Iraq: Loss of oil revenue hampers reconstruction efforts
Attacks on oil pipelines cost the Iraqi economy an estimated US $6 billion in 2005, severely restricting the funding available for post-war reconstruction, according to the Ministry of Oil.
Iraq: Insurgency little understood by coalition forces, says think-tank
“In Iraq, the US fights an enemy it hardly knows,” reads an ICG report released on 15 February. “Its descriptions have relied on gross approximations and crude categories…that bear only passing resemblance to reality.”
Zambia: Lack of funds hampers bird flu surveilliance
The arrival of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus strain in Nigeria has sparked concern over the levels of preparedness and capacity to deal with a potential outbreak throughout southern Africa.
Iraqi viewpoint:The Basra video should lay to rest a scurrilous lie
It adds insult to very serious injury when we are told that this humiliation, torture and violence is the work of a few 'bad apples'.
Solve the energy crisis – put people before profits
Prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, heating oil and natural gas have soared in the past four years, and rocketed to new highs in the last year, undermining the living standards of working people.
Mobile 'Communist Clinic' Provides Medical Aid in Baghdad
The number of people treated and given medical advice by the Mobile Communist Clinic, over a period of 3 hours, were about 220, mostly elderly and destitute.
Human Rights Violations in Nepal
Since the regime has completely been marginalized and isolated inside and outside the country, its intolerances have also been increasing against the peaceful activities of the political parties and the general masses.
'I am a Renegade, an Outlaw, a Pagan' - Author, Poet and Activist Alice Walker in Her Own Words
'So I think of any movement for peace and justice as something that is about stabilizing our inner spirit so that we can go on and bring into the world a vision that is much more humane than the one that we have dominant today.'
Cindy Sheehan: The Human Cost of War
Resources wasted in the destruction of human life and property, are resources that cannot be used for building houses or feeding the hungry.
British Parliament to discuss solidarity with Venezuela
After the scandalous attack by Tony Blair last week on the Venezuelan government and Hugo Chavez in particular, an Early Day Motion, number 1644, on 'Developments in Venezuela' has been put down and so far signed by 72 MPs.
