| A Cancer in the System ( 2002-03-25 ) Why are the British government and the big charities ignoring the environmental causes of cancer? There is no notion so flawed that society will not, at som... (read more) |
 | Today’s World Not So Different from 2,500 Years Ago ( 2002-05-07 ) “In the sixth century before the Christian era, religion was forgotten in India. The lofty teachings of the Vedas were thrown into the background. There was muc... (read more) |
| FEAST OR FAMINE - AFRICA'S FOOD MINEFIELD ( 2002-06-25 ) Food and starvation have hogged the African headlines these past few weeks. In Central Africa, millions face starvation as a drought bites, while further North,... (read more) |
| Are AIDS Activists Circling the Wagons ? asks Chris Stevenson ( 2004-07-12 ) The Future looks Glum as leading doctors, world leaders, and activists add their own views and thesis to those of Dr. Graves. "We are greater than any federa... (read more) |
 | Global AIDS Conference 2004, Bangkok, Thailand ( 2004-07-12 ) Saturday, the Fifteenth Annual International AIDS Conference opened in Thailand, for a week long series of speeches, displays, presentations, discussions, debat... (read more) |
 | SALUTING WORLD AIDS DAY: SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES `BURDEN OF HIV-RELATED STIGMA’ ( 2002-12-02 ) Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Aids Day, 1 December: ... (read more) |
| Alzheimer's in America: The Aluminum - Phosphate Fertilizer Connection, by Lynn Landes ( 2002-09-02 ) Americans are losing their minds to Alzheimer's disease. It's an epidemic. And it's not typical of what's going on in the rest of the world. The World Healt... (read more) |
| Aspartame Causes Cancer - Original Studies Showed Problem ( 2006-03-29 ) The controversy over aspartame, the artificial sweetener imposed on us by Don Rumsfeld “calling in his political markers” does not seem to abate. On the one han... (read more) |
| PROPOSED 2004 U.N. DRAFT RESOLUTION ABOUT NUTRITION, ESPECIALLY ASPARTAME, by Stephen Fox ( 2004-05-15 ) Numerous unchecked multinational corporations are churning out millions of metric tons of harmful additives. We have reached epidemic levels in the United State... (read more) |
| Time to End the Bird Flu Hysteria ? ( 2006-03-29 ) The World Health Organisation has reported 100 human deaths due to “Bird Flu”, since 2003 and that properly cooked poultry “poses no risk”. Perhaps, it is ti... (read more) |
| CHENEY, BRIEFLY ASSUMING BUSH’S DUTIES, SAYS HE ENJOYED THE DOWNTIME, by Andy Borowitz ( 2002-07-04 ) U.S. President’s Colon Procedure Offered Welcome Break From Grueling Vice-Presidential Schedule Vice-President Dick Cheney, having briefly assumed President ... (read more) |
| Chemical Sensitivity - It's a Serious Problem More Often Than You Think!!! ( 2002-04-10 ) The source of the problem There are over 70,000 chemicals commercially produced in the United States today. many of which were developed after World War II. T... (read more) |
| Christiane Martens: Second Anniversary of Her Release ( 2008-07-03 ) For two years, many of us have been feeling the loss of Christiane Martens Rafferty, myself perhaps most of all.... (read more) |
| In Memoriam, Christiane Martens ( 2006-08-03 ) It is one month since Christiane was released from her body. Memento Mori.... (read more) |
| The Funeral of Christiane N. Martens, Co-Publisher of the ‘U.N. OBSERVER’ ( 2006-07-16 ) A lovely garden-like cemetery in The Hague now holds the physical remains of Christiane Martens. The ceremony and reception took place on Monday, 10 July, from ... (read more) |
| R.I.P. Christiane N. Martens: Our Loss is Heaven’s Gain ( 2006-07-04 ) The U.N. OBSERVER & International Report will function erratically for the next month, or so, in Mourning for Christiane N. Martens, co-publisher and gui... (read more) |
| E.U. Suppresses Study Showing High Costs of Genetically Engineered Crops ( 2002-05-29 ) Brussels - A secret EU study leaked to Greenpeace states that all farmers would face high additional, in some cases unsustainable costs of production if genetic... (read more) |
| Funds Spent on Arms Can Feed the Whole World, by Arshad Sharif ( 2002-05-31 ) ISLAMABAD Consider the realities that more than 21 million people died in Third World countries after World War II. The Third World debt is way over $1,00... (read more) |
| Letter from Hopi Elders, Oraibi, Arizona ( 2002-06-26 ) You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell them that this is the Hour ! And there are things to be con... (read more) |
| Hunger and Rhetoric: The World Food Summit ( 2002-06-15 ) There are over 800 million people going hungry today, nearly12% of the human population. This includes approximately 26 million in the United States of America.... (read more) |
| HALF A MILLION PALESTINIANS NEED FOOD AID ( 2002-05-27 ) Jerusalem - The United Nations World Food Programme has launched an emergency operation to help feed about half a million non-refugee Palestinians no longer abl... (read more) |
| One in Ten Americans Faces Hunger ( 2002-03-25 ) USDA Study affirms America's Second Harvest’s reports of increased demand for emergency food assistance (Chicago, March 14, 2002) More than 33 million people... (read more) |
| Israel Rafalovich: In Pursuit of Happiness ( 2007-02-11 ) Have you ever stood at a crossroads in your life and wondered what would make you happy? All too often, what we thought would make us happy hasn't, so we hav... (read more) |
| King George II: A Shakespearean Drama, by Shepherd Bliss ( 2002-07-04 ) "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances," Shakespeare observed centuries ago. The Bard... (read more) |
| Mass Starvation Imminent in Zimbabwe and Malawi ( 2002-06-17 ) The international humanitarian organisation, Concern, has warned of a catastrophe similar to the 1984 Ethiopian famine if donor agencies do not respond immediat... (read more) |
| Medical Warning ( 2002-03-25 ) Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), in a recent publication, analysing global warming, points out some of the health hazards caused by Greenhouse Gases.... (read more) |
| More Myths from Hollywood – a non-review by Paul V. Rafferty ( 2004-02-24 ) Hollywood star Mel Gibson has produced yet another film depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. “The Passion of the Christ” is purported to be an... (read more) |
 | The Pope of Reconciliation Visits North America ( 2002-07-29 ) World Youth Day was held in Toronto, Canada from July 18 through 28 in order for young people to discuss ways of applying Christian Ethics to the the problems o... (read more) |
| Tonight Begins the Jewish New Year ( 2003-09-26 ) "It was evening, it was morning: one day." Genesis 1:5. Simon Jacobson explains the meaning of Rosh Hashana, in terms that reverberate to everyone, regardles... (read more) |
| Leaked Report Shows U.K. Government Scrambling to Change GM Law ( 2002-05-29 ) The Government is planning to change the law to make it more difficult for the public to object to the commercial development of GM crops, according to a confid... (read more) |
| Kofi Annan Greets Day of Vesak, Buddha Day ( 2002-05-07 ) Vesak Day, May 7 commemorates the birth and enlightenment of Buddha and his entry into Nirvana. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan notes that Buddha’s vision ... (read more) |
| U.S. Forced To OK Lawsuit Charging U.S. Lab Origin Of HIV/AIDS ( 2002-11-30 ) In a November 20, 2002 letter from the Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, AIDS ORIGIN researcher, Boyd E. Gra... (read more) |
| ASPARTAME LAWSUITS ACCUSE MANY COMPANIES OF POISONING THE PUBLIC ( 2004-04-07 ) SACRAMENTO, California: Lawsuits were filed in three separate California courts against twelve companies who either produce or use the artificial sweetener aspa... (read more) |
| U.S. Newspapers Present Biased View of Biotech ( 2002-05-03 ) Thirteen of the largest newspapers and magazines in the United States have all but shut out criticism of genetically modified (GM) food and crops from their opi... (read more) |
| "National Hunger Awareness Day" in the United States ( 2002-06-08 ) America's Second Harvest, the largest hunger-relief charity in the United States, sponsored the first-ever "National Hunger Awareness Day" on Wednesday, June 5.... (read more) |
| Work-Related Fatalities Reach 2 Million Annually ( 2002-05-28 ) GENEVA (ILO News) - Two million workers die each year through work-related accidents and diseases and that is just the tip of the iceberg, the International Lab... (read more) |
| West Nile Virus - A Manufactured Crisis, by Lynn Landes ( 2002-09-09 ) What to do about West Nile? Don't do anything. It has the smell of a manufactured crisis. The news on West Nile is a disturbing combination of hype, confusion, ... (read more) |
| Feeding People in the 21st Century, by Shepherd Bliss ( 2002-06-15 ) "We can feed the world," Norman Borlaug declares in a recent Wall Street Journal commentary. The Nobel Laureate advocates the 1960s "Green Revolution" of "hig... (read more) |