Cyprus: The Struggle for Unity against Intervention, Aggression against Iran Rejected
I want to conclude by saying that the Cyprus problem is a complex, intricate and I would say difficult problem as it has developed after the referenda. It is not possible from one day to the next to promote its course for a solution.
43,000 Reasons Not To Attack Iran
It's wonderful that so many people are here as we deliver the petition to the White House. It would be nice if President Bush were here, but I understand he's run for the border in search of his lost 30 percent approval rating.
IRAQ: Health officials warn of increased respiratory disease in Missan
“We’re not seeing a real commitment from the government to deal with these problems...Especially on sewage, which is currently being drained into a river on which people rely for their cooking'
Remembering North Korea, Part I
Anyone who has a kind word to say about North Korea today takes his political, not to speak of literary, life in his hands. So thoroughly has that small country been demonized that it takes on a measure of heroism simply to try to strike a balance, assert a few obvious facts, and bring the subject back into the realm of reason where reasonable people may consider it.
West Africa: As regional dams run dry, lights go off in Togo
Togo needs 90 megawatts of power to meet national demand, but the country is only getting 51.5 megawatts, or just over 40 percent of the electricity needed as water levels run low in dams across the region
Poverty Drives Immigration
As Bush continues to troll for votes to shore up Republicans in the November elections, the immigration debate moves further away from any informed discussion of why workers uproot themselves and make treacherous journeys to other countries, only to take miserable jobs with employers who exploit them in every imaginable way.
State Department Looking for a Fight in which it Might get a Black Eye
In yet another blow to the credibility of one of its annually released “certification” reports on the performance of other nations on some broad social or political issue the State Department in its 2006 compilation included Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, and accused Venezuela of a high degree of non-cooperation.
Redefining the Middle East
It may be convenient to perceive the Middle East as a politically charged, fractious region, rife with conflicts and disputes, void of many prospects, save those leading to even further uncertainty and turmoil.
Immigrants' Rights Coalition Unveils Mass Mobilization Lobbying Plans
Leaders of the immigrant rights coalition that mobilized masses of people for demonstrations nationwide on April 10 and May 1 announced a stepped-up campaign that includes lobbying lawmakers, more marches and plans to register and mobilize at least a million new voters around the immigration issue.
Coalition Denounces Bush’s Border Control and Guest Worker Proposals
In response to President Bush’s national address on immigration today [May 15], the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (BAIRC) voices its strong opposition to proposals that place National Guard troops at the border, initiate new guest worker programs and call for increased employer sanctions.
