| Israel: 60 Years of the Modern Nation-State ( 2008-05-14 ) Israel is currently celebrating 60 years of existence as a Nation-State. “At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed the ne... (read more) |
| China reeling from largest earthquake in 30 years ( 2008-05-13 ) The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years, registered at a magnitude of 7.9, has killed at least 10,000 people in the south-western Sichuan province... (read more) |
 | UNHCR Emergency Response in Myanmar- Update ( 2008-05-13 ) UNHCR staff in Mae Sot, north-western Thailand, help load emergency shelter supplies on a convoy bound for Myanmar on Saturday. © UNHCR/V.Dithajohn Please cl... (read more) |
| U.S.: Winter Soldier on the Hill ( 2008-05-13 ) Congress has heard from politicians, pundits, and generals, but not, up to this point, from the average boots-on-the-ground soldier. On May 15th, Iraq Vetera... (read more) |
 | Felicity Arbuthnot: Iraq, Depleted Uranium and a Song for Sanity ( 2008-05-13 ) Dr Chris Busby is an internationally renowned scientist and founder of the Low Level Radiation Campaign ( http://www.llrc.org )... (read more) |
| Preventing an arms race in outer space ( 2008-05-13 ) AS WORLD WAR I broke out, Henry James identified an inexorable current that had been running below international events, leading to the "monstrous scene" of Aug... (read more) |
 | Kidney for Bread in oil-rich Iraq ( 2008-05-13 ) BAGHDAD Iraq, a member of OPEC with the world's third-biggest oil reserves, earned $38 billion in oil export revenue last year.... (read more) |
| MEDIA ALERT: SOMALIA - HIDDEN CATASTROPHE HIDDEN AGENDA ( 2008-05-13 ) On May 1, the BBC website reported an attack on Somalia with the words: “Air raid kills Somali militants.” One might think the BBC’s headline would iden... (read more) |
 | Gaia Evening: The Scramble for Agrofuels in Africa ( 2008-05-13 ) Investors are looking to Africa to find land for agrofuel (biofuel) plantations. But the agrofuels push is not the “carbon neutral” solution it claims to be, an... (read more) |
| ISIS: Deadly gift from Monsanto to India ( 2008-05-13 ) To follow up on your articles, Organic Cotton Beats Bt Cotton in India ( SiS 27) and Message from Andra Predesh:Return to organic cotton & avoid the Bt cotton t... (read more) |
 | Sand Creek Massacre story hits air waves ( 2008-05-13 ) CENTENNIAL, CO -- Award-winning filmmaker, Donald L. Vasicek's interview about his award-winning film, "The Sand Creek Massacre", will be aired in two parts on ... (read more) |
| U.S.: Help Protect Utah's Redrock Canyonlands ( 2008-05-13 ) Right now the U.S. Senate is considering legislation (S. 2834) that would permanently protect a spectacular stretch of wildlands in southwestern Utah. But the b... (read more) |
 | Pentecost Sunday (Whitsunday) (Pinkster) ( 2008-05-11 ) Illustration: The Descent of the Holy Spirit in a 15th century illuminated manuscript. At the top is a dove, representing the Holy Spirit. The Virgin Mary stand... (read more) |
| Mother’s Day 2008 ( 2008-05-11 ) When we arrived, it was our mothers who first taught us who we are and what we should do. Then, later, a few of our fathers – or their leaders – taught us wa... (read more) |
 | WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 2008 ( 2008-05-10 ) Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity 10-11 May 2008 Migratory bird numbers plummeting globally - warning signs of a changing environment ... (read more) |
 | UN appeals for $187 million to aid Myanmar cyclone victims + UPDATE ( 2008-05-09 ) The United Nations today appealed for $187 million to help provide humanitarian relief to some 1.5 million people severely affected by the recent cyclone in Mya... (read more) |
 | Human Rights Groups Unveil Travelling Exhibit Aimed To Bring Guantanamo Home ( 2008-05-09 ) MIAMI Life-size human silhouettes cut from orange cardboard direct passersby at busy Bayfront Park to the latest effort by human rights groups to get the Gu... (read more) |
 | Jimmy Carter: A Human Rights Crime ( 2008-05-09 ) The world must stop standing idle while the people of Gaza are treated with such cruelty... (read more) |
 | Malcom Lagauche: REMINISCING TARIQ AZIZ ( 2008-05-09 ) Tariq Aziz is about to go on trial for the murder of 42 people in Iraq in 1992. The verdict, as with all the so-called trials of the Ba’ath regime members, is a... (read more) |
 | Lebanon: Hizbullah Rejects Hariri Initiative ( 2008-05-09 ) BEIRUT As fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day on Friday, May 9, the Hizbullah-led opposition rejected a four-point initiative proposed by p... (read more) |
 | Clearing the Killing Fields: Landmines & UXO in Nagorno Karabakh ( 2008-05-09 ) ...Eight years have passed since an armistice brought peace to Nagorno-Karabakh, the largely Armenian-populated territory in Azerbaijan that demanded reunificat... (read more) |
 | Last Minute Mother's Day Gift Ideas from UNHCR ( 2008-05-09 ) Are you looking for a gift besides flowers or chocolate this Mother’s Day? Why not the gift of helping a refugee woman and her family? Please clic... (read more) |
| Myanmar courts political disaster ( 2008-05-09 ) CHIANG MAI, Thailand With political, economic and social tensions already running high, the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis and the military government... (read more) |
 | Frustration growing over lack of access to Myanmar cyclone victims – UN ( 2008-05-08 ) Photo: John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator... (read more) |
| Agreement to Strengthen Border Cooperation between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Reached in Tehran ( 2008-05-08 ) TEHRAN (UNODC) A trilateral meeting between Ministers from the Islamic Republics of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan has concluded in Tehran with agreement on... (read more) |