Somali pirates jailed in Spain to Somalia.
A meeting of the relatives of the crew members of the hijacked trawler Alakrana with the Spanish Prime Minister J...
November 13, 2009
The captain of a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker has been hailed for successfully eluding Somali pirates who attacked his ship with automatic weapons and grenades from two skiffs in the Indian Ocean.
Captain Sunil Fredrick Mani was in command of the VLCC BW LION when it was attacked by two pirate boat...
November 13, 2009
Spain is anxiously following a high-tension piracy drama off the coast of a faraway African country where Somali pirates are gradually stepping up pressure on the government in Madrid. Will a group of young pirates - nervous, drug-using, and armed to the teeth - kill the terrified fishermen who for ...
November 13, 2009
An anti-piracy official in Somalia's transitional government said that a cargo ship seized by pirates had been carrying weapons, a charge denied by the owners of the ship's cargo.
"On November 7 a cargo ship carrying a wide range of weapons was seized by Somali buccaneers," said the official, Ismai...
November 13, 2009
Somali pirates said Wednesday that they had seized at dawn a Greek-owned container ship after a five-hour chase in fast skiffs across the Indian Ocean, reflecting both an increase in pirate activity after a period of rough weather and signs of increasing boldness among the hijackers.
The East Afric...
November 08, 2009
Somalia's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants are tightening their grip on areas of the country they already control, imposing new rules and punishing people they say are violating their radical brand of Islamic law. Some observers believe until a more powerful group emerges to bring law and order t...
November 08, 2009
Dealing with the risks from sea piracy, cyber crime and climate change, will require vision, pragmatism and the collaboration of the public and private sectors, Lloyd´s chief executive said.
That advice came from Richard Ward, chief executive officer of Lloyd´s, who said, he believed t...
November 08, 2009
Thousands of people demonstrated on November 7 calling for the release of the 36 crewmen of a Spanish tuna trawler being held by Somali pirates under the threat of death.
They gathered at Bermeo in the northern Spanish Basque country, home port of the trawler Alakrana, which was seized off Somalia ...
November 08, 2009
While 30,000 IDPs remain inaccessible to relief, US Powered scores nuclear reactor
Yemen has been rocked by a series of violent clashes between government and rebel forces from the northern tribes since August, and plans to build a new nuclear reactor has sparked fears of increased tensions.
Whe...
November 08, 2009
Five important challenges threaten the future of Sudan. For the country to retain its cultural, political and strategic unity, it is now more important than ever that Sudan's different forces unite behind a national strategy.
Such is the interest of the Arab media in the Arab- Israeli conflict as i...
November 08, 2009
Somalis living in northern Kenya have accused the government in Nairobi of secretly recruiting and training youth from the region as soldiers to go to fight for the transitional Somali government against al- Shabaab fighters.
Local leaders have said that in the last three weeks alone, at least 200 ...
November 08, 2009
The Somali people are once again learning the crucial lessons of nationhood the hardest way. One such cardinal lesson is never to leave matters of your society to others alone or lightly but to engage. The only way people can protect what belongs to them, enhance collective wellbeing and further the...
November 08, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and author of the book "The End of Poverty," made a recent visit to Japan and discussed the issue of world poverty with prominent Japanese economic analyst Kazuyo Katsuma. Sachs, a co-founder of the group Millennium Promise, whose...
November 08, 2009
Starvation looms with supply line "effectively broken." U.S. fears that its shipments may be diverted to terrorists.
U.N. officials said Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because the U.S. governme...
November 08, 2009
Sociologist Peter Berger has instructed that "The first wisdom of Sociology is that things are not what they seem." So it is with the Western media rendition of their piracy stories from Somalia. An article in the London-based Independent newspaper has confirmed the suspicions of many that behind th...
November 08, 2009
The Nato revelations come amid growing concern for the plight of Paul and Rachel Chandler, the middle-aged British couple held by bandits after being captured on their boat 15 days ago. Reports this week claimed that they had been moved inland and were being fought over by armed rival gangs.
The ne...
November 08, 2009
Mainstream UK media are reporting that Somali pirates are stepping up their pressure by threatening to torture Paul and Rachel Chandler, who were kidnapped from their yacht Lynn Rival on October 23 when they disregarded advice by Seychelles authorities and fellow cruisers not to travel from Seychell...
November 08, 2009
Somali pirates are holding three sailors from a Spanish fishing vessel on shore, a gang member said on Sunday, rejecting Madrid's assertion that they had been reunited with the remaining crew aboard their ship.
A pirate who identified himself only as Mohamed said the return of the three to their ve...
November 07, 2009
Somalia's main Sufi movement, Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa, decided to declare war on Al Qaeda-inspired Al-Shabab militant group which is fighting the UN-supported interim government and African peacekeepers.
"The Shabab are misguided people who have misunderstood the true values of Islam," Sheikh Sharif S...
November 07, 2009
In one of the worst seasons yet, Mahat Hassan carries one of his weak calves on a donkey cart to a watering point at a remote hamlet in Kenya's Northeastern Province. The sweltering heat here is testimony to the biting season that has ravaged most of the Muslim dominated region.
Painful History
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November 07, 2009
Environmental Justice Foundation report says 10% of the global population is at risk of forced displacement due to climate change. In 2008 alone, more than 20 million people were displaced by climate-related natural disasters, including 800,000 people by cyclone Nargis in Asia, and almost 80,000 by...
November 07, 2009
GUANGZHOU, China - The 2010 Asia Para Games, gzapg2010.cn/en, part of the worldwide Paralympic Movement and governed by the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC), is pleased to announce emblem, mascot and slogan for the Games that will be held December 12 - 19, 2010, here in the Southern Chinese city of ...
November 03, 2009
ARMENIAN STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
The Armenians in The Republic of Armenia and the Armenians of Diaspora are in turmoil on the question as to accept or to reject the so called "Swiss Road-map, Protocols" advocated by the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. Some val...
November 03, 2009
Joint Statement on the Release of Martenus Bere – Indicted for Crimes Against Humanity in Timor-Leste
For the past ten years the disinterest of the international community and active efforts by Indonesia have blocked efforts to end impunity for serious crimes committed during the Indonesian occu...
November 03, 2009
SAN DIEGO/ According to a report commissioned by the Fraud Discovery Institute Inc. (FDI), the repeated claims of InterOil Corporation (NYSE:IOC) that it has discovered "sufficient gas reserves to underpin its proposed liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea" are far from accurate. Extensi...
Hundreds Demand Obama End Afghan And Iraq Wars, Close Guantanamo And Bagram, Surge Spending On Housi
November 03, 2009
Washington – As the U.S. led war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year this week, 82 were arrested bringing a strong message to the White House that war, torture and drone bombing are outrageous, unacceptable and must end immediately. National anti-war groups and people from around the country joined...
October 29, 2009
Washington – As the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year, national anti-war groups join together for a day of nonviolent direct action on Monday, October 5 at the White House.
Alarmed by the recent troop build-up and the prospect of an even greater military escalation there, the War ...
October 28, 2009
LOS ANGELES --- Like many of his NFL and NBA brethren, for the last few years Saint-Michaels has found himself entrenched in a grueling conflict about as far from the U.S. Gridiron as one can imagine - but with absolutely no regrets for his service.
Since his return, he's come bac...
October 27, 2009
Indo-Americans have urged Bountiful Junior High School in Utah (USA) to immediately reinstate its student who was reportedly kicked out of school for nose piercing, alleging violation of school dress code.
Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that th...
October 27, 2009
Hindus and Jews have applauded the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which concluded at Vatican yesterday, for taking up the cause of African women.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and Californi...
October 22, 2009
$1 billion minimum required annually to reach children still at risk.
WASHINGTON, DC | GENEVA -- Reversing a downward trend, immunization rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new assessment released today by the World Health Organizati...
October 14, 2009
The General Assembly is expected to elect Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Liberia and Nigeria as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms starting on 1 January next year.
The five countries are set to run unopposed in their respective regions when voting takes place...
October 12, 2009
FEMA Continues to Encourage Concerned Individuals to Support Voluntary Organizations.
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners continue to support American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono, Delegate Eni...
October 08, 2009
Golden Globe nominated Cameron Diaz (There´s Something About Mary), 37, wants to see universal symbol of love Taj Mahal and palaces of Jaipur in India, according to reports.
She reportedly loves the dances depicted in Bollywood movies and has expressed desire to learn Bollywood dance. ...
October 03, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand – With only two months to go before a new climate deal is negotiated in Copenhagen, The Forests Dialogue calls on industrialized nations to ensure robust financial commitments for conservation and sustainable management of forests and on tropical countries to ensure that these new ...
September 08, 2009
The United Nations welcomed the return of Belgium´s refugee resettlement programme marked by the transfer of some 36 Iraqis who were previously sheltered in Syria and Jordan.
This first group of Iraqi refugees to settle in Belgium included some single mothers and their children, UN High ...
September 08, 2009
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme has pushed for moves to cut emissions of a range of greenhouse gases and pollutants along with carbon dioxide to more effectively combat climate change, improve human health and reduce damage to crops.
Scientists estimate that non-CO2 pollutant...
September 08, 2009
Demand for justice outpaces the much-needed reform of the justice system in Haiti, the independent United Nations expert on the situation of human rights in the small Caribbean nation has underscored.
"When Haiti´s population sees the reform of the Haitian National Police proceeding at a fa...
September 08, 2009
The United Nations World Food Programme is calling on donors to help avert a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Somalia, where half the population – or some 3.8 million people – are in need of assistance.
WFP is urgently appealing for 217,000 metric tons of food, worth over $200 million, to feed...
September 08, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern at the deadly series of attacks and counter-attacks by tribal militias in southern Sudan that have killed or displaced dozens of civilians.
Media reports say at least 25 people have been killed in the latest wave of ethnic clashes, which be...
September 08, 2009
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog warned today that the agency has reached a deadlock with Iran over most aspects of its nuclear programme as he urged the country to credibly answer the international community's concerns over potential military dimensions to the programme.
Mohamed El...
September 08, 2009
The number of people hit by deadly floods across West Africa has now topped 600,000, and the heavy rains have also destroyed crops and infrastructure in a region already hard hit by poverty, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today.
The rains that began in June have claimed nearly 160 l...
September 08, 2009
BROOKLYN, NY - The importance of ensuring the Caribbean community counts in the next Census was on Monday reiterated by CaribID founder and CaribWorldNews publisher, Felicia Persaud, at the annual West Indian American Carnival kick-off breakfast.
Before a roomful of dignitaries, including former ...
September 04, 2009
Hindus have strongly criticized attempts to regulate yoga by various states in USA.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that yoga was one of the six systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy whose traces went back to around 2000 BCE. Yoga never had any ...
September 04, 2009
Naked yoga is reportedly the new trend among Hollywood and other celebrities.
Unconfirmed reports link Oscar winners Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Halle Berry (Monster´s Ball), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love); Oscar nominated Naomi Watts (21 Grams); Golden Globe nominated Jennifer L...
September 04, 2009
Jews and Hindus have urged the Texas State Board of Education to treat all the major religions and denominations evenly in its Social Studies curriculum, which is currently under revision.
Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California; and Rajan Zed, well known Hin...
September 01, 2009
Brooklyn, New York: St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Jamaica outplayed their competitors in the semi finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup New York on Sunday and advanced to next Sunday's finals, which take place at the Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York.
Digicel was on hand at the match...
August 21, 2009
MONTREAL - Global Warming has been mentioned in 414 articles and has appeared on 15 covers of Time Magazine. Bjorn Lomborg wrote in the Montreal Gazette (18 August) "Our carbon fixation will cost us". Everyday you hear about it: global warming, the many threats to the environment, carbon emission...
August 21, 2009
"I was Inspired by my grandfather," says eight A-level boy.
An 18-year old Muslim boy on north-east England has passed no less than eight A-levels, including six A grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, History, Critical Thinking, and Urdu and two B´s in Arabic and Religious ...
August 19, 2009
China's tire manufacturers should have played safe and fair, says AAM Senior Analyst.
Washington, DC - After a recent finding by the U.S. International Trade Commission that Chinese tire manufacturers used illegal trade practices to flood the U.S. with substandard tires, Zhong Shan, China's Vic...
August 18, 2009
Families of victims appeal for Philippine government´s help.
Manila, Philippines — More than 20 Filipino seamen have been languishing for five months now in the hands of Somali pirates aboard their hijacked ship, MV Irene EM, off the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, Africa, with very little fo...
August 17, 2009
Reform that Includes Legalization Would Yield a Net Benefit of $180 Billion Over 10 Years, While Enforcement Efforts Alone Would Incur $80 Billion in Losses.
Washington D.C. - In a new report released yesterday, Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Refor...
August 03, 2009
Claudia Ciesla, 22 years old German actress-supermodel-singer, reportedly always carries an idol of Hindu Lord Ganesha presented by her Vedic astrologer, which she claimed brought her good luck.
She is reported to have said, "I love Hinduism`s tolerance and peaceful thinking. I have visited ...
August 01, 2009
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) on Thursday cited serious welding problems at a China-based steel fabricator as an example of why American-made product should be utilized in domestic infrastructure products. As American Metal Market Magazine has reported, significant welding problems ...
MEDCo News and Photo Release: Completion of road, airport projects seen to boost Zambo Norte tourism
July 30, 2009
Completion of road, airport projects seen to boost Zambo Norte tourism.
DAPITAN CITY - As the completion of major road and airport projects in Zamboanga Del Norte is seen critical in boosting tourism, the improvement and rehabilitation of the Dapitan-Dakak Road and Dipolog Airport are now being...
July 28, 2009
Long-term international support is needed to overhaul the prison system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where inmates routinely have to sleep in disease-ridden hallways and men, women and children incarcerated together, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official says.
Wrapping u...
July 28, 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talked about Hollywood and Bollywood in the same breath during her recent trip to India.
Interacting with Delhi University students, she said, "If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives that would surprise me! And yet it's often t...
July 28, 2009
Hindus have demanded end to "ethnic profiling" in Europe.
According to Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights for Council of Europe, "Members of minorities are more often than others stopped by the police, asked for identity papers, questioned and searched. They are victims of "eth...
July 28, 2009
Hindus have urged Bollywood and Central Board of Film Certification of India to go slow on re-introducing kissing in films and blatant westernization.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that India and Hindus belong to an ancient civilization with ...
July 28, 2009
Hindus have asked their flock to use micro-blogging services like Twitter to make the message more attractive and accessible, especially for youth.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that in order to put religion and spirituality on the priority l...
July 28, 2009
Hindus have strongly criticized Canada´s imposition of visa restrictions on Czech nationals, calling it a "step in the wrong direction".
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) Saturday, said that Roma people in Czech Republic reportedly faced violent attacks, ste...
July 27, 2009
PAGADIAN CITY - Locals here and in the nearby provinces of Zamboanga del Sur will no longer have to travel hours to the next city to fly to any domestic and international destination, as the newly-upgraded Pagadian Airport is set to re-open in September.
Airport officials here expressed hope that...
July 22, 2009
Hindus have urged celebrity musician and singer Bono to undertake the cause of apartheid of 15-million Roma people of Europe by uniting artists against it.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Ireland born Bono actively protested against the a...
July 22, 2009
Hindus want ashram (retreat) and other Hinduism objects to be depicted in authentic form in upcoming "Eat, Pray, Love" movie, starring Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman).
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement today, said that ashram was an important and integral part of Hindu...
July 22, 2009
Washington, D.C. – Dolphin hotspots must be protected if the Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) is to survive in the Brahmaputra river system, according to a recent study.
Estimates have put the total population of the Ganges River Dolphins at around 2,000. Out of these, betwee...
July 21, 2009
The International Nepali Literary Society Head Quarters organized 196th Bhanu Jayantee with a grand manner. The manner this celebration was organized and the celebration was participated clearly indicate the growing love for the mother-tongue, Nepali. The credit must go to the INLS for its continuou...
July 21, 2009
New York -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined a series of measures designed to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and related crimes against humanity, stressing "it is high time to turn the promise of the responsibility to protect into practice."
Agreed to by world leade...
July 17, 2009
The ITF (International Transport Workers´ Federation) today called for all its union members to oppose the coup in Honduras by focusing protests on the Honduran merchant fleet.
The global union organisation, which represents 656 unions worldwide with four and a half million members, has mad...
July 14, 2009
Washington, D.C., – Rising demand for pangolins, mostly from mainland China, compounded by lax laws is wiping out the unique toothless anteaters from their native habitats in Southeast Asia, according to a group of leading pangolin experts.
Illegal trade in Asian pangolin meat and scales has caus...
July 14, 2009
Green MSP (Member of the Scottish Parliament) and Gay Rights campaigner Patrick Harvie Talks to Broken Chains.
A Bill introduced by Green MSP Patrick Harvie, the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill, has successfully navigated its way through the Scottish Parliament and been pass...
July 11, 2009
Hindus have urged the school districts all over USA to add Diwali, the most important Hindu holy day, to the public schools´ holiday calendar.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was important for Hindu families to celebrate Diwali da...
July 11, 2009
Hindus have lauded Pope for his call regarding working for the "common good" in his long awaited encyclical "Caritas in Veritate" (Charity in Truth) issued in Rome.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI´s cri...
July 11, 2009
Burger King Corporation has pulled the offensive advertisement poster in Spain showing Hindu goddess Lakshmi promoting a meat sandwich, which Hindu groups protested calling it repugnant, according to reports.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, thanked ...
July 10, 2009
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) today praised continued congressional attention to issues of human rights in Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor).
The State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2010 (HR 3081) as pa...
July 09, 2009
Washington, DC – Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research.
Poachers in Africa and Asia are killing an ever increasing number of rhinos—an estimated two to three a week in some areas—to meet a growing demand fo...
July 06, 2009
Hindus have applauded His All Holiness Archbishop Bartholomew, Patriarch of Orthodox Christian Church, for organizing a world-level and interfaith symposium to examine "moral aspects of the ecological problem" of Mississippi River.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevad...
July 06, 2009
An article "America: Hell yeah!" in July four edition of Winnipeg Sun newspaper of Canada has upset Hindus worldwide and they are asking for immediate apology by its publisher and president of its parent Quebecor.
Objecting to the sentence "Although Bollywood makes more movies, Hollywood is ...
July 06, 2009
Hindus and Jews have asked Northern Ireland First Minister Rt Hon Peter Robinson and his government to publicly apologize for reported failure to protect the Roma residents who were terrified and forced to flee their homes due to repeated racist violence.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman...
July 06, 2009
Hindus and Jews have urged for separation of church and state in Denmark, where currently The Danish National Church is a state church.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a statement in Nevada toda...
July 06, 2009
Hindus have welcomed the installation of Rev. Peter Morales as the eighth President of Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA).
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, lauded Morales´s statements that his presidency would be "passion...
July 01, 2009
Real-time control of wheelchairs with brain waves ―A new signal processing technology for brain machine interface (BMI) application.
Major advantages of the new technology
• Commands for smooth left and right turns and forward motion of the wheelchair are processed every 125 milliseconds...
July 01, 2009
Seville, Spain (IUCN) – The Belize Barrier Reef System and Los Katios National Park in Columbia are the two natural sites added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, following the advice of IUCN.
Composed of seven protected areas, many small mangrove islands and coastal lagoons, the Belize Ba...
July 01, 2009
Life on Earth is under serious threat, despite the commitment by world leaders to reverse the trend, according to a detailed analysis of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
The IUCN analysis, which is published every four years, comes just before the deadline governments set themselves t...
June 27, 2009
Hindus and Jews have asked for a thorough probe by European Union into the recent reported racist attacks on the Indian Community Centre and Romanians in Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and C...
June 27, 2009
Hindus have expressed serious concern about reportedly increasing violence and prejudice against Roma people in Europe.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that reported incidents of gruesome attacks, killings, fire bombings, exclusion, racism, etc...
June 27, 2009
Welcoming reported forthcoming visit of Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts to India for a film shooting, Hindus have urged her to explore Hinduism further and visit some Hindu temples.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that deeper study of Hinduis...
June 24, 2009
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – IHS Jane´s Security Editor Alex Vatanka commented on the post-election situation in Iran saying, "There are currently no signs that either camp in Iran´s election and political divide are preparing to concede or push for a broader agreement on how to proceed from...
June 23, 2009
LONDON – IHS Jane´s Aviation Analyst, Chris Yates, explained, "Speculation earlier today that flight recorders aboard the stricken Air France FL447 may have been found on the seabed in the South Atlantic ultimately turned out to be incorrect. However, it did emphasis the importance attached t...
June 16, 2009
BEIJING -- The Chinese government has launched a major crackdown against human rights attorneys, canceling or refusing to renew the licenses of at least 21 attorneys who have challenged the Communist government's abuse of Chinese citizens. Many of the attorneys have been working closely with ChinaAi...
June 16, 2009
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) praised the U.S. House of Representatives for making a serious legislative statement about the conditions of the people of West Papua.
Legislation passed last week by the House calls for two reports to Congress...
June 16, 2009
With Initial Capitalization of AED 180/US $50 million, Gulf Related to Identify and Pursue Marquee Development Opportunities with an Early Focus on the Growing Saudi Arabia and UAE Markets.
Abu Dhabi - Gulf Capital, one of the region´s leading alternative asset management firms, and Relat...
June 11, 2009
Hindus and Jews have urged Ireland to urgently empower and integrate its vulnerable Traveller community, who reportedly face blatant discrimination and social exclusion.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in...
June 03, 2009
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) has announced MHRMI Macedonian Human Rights Week, June 14-21, 2009. Supporters will be honoring leading human rights activists Father Nikodim Tsarknias and President of EBLUL and board member of Vinozhito, Nase Parisis.
Events will be held a...
May 30, 2009
A United Nations conference on indigenous affairs wrapped up its two-week gathering today, making a host of recommendations, including the worldwide establishment of a mechanism requiring patent offices to publicize the origins of products derived from indigenous knowledge when exclusive rights to t...
May 30, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption by the Conference on Disarmament – the world´s sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations – of a Programme of Work for its 2009 session.
The move taken by the Conference in Geneva ends a 12-year stalemate, which will allow the bo...
May 30, 2009
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Saturday that it is supporting Congolese government forces (FARDC) in an ongoing effort to flush out an ethnic Hutu militia, committing atrocities against civilians in the east of the vast African coun...
May 30, 2009
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has suggested embracing of technology savvy measures to bring spirituality and religion to the youth, many of whom appear to find it boring.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that in order to...
May 20, 2009
THE HAGUE – As military attacks continue in the Niger Delta´s oil producing Gbaramatu Kingdom, environmental and human rights groups call for an immediate investigation by the International Criminal Court´s (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor of those responsible.
"This appears to be a systemat...
May 19, 2009
The Samakalin Sahitya is the winner of the International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) Narayan-Jayanta Web Journalism Award of 2009. The award is named after late Narayan Prasad Prasai and Mrs. Jayanta Devi Prasai. The sponsor of this award is litterateur Kamala Prasai. It was established in the me...
May 18, 2009
Akhil Bakshi who led the multi-disciplinary Gondwanaland Expedition from the Indian Himalaya to Cape Agulhus, the southernmost tip of Africa, has questioned the theory that man originated in Africa and from there spread out to colonise the world.
The 25,200km expedition comprising of geologists...
May 18, 2009
Leverages YouTube's New Video for Change Program to Raise Awareness Online.
WASHINGTON, D.C. and SAN BRUNO, CA – Enough, the anti-crimes against humanity project at the Center for American Progress, is joining with YouTube™ in announcing the launch of the Come Clean 4 Congo video contest, which...
May 16, 2009
Jews have strongly criticized European Commission & Parliament for ignoring Hindus in the interfaith gathering on May 11 in Brussels to discuss ethical contributions for economic governance.
Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California, supporting the cause spearhe...
May 15, 2009
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – An investigation by Fairplay has found that rampant growth in Somali piracy is supported by legitimate business, law enforcement and the judiciary. This discovery presents a daunting obstacles for international authorities.
The investigation by Fairplay Shipping News, a...
May 15, 2009
Aomori, Japan - The Aomori district court today delivered a setback to the Japanese government´s attempts to cover up an embezzlement scandal in the so-called "scientific" Southern Ocean whaling programme. The court has agreed to hear key evidence the prosecution has fought to keep out of the ...
May 09, 2009
The United Nations opened its 20th office in the northern Sar-i-Pul province of Afghanistan today, continuing the world body's drive to promote development across the strife-torn nation.
"I consider this opening to be especially important, because it reflects one of our most important objectives ...
May 09, 2009
Hindus are asking for immediate intervention of European Union (EU) in Czech Republic and Hungary to protect the Roma minorities in view of recent reported incidents of violence.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged EU and countries of Europe to ur...
May 09, 2009
Concerned at the recent religion poll, Hindus have called Canada to organize a nationwide interfaith dialogue as a high-priority.
In view of Maclean´s magazine´s recent poll "What Canadians think of Sikhs, Jews, Christians, Muslims . . .", which Maclean´s itself calls "di...
May 06, 2009
AMSTERDAM, INTERNATIONAL – Greenpeace is calling for the construction permit for the Olkiluoto European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) in Finland - the world´s largest prototype nuclear reactor - to be cancelled, following revelations of severe problems in the design of its electronic safety contro...
May 04, 2009
U.S., Canada, Japan and European Union Sign International Agreement.
Representatives from four international agencies, including the director of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), today signed a memorandum of cooperation that could reduce the number of animals required for consumer pro...
April 16, 2009
Shimonoseki, Japan Greenpeace on Tuesday met the returning Japanese whaling fleet factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, with placards reading "Southern Ocean Whaling: Cover-ups, lies, 1.2 billion yen in taxes". The environmental organisation also sought to document the offloading of the ships cargo of wha...
April 06, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his regret that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has, against strong international appeals, proceeded with its planned launch, urging the resumption of diplomatic talks.
According to media reports, the East Asian nation launched a roc...
April 06, 2009
Sri Lankan journalist and editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was assassinated on 8 January this year, has been named as the laureate of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Mr. Wickrematunge was an attorney who also ...
April 06, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his happiness at the safe release of United Nations staff member John Solecki, who was abducted in Pakistan two months ago, voicing his appreciation for the efforts of Government officials and others in securing his release.
Mr. Solecki, who heads the offic...
April 02, 2009
Despite recent positive gains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including action against armed groups and the integration of rebels into the national military, the situation remains "fluid and volatile" and requires continued international attention, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says i...
April 02, 2009
Thanks to e-commerce, the postal sector has largely been able to stave off the slump wreaked on the global economy by the current financial crisis, the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) said today.
Postal operators, especially in the letter-post and express business segments, have been ...
April 02, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the $1.1 trillion package committed by leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations in London, stressing that developing nations must receive the funds needed to stem the onset of a human development crisis.
The G-20 nations today also "reaffirmed previou...
April 02, 2009
A new law in Afghanistan seriously curtailing women´s rights, even explicitly permitting marital rape, is a "huge step in the wrong direction," the United Nations human rights chief said today, calling for its repeal.
Not yet published, the law, which was passed by the two houses of Afg...
April 02, 2009
The first one this friday at 12.00 GMT!
In Prague, Nuremberg, Paris and Douala, on our journey to Limbe we keep reassuring ourselves that we have not left anything behind. To no avail. Of course we have not left anything behind, however we can run into problems anywhere else, especially when it ...
April 02, 2009
Around 30,000 Palestinians are set to benefit from a 12-month food voucher operation launched in the Middle East by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the first of its kind in the region.
"The recent fall in global food prices has not yet translated into lower prices in local markets,...
April 02, 2009
Last month´s assassinations of Guinea-Bissau´s president and his chief of staff have highlighted the need for the West African nation´s justice, defence and security sectors to be reformed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.
President João Bernardo Vieira and hi...
April 02, 2009
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that 1,000 metric tons of critically-needed food assistance has been dispatched to a designated "safe zone" in north-eastern Sri Lanka, where more than 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting.
The items were sent aboard a ship charte...
April 02, 2009
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urged policy makers gathered in Germany to include farming in their negotiations on an ambitious new international greenhouse gas reduction pact which will replace the Kyoto Protocol.
More than 2,000 delegates from government, busin...
March 24, 2009
This year´s WAIF, held in Abuja, Nigeria, and organised by the Commonwealth Business Council, Government of Nigeria, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and ECOWAS will build on the successes of the CBC´s Africa Investment Series by bringing together leaders from Internationa...
March 21, 2009
Lerin/Florina, Greece - "Simply raising the issue of the Macedonian minority in Greece causes Greek citizens and politicians alike to react in outrage.". This statement made by MHRMI was on full display on March 10 on Greek TV station "Alter" in an episode entitled "Invisible World".
EFA-Ra...
March 21, 2009
Tokyo - Greenpeace today lodged an appeal against government censorship, calling on the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) to release uncensored copies of whale meat sales documents obtained by Greenpeace through a 2008 Freedom of Information request.
The documents are supposed to detail whale meat ...
March 09, 2009
Toronto, Canada - Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) and the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) call on the US State Department to immediately correct its misrepresentation of the Macedonian minority in Greece in its "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices", ...
March 08, 2009
Rome, Italy - Despite the worst recession in a generation, Japanese government officials arrive in Rome this week to defend a multi-billion yen whaling programme that is reviled by the international community and unwanted by taxpayers at home.
Japan has been so severely stricken by the financial ...
March 08, 2009
Novelist Alice Walker, parents of Rachel Corrie and 58 others to spend International Women´s Day in war-torn territory.
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP – A 60-member aid delegation was allowed entry into war-torn Gaza today through the Egyptian border crossing Saturday.
The delegation, which includes...
March 04, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir, a historic action that marks the first time the tribunal has acted against a sitting head of state. The charges stem from a July 2008 request by ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-...
March 02, 2009
Hindus have applauded Catholics for praising a film whose central theme is reincarnation.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that reincarnation or rebirth (punarjanma) was a central tenet in Hinduism. Ancient Hindu scriptures, including Upanisha...
March 02, 2009
Nuclear safety worldwide is steadily improving but the risk of accidents or malicious acts can never be eliminated and there is no room for complacency, the head of the United Nations´ nuclear watchdog agency said today.
"Vigilance and continuous improvement are key, both at existing nuclear fac...
March 02, 2009
The United Nations human rights chief today once again urged all Member States to put aside their differences and work towards ensuring a successful outcome to next month´s conference on intolerance, racial hatred and discrimination, noting these are problems that affect all countries.
Th...
March 02, 2009
The most advanced nations when it comes to information and communication technology (ICT) are found in northern Europe, with Sweden topping the list, according to a new ranking released today by the United Nations of 154 countries worldwide.
The ICT Development Index (IDI), produced by the UN I...
March 02, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed today to international donors to provide the crucial funds needed for Gaza's reconstruction after the recent Israeli offensive, while stressing once again the importance of a durable ceasefire and a comprehensive peace deal.
"I call for action now," Mr. Ban ...
March 02, 2009
Just over four years after former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others were killed in a terrorist attack in Beirut, the international tribunal set up to try the perpetrators began its work today, marking what Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deemed a historic step in the search for justic...
March 02, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Paul Kagame discussed the situation in the border region between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today during their meeting in Kigali, the current stop on the United Nations chief's five-nation Africa trip.
"I expressed to President Ka...
March 02, 2009
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has strongly protested a report in today's Al-Raed newspaper alleging that Special Representative Ashraf Qazi admitted that the Mission provided information about the country to the International Criminal Court.
"The report is a complete fabrication," t...
March 02, 2009
The Nepali Women Diaspora organized the New York event, "Role of Nepali Women Diaspora and the promotion of Nepali language and literature". The event that took place at the Satya Narayan Temple, Woodside Avenue in Queens, New York, on Saturday the 28th February 2009, has an objective to promote Nep...
March 02, 2009
The Nepali Women Diaspora has organized the New York event, "Role of Nepali Women Diaspora and the promotion of Nepali language and literature". The event that took place at the Satya Narayan Temple, Woodside Avenue in Queens, New York, on Saturday the 28th February 2009, has an objective to promote...
March 02, 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the tireless efforts undertaken over the past decade to rid the world of anti-personnel landmines, while stressing that much work remains to eliminate this global scourge.
A statement issued by Mr. Ban's spokesperson on the occasion of the tenth anniv...
February 22, 2009
Greenpeace calls for Obama to assert authority and replace officials
Just days after the inauguration of President Obama, appointees from the Bush administration who are still in place are already attempting to undermine his foreign policy on whaling.
According to news reports [1] out of Hawa...
February 19, 2009
Green Party backs his right to protest and urges the dropping of all charges.
"The Green Party condemns the trial of the Iraqi shoe-thrower, Muntadar al-Zaidi, which opened in Baghdad today. We back his right to protest, and urge the dropping of all charges against him," said Peter Tatchell, th...
February 17, 2009
In a letter sent today on the eve of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Indonesia, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and three dozen other organizations urged her not to offer U.S. assistance to the Indonesian military (TNI) or intelligence agencies.
"The Secretary of ...
February 17, 2009
Phase I Wind Farm To Be Completed in 2009 – Full Conversion Planned for 2012.
Kralendijk, Bonaire – The island of Bonaire continues on its path toward becoming the first Caribbean island powered by 100% sustainable energy. In 2007, the island government, which takes pride in the island´s...
February 16, 2009
They may be smaller, slimmer, slicker and faster…but are they greener?
The greenest consumer electronic products on the market today have a smaller environmental footprint than those sold a year ago but the industry as a whole still has plenty of room for improvement, according to a new survey re...
February 12, 2009
NEW YORK – Experts in technology, academics, UN officials and development professionals joined forces today at a conference to explore concrete ways to deploy new and existing cell phone and online technologies to address poverty and disease in the poorest areas of the world.
The three-day confer...
February 09, 2009
Even in the light and shifty breeze off Qingdao in China today, it was all on for the four Volvo Open 70s as they raced in the third of the in-port race series of the Volvo Ocean Race. Today¹s racing was an exciting blend of lead changes and close match racing, with Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) fi...
February 06, 2009
In a glittering ceremoney, Professor, Prem Lal Joshi, Professor of Accounting, at the University of Bahrain, has been honored with the HIND RATTAN AWARD ( Jewel of India) on the eve of Indian Republic day by the NRI Welfare Society ( a registered body with Government of India) on Jan 25, 2...
February 05, 2009
Asylum seeker would become seventh gay Iraqi to be returned from the UK to country where homosexuality is punishable by death.
A gay Iraqi man due for deportation tomorrow has been told by the UK Border Agency to conduct his relationships "in private" on his return to Iraq, where homosexuality ...
January 26, 2009
Aomori, Japan - Greenpeace, which this year celebrates 20 years of environmental campaigning in Japan, officially opened a new Communications Centre today in the fishing and whaling town of Aomori in Japan's north, where the trial of two Greenpeace activists who exposed corruption in the whaling ind...
January 12, 2009
Hindus have praised Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania for promoting "respect towards the environment" and calling over-exploitation and contempt towards nature an "unforgivable abuse".
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, applauded Archbishop His...
January 08, 2009
Las Vegas – The greenest consumer electronic products on the market today have a smaller environmental footprint than those sold a year ago but the industry as a whole still has plenty of room for improvement, according to a new survey released by Greenpeace. (1)
"We´re on the hunt for a tr...
January 08, 2009
The European Parliament votes on Tuesday on a proposal to tighten regulation on agricultural pesticides, which risks making many common insecticides illegal. This will have a devastating effect on the fight against malaria in poor countries, according to a new report from the Campaign for Fighting ...
December 31, 2008
NEW YORK - Lev L. Dassin, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Saleh Elahwal, 55, of Matawan, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to providing material support to Hizballah, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Accord...
December 16, 2008
A leading press freedom organisation has called for the release from prison of a doctor sentenced to six months by a Kurdish judge for writing an medical article about sodomy.
Adel Hussein was convicted of offending public decency with his article in newspaper Hawlati and sentenced on November 24...
December 14, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – The Enough Project at the Center for American Progress issued the following statement regarding the growing crisis in Somalia:
As the Bush administration prepares to leave office, it is taking three ill-considered actions that threaten to exacerbate the already catastrophic situa...
December 01, 2008
ALTON BAY, N.H. - The American Australian Association's Benefit Dinner brought out more than 600 people in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 12 to celebrate the Association's 60th Anniversary and to raise the resulting $1.6 million for scholarships for post-grad students.
"Without doubt, the dinne...
December 01, 2008
Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA: http://www.imc-usa.org), an advocacy group dedicated towards safeguarding India´s pluralist and tolerant ethos, denounces in strongest possible terms the terror attacks in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. IMC-USA empathizes with the families of victim...
December 01, 2008
Hindus have praised Vatican and Pope Benedict for stepping up its fight against global warming by installing huge solar energy system, thus cutting its carbon monoxide emissions considerably.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, applauded His Holiness Po...
December 01, 2008
In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Jews have applauded European Parliament (EP) President Hans-Gert Pottering for inviting acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed for a dialogue.
Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California, in a statement at South Lake Tahoe (Cali...
November 25, 2008
Effort will begin on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and culminate on International Human Rights Day.
Washington, DC – November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women marks the beginning of an international effort to organize 16 days ...
November 20, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – The Enough Project issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The statement, which follows, is from John Prendergast, Co-chair, John Norris, Executive Director, and Omer Ismail, Poliy Advisor, of the Eno...
November 19, 2008
Marrakech, Morocco - Greenpeace activists have dumped some 5 tonnes of dead bluefin tuna heads in front of the French Fisheries Ministry in Paris to protest the continued mismanagement of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery that is leading to the commercial extinction of the ...
November 11, 2008
Greenpeace prevents palm oil shipment leaving Indonesia, demands an immediate end to forest destruction.
Dumai/Jakarta, Indonesia - Greenpeace activists has prevented a palm oil shipment from departing for Europe from Dumai, Indonesia's main palm oil export port, to protest against the ongoing ...
November 07, 2008
Antwerp - More than 80 activists placed thousands of windmills with the message to "Quit Coal" at the site of E.ON´s proposed coal fired power-plant in Antwerp Harbour. The action illustrates the choice facing Flemish authorities: authorise the construction of a huge coal power plant, or inves...
November 07, 2008
´President-elect Obama must make Darfur a top priority and end the genocide through high-level diplomacy backed by tough multilateral measures.´
WASHINGTON – Leading Darfur advocacy organizations today called on President-elect Obama to lead an international effort to secure a peace ...
November 04, 2008
Hindus have welcomed the groundbreaking three-day dialogue between Christianity and Islam, starting today at Vatican City, whose theme is ""Love of God, Love of Neighbor".
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was wonderful to watch the wor...
November 04, 2008
Tokyo - Ending the political prosecution of two Greenpeace activists in Japan will become the central focus of a global mass mobilisation campaign against the Japanese Government's whale hunt in the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary, Greenpeace announced today.
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, known ...
Greenpeace showcases the solution to Indonesia´s rapid forest destruction and rising carbon emission
October 31, 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia – Greenpeace this morning launched its Forests for Climate initiative, the pioneering solution to reduce deforestation, tackle climate change, preserve global biodiversity and protect the livelihoods of millions of forest people. Forests for Climate (FFC) is Greenpeace´s lan...
October 28, 2008
Amsterdam: The Oriental Bluebird, re-supply and transport ship of Japan's whaling fleet, has been de-flagged and fined, following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities. Greenpeace is calling on Japan's government to uphold international law by mothballing the vessel and ending the annual hunt ...
October 22, 2008
Island is Open and Welcoming Guests.
Roseau, Dominica – Discover Dominica Tourism Authority is pleased to announce that the island has escaped Hurricane Omar, a Category One storm, with minimal impact to its tourism infrastructure.
No visitors were evacuated from Dominica and are reported t...
October 22, 2008
Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed has congratulated India on the launch of ambitious Chandrayaan-1, its indigenously built satellite system, which carries an unmanned exploration mission to the moon.
It was a major milestone for India and we were proud of it, Zed said in a statemen...
October 21, 2008
Multi-year Initiative Calls for National Activism and New U.S. Policy to End Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls.
Washington, DC – With the situation on the ground in Congo further deteriorating, and senior UN leaders calling for more peacekeepers to help restore order, an impressive array ...
October 20, 2008
Sardinia commits to climate protection following 14-hour blockade of E.ON power plant.
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy – Sardinian authorities have promised to revise the region´s energy plans to meet EU climate protection targets, following a Greenpeace blockade at the E-ON owned Fiume San...
October 16, 2008
Moscow – As Philips business relations gathered for the Philips Simplicity Event in Moscow´s Red Square to celebrate its 110 years on the Russian market, Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner with the text "Philips: simply take back & recycle" and handed out leaflets to people attending the e...
October 16, 2008
Prime Minister Emphasizes Resiliency of the People and Key Role of Tourism and Hospitality, Particularly in Today´s Global Economic Environment.
Basseterre, St. Kitts – The 4th floor dining room of the United Nations was alive with activity on Friday night, October 10 as nationals and Dia...
October 10, 2008
Gijon, Spain - At 2am Sunday morning, four Greenpeace activists boarded the Windsor Adventure, a coal cargo ship importing coal from Colombia into Spain. Others painted "Quit Coal" in English and Spanish on the ship. The action was in protest against the Spanish government for causing climate change...
October 10, 2008
Jakarta/Jayapura - Greenpeace has embarked on the Indonesian leg of its "Forests for Climate" ship tour, to shine the spotlight on the rampant destruction of the Paradise Forests - the last remaining ancient forests of Southeast Asia.
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza arrived Sunday morning in Jayap...
October 09, 2008
The much-glorified European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008 initiative of European Union (EU) has failed to meet its own stated goals, Hindus assert.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that while one of major goals of EYID was to "promote k...
October 03, 2008
Greenpeace has launched an online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the companies that own them. The global environmental organisation launched its ´IUU blacklist´ as the West and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meets in ...
September 27, 2008
Renewed Fighting Displaces 100,000 More Civilians in Eastern Congo.
Goma: – Renewed combat in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a drastic deterioration in the humanitarian situation and immense suffering for civilians, the Congo Advocacy Coalition, a group of 83 aid agencies and ...
Hindus urge Finland to humanize its attitude towards Roma people who live in apartheid like conditio
September 23, 2008
Hindus want Finland to take care of its Roma (Gypsy) population instead of cracking down on them, who reportedly face apartheid like conditions.
Acclaimed Hindu and Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Nevada (USA) today, asked how Finland, which prides itself for its human ri...
September 20, 2008
The Muslim News has criticised the weakness of recently passed British laws on religious incitement following the failure to prosecute the BNP over a leaflet which blames Muslims for the heroin trade.
"It just shows that incitement to religious hatred legislation is inadequate and the BNP members...
September 19, 2008
The much-publicized first-ever high-level European Roma Summit held in Brussels (Belgium) on Tuesday failed to deliver any concrete results to improve the plight of Roma (also called Gypsies) people of Europe, who live in apartheid like conditions, Hindus emphasize.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hi...
September 19, 2008
Australia´s capital Canberra has said no to the request of naming a street after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.
Replying to a plea of Gandhi Monument Council headquartered in USA, John Meyer, Executive Director Client Services of Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Planning and Land Autho...
September 17, 2008
City of Liverpool in United Kingdom is considering the request of Gandhi Monument Council headquartered in USA to name one of its major streets after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.
Jean Evans, Head of Liverpool Lord Mayor´s Office, replying to the communiqué of the Council, wrote, "The Right W...
September 15, 2008
The intellectuals among Nepalese Community in the United States gathered in Queens, New York at Satya Narayan Temple's auditorium to take part in the "NY Nepali Poetry Festival". This special event, the first of its kind was organized by the N & J Entertainment Inc. NY, USA. Ms. Kamala Prasai, the P...
September 15, 2008
The Gandhi Monument Council has urged the mayors of United Kingdom's top ten cities to name one of the major streets of their respective cities after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.
Right Reverend Gene Savoy Jr. and Rajan Zed, Council coordinators, in a communiqué to the mayors, requested that th...
September 15, 2008
Reports of escalating government-sponsored violence necessitates a bipartisan show of support for victims of Darfur genocide.
SAN FRANCISCO AND BOSTON Darfur activists representing red states and blue states from San Francisco to Denver to Boston issued an open letter to presidential candidates...
August 28, 2008
Accra, Ghana - As the latest round of UN climate talks came to a close today, Greenpeace urged governments to pick up the pace of the negotiations which, in just over a year, must deliver a global deal to save the climate. The meeting, in Accra, Ghana, showed some progress but still lacked the urgen...
July 30, 2008
More Than 200 Killed and 150,000 Displaced Since January Accord Signed.
Goma – Six months since the signing of a peace agreement, horrendous violence continues to plague the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a coalition of 64 aid agencies and human rights groups said today. The new Congo A...
July 28, 2008
Hindus are hopeful that boycott call given against Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" in United Kingdom (UK) will be successful.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu leader, seems confident that many Hindus and others who feel their pain will refrain from going to this movie in UK. Box office receipts will p...
July 28, 2008
Hindus have criticized Statens biografbyrå (SBB) of Sweden for giving Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" a "Fran 7 ar" (non-harming for children over seven years) classification, while they say it deserved the highest "15 ar" (under 15 not admitted) classification.
Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu le...
July 28, 2008
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) should waive the diplomatic immunity of former Ambassador to the UN Lauro Baja, in the matter of the trafficking, peonage and racketeering civil complaint filed against him by 39-year-old domestic worker Marichu Suarez Baoanan.
GABNet of t...
July 25, 2008
Atlanta, GA - Ericka Pertierra, founder of the South Asian Foundation for Education Reform (SAFER), called yesterday for the immediate return of Muna Abanur Mahamed, an American girl currently held on an expired religious education visa at the Jamia Binoria madrassa in Karachi, Pakistan.
Last ...
July 25, 2008
$251 million granted for projects statewide - majority from Proposition 1D bond.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced yesterday that the State Allocation Board (SAB) has awarded school districts in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura c...
July 24, 2008
Urges Her to Vigorously Advocate for Justice for East Timorese Victims.
The East Timor and Indonesian Action Network (ETAN) today congratulated Navanethem Pillay on her nomination as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
"As human rights commissioner, Judge Pillay will become the intern...
July 17, 2008
This week the report of the bilateral Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) will be handed over to the presidents of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The report concludes that crimes against humanity took place for which militia groups and the Indonesian military, police and civilian government bear in...
July 11, 2008
Greenpeace denounces charges as disproportionate and politically motivated.
Aomori, Japan - Two Greenpeace peaceful protestors have been charged with theft and trespass after they exposed a major scandal around the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean...
July 08, 2008
BEIJING - Successful, measurable steps have been taken to promote the concepts of "Green Olympics" since Beijing´s successful bidding for the Olympic Games in 2001.
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has worked diligently with civic leaders to strengthened...
July 02, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - The appointment of a new tourism minister in the Bahamas is being hailed as a significant move for the wider Caribbean region.
The highly-regarded head of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, joins the Bahamian Senate next week as Minister of Tour...
July 02, 2008
New South Wales, Australia - 27 Greenpeace activists are taking non-violent direct action to stop climate-changing coal from being burnt at Eraring, Australia's most polluting coal-fired power plant. The activists, including an ex-miner from the Hunter Valley, have blockaded the coal supply to the p...
July 02, 2008
Crowd Attending the 12th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival Wowed by Headliner John Legend and other Internationally Renowned Artists. John Legend Praises St. Kitts and Vibrant Energy of Crowd.
Basseterre, St. Kitts – A truly dazzling performance by Grammy Award winning artist John Legend made thi...
July 02, 2008
Protection Initiative Incorporates Turtle Watching Tours and Participation of Citizens as Part of the Internationally Recognized WIDECAST.
Roseau, Dominica – While Dominica offers many things to see and do for nature enthusiasts, sea turtle watching is rapidly becoming a major attraction. Grow...
July 02, 2008
Aomori, Japan -- A court in Aomori, Japan has ruled that two Greenpeace peaceful protestors who exposed a major scandal around the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme will spend the maximum time in custody without charge permissible unde...
June 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA – A meeting with Taiwan Vice-President Victor Siew was the highlight of the final segment of the Youth for Human Rights World Educational Tour 2008, which culminated in Taiwan on June 12. Traveling under the banner "Creating a Human Rights Renaissance," Ms. Mary Shuttleworth, Founder...
June 13, 2008
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today said the promotion of Brigadier General Pramono Edhie Wibowo to chief of Kopassus, Indonesia´s notorious Special Forces unit, the latest example of Indonesia´s failure to deal with its military´s sordid past.
"The promoti...
May 19, 2008
Tokyo - Following this morning's revelation by Greenpeace of large-scale corruption within the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme, the environmental group delivered a complaint to the Tokyo district Public Prosecutor's Office, who gave assurance that the details of the ca...
Greenpeace exposes Stolen 'Scientific' Whale Meat Scandal - Investigation by Japan's Public Prosecut
May 19, 2008
Tokyo - A box of whale meat illicitly removed by crew of the Nisshin Maru, the whaling factory ship, following this year's Southern Ocean whale hunt was put on display by Greenpeace activists in Tokyo this morning, prior to being handed over to the Public Prosecutor's office in Tokyo as evidence of ...
February 10, 2008
Wrapping up a three-day mission to Kenya to assess the humanitarian situation following the outbreak of post-election violence, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today reiterated the world body's determination to help those forced to flee their homes by clashes.
"I have met a lot o...
October 29, 2007
STUTTGART, Germany - An American ambassador and a Navy admiral have begun serving as co-deputies of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), a unique arrangement designed to enhance military support for U.S. government programs throughout Africa.
Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates, a senior U.S. diploma...
October 16, 2007
The Presidents of both the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda expressed frustration that several fugitives are still at large, as they presented the reports of their respective bodies to the General Assembly.
Although two o...
February 03, 2007
Basseterre, St. Kitts – With spectacular natural beauty, sandy beaches, an ambiance of pure romance and genuine, welcoming Caribbean hospitality, more and more couples are choosing St. Kitts for the most important moment of their lives.
This secluded place features a variety of intimate spots f...
January 09, 2007
Manila/Cebu -- Greenpeace yesterday called upon the ASEAN leaders to put Climate Change on top of its agenda and seek help from developed countries to establish adaptation and mitigation measures to protect the people and economies of the region.
Scientists predict that climate change impacts ...
May 01, 2006
More than 230 sites have already been selected for the over 300 new permanent, earthquake-resistant schools that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has committed itself in Aceh and other areas of northern Sumatra that were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and subsequent tsunami.
...
April 10, 2006
Beijing, March 28, 2006 -- China is central to the laundering of illegal timber from some of the world's most endangered forests, according to a new investigative report by Greenpeace. The trade is driven by domestic and international demand in the USA, Europe, Japan and other developed countries.
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March 30, 2006
Expressing “serious concern” about persistent and forced evictions in Angola, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing today called on the country’s Government to comply with its human rights obligations and promptly act on this “gross violation of human rights.”
Miloon Kothari, ...
March 27, 2006
With the spread of polio to previously disease-free regions of Somalia raising the logistical problem of reaching strife-torn areas while threatening neighbouring countries, further funds are needed for a United Nations-backed vaccination campaign now underway to immunize 1.4 million children agains...
March 25, 2006
Emphasizing the need for agreements on the non-use of force and the return of internally displaced people in the conflict between the Government of Georgia and Abkhaz separatists, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for the UN mission in the Caucasian country to be extended for ...
March 25, 2006
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced increasing concern over the situation of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Baghdad amid reports that more than 100 families had received written death threats and that many are in a state of shock and panic.
“This panic may spread and lead to more ...
March 25, 2006
A violent cocktail of regular and rebel forces on both sides of the Chadian-Sudanese frontier combined with an increasing number of incursions by armed groups has forced thousands of people from their homes and could seriously impede humanitarian aid, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) wa...
November 30, 1999
Amsterdam - The global rejection of genetically engineered rice is revealed today as 41 of the world’s biggest exporters, processors and retailers issued written commitments to stay GE free. The worldwide tide of opposition is reflected in the new Greenpeace report, ‘Rice Industry in Crisis.’
The...