 | Gaza Book Tour in the UK: Ramzy Baroud Available for Talks and Readings ( 2010-03-12 ) Following a successful book tour in South Africa in February 2010, Palestinian-American author, journalist and Editor of the Palestine Chronicle, Ramzy Baroud w... (read more) |
 | Iran's Afghanistan Fix ( 2010-03-12 ) TEHRAN Iran appears to be in a fix over the future of Afghanistan. ... (read more) |
 | Indonesia: US Should Justify Training Counterterrorism Unit ( 2010-03-12 ) Resuming Ties Should Require Resolving Concerns About Special Forces’ Abuses ... (read more) |
| 14 March: Belgians and Expats to Plant a Forest in One Day ( 2010-03-11 ) WHAT: As a contribution to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Billion Tree Campaign, Belgians and expatriates of all ages will join forces in Nee... (read more) |
 | Indirect Israel talks 'called off' + UPDATES ( 2010-03-11 ) Israel's announcement drew outrage from Abbas, left, and condemnation from Biden [Reuters]... (read more) |
 | Italian authorities urged to stop forced evictions of Roma ( 2010-03-11 ) We always dream that our children will have a house to live in, so they will not be called "gypsies" Elpida, a Macedonian Roma... (read more) |
 | Al-Azhar Grand Imam Passes Away ( 2010-03-11 ) Sheikh Mohamed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the highest seat of religious learning in the Sunni world, passed away on Wednesday, March 10, of a h... (read more) |
| Majority of Brussels lobby firms avoid registry ( 2010-03-11 ) EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS Over 60 percent of Brussels-based lobbying consultancies have yet to sign up to the European Commission's lobby register, almost two y... (read more) |
| Haiti Aid: US Respect Sovereignty Without Militarization ( 2010-03-11 ) Earthquake Aid to Haiti and Respect the Sovereignty of the Haitian People! [Note: The following resolution was adopted by the Executive Committee of t... (read more) |
| David Edwards: INTO THE ABYSS ( 2010-03-11 ) What lies at the heart of man? Anything? Nothing? Nothing much? Many of us believe that the human heart is a wasteland, a kind of abyss into which we might fall... (read more) |
 | Slovakia plans to remove Romani children from their families ( 2010-03-09 ) Amnesty International has warned that establishing boarding schools for Romani children "and gradually detach[ing] them from the way of living they currently ex... (read more) |
 | Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" ( 2010-03-09 ) Sell! Buy! Rebel! 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Is Out Today on DVD (...and what is up with Wal-Mart?)!... (read more) |
| George Monbiot: The Unpersuadables ( 2010-03-09 ) In fighting for science, we subscribe to a comforting illusion: that people can be swayed by the facts. There is one question that no one who denies manmade... (read more) |
 | Iraq Fetes Election Success ( 2010-03-09 ) BAGHDAD As vote counting of Iraq’s parliamentary elections continued on Monday, March 8, Iraqis celebrated the success of their second polls since the US in... (read more) |
 | Kucinich War in Afghanistan Privileged Resolution Update ( 2010-03-09 ) This week a privileged resolution will be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives to make an attempt to try to get America out of the war in Afghan... (read more) |
| Stuart Littlewood: Does Israel hope to spark a new wave of suicide bombing? ( 2010-03-09 ) “The suicide bomber wrote that he began to live the day he came to know he was to die. Where did he get this passion to kill?” Mahesh Bhatt Here in the... (read more) |
 | Nigerians bury massacre victims ( 2010-03-09 ) Nigerians are burying victims of a massacre of predominantly Christian villagers near the central city of Jos, blamed on a Muslim group.... (read more) |
| International Women's Day ( 2010-03-08 ) "Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and dignity for all... But equality... (read more) |
 | Earthquake rocks eastern Turkey ( 2010-03-08 ) An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude has rocked eastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people, and injuring 100 others.... (read more) |
 | Iraqis Defy Attacks to Vote ( 2010-03-08 ) BAGHDAD Defying waves of deadly rocket, mortar and bomb attacks, millions of Iraqi voters flocked into polling stations Sunday, March 7, to elect a new parl... (read more) |
 | “The Hurt Locker” sweeps Oscars ( 2010-03-08 ) The Iraq war drama, "The Hurt Locker", has won Best Picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.... (read more) |
| THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (09/10) ( 2010-03-05 ) 6-12 March 2010 (and beyond) VIP Visits • The UN Secretary-General is in Chile (6 March). • Patricia O'Brien, UN Legal Counsel: Brussels (8 M... (read more) |
| Elisa Burchett: Women Discuss Equal Rights Progress at U.N. ( 2010-03-05 ) Women have arrived at the United Nations, kicking off the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The event started on Monday, March1st and is sc... (read more) |
 | Aftershocks shake Chilean city ( 2010-03-05 ) Powerful aftershocks have rattled buildings and sent terrified residents fleeing into the streets in the Chilean city of Concepcion.... (read more) |
| Mercenaries Circling Haiti ( 2010-03-05 ) On March 9 and 10, there will be a Haiti conference in Miami for private military and security companies to showcase their services to governments and non-gover... (read more) |