Haiti 'elections' Update: Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Haiti's election dates have now been reset for the fourth time in the last five months. The Interim Government of Haiti (IGH) will now miss the February 7, 2005, deadline for transferring power that it had promised to meet for 21 months.
Haiti : U.S. Doctor says Jean-Juste Is Gravely Ill
Haiti’s illegal government arrested Jean-Juste, a well-known activist priest and supporter of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, as he was helping to officiate a funeral on July 21 Since then he has been imprisoned - for the second time since the Feb. 29, 2004 coup against Aristide - without formal charges.
Left Candidate Leads in Bolivian Presidential Polls
Indian leader Evo Morales could become Bolivia’s first indigenous president next Sunday according to the latest public opinion poll and to some strategic appeasement public relations in which he has been involved.
SUDAN: AU mission in Darfur running out of cash
The Darfur conflict erupted in February 2003 when the rebels took up arms to fight 'discrimination and oppression' by the Sudanese government. The government is accused of unleashing militia on civilians in an attempt to quash the rebellion. Some 3.4 million people have been affected
JCP chair urges prime minister to withdraw SDF from Iraq
Earlier in the day, Koizumi held a meeting with leaders of the Opposition: the Japanese Communist Party, the Democratic Party of Japan, and the Social Democratic Party. JCP Chair Shii Kazuo emphasized that extending the Iraq deployment of SDF troops has no justification and demanded that the government immediately bring them home.
Sydney Race Riots: Time to stand against racism
'This is racism and must be condemned and opposed', said the Secretariat of the Communist Party in a statement strongly condemning the riots on several Sydney beaches over the past few days.
Harare Now A Showcase of Ill Government
As Zimbabwe's capital city Harare is the world's window to the country it is now a showcase of President Robert Mugabe's failure to run the government, says the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
Torture and Empire: An Interview with Lila Rajiva
I think the way the Iraqi detainee torture scandal was covered -- which is the subject of my book -- is a perfect example. There were actually reports on torture right from the start, right after 9-11. But it didn't become a mainstream 'story' until three years later, after the CBS report in late April 2004.
What Is It That Lies Beneath the Lion’s Balls?
On an unusually warm day in late October, I found myself lying face-up, on a comfortable stretch of grass, between two old, flaking tombstones, in Halifax’s oldest graveyard, St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Movie Review: Syriana
The political thriller Syriana is on my list of the top ten best movies of 2005. This brilliantly produced and powerfully written film gives us a rare and challenging peak at the politics of the Middle East and the oil interests that drive them.
