Joy Phumaphi: Hope for Women and Girls
As representatives of the World Health Organization Member States arrive in Geneva this week for the 65th World Health Assembly, I feel a cautious optimism about the future, and the future health of Africa. With two female...Read more...
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More than 60 killed in Syria despite presence of U.N. monitors
More than 60 people were killed nationwide in Syria on Sunday, including at least 34 people in central Hama province, which came under heavy army shelling for hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported....Read more...
Kenya Braces for ICC Ruling on Top Officials
The International Criminal Court will decide over the next few days whether six men accused of orchestrating post-election violence in Kenya in 2008 should stand trial. Tens of thousands of people who fled the violence are...Read more...
The puzzle of rising sea levels explained
Climate Change Read more about the environmental changes and challenges the world faces. Now R253.95 buy now Paris - Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists...Read more...
David Littman, Human Rights Champion, Died Today
The fight for freedom has today lost a truly great and towering giant. May 2010 February 2009 David Littman spent decades working at the UN in Switzerland, trying to get people to pay attention to how Islam and Islamic law were...Read more...
Bahrain: Human Rights Body Should Target Repression
Tweet Widget Facebook Like United Nations member states should scrutinize Bahrain ’s deplorable human rights record during the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council on May 21, 2012. The...Read more...
Celebrating in black and white
The "photographer of the nation in the making" showcases the spirit of Jerusalem Day. Photo: Elisabeth Heinemann Aside from the marches, concerts and the official ceremonies on TV, Jerusalem Day is a time for remembering...Read more...
NBA roundup: 76ers' late rally stuns Celtics; Lakers edge Thunder
defeat was magnified by a sideline confrontation between star guard Dwyane Wade and coach Erik Spoelstra. Wade scored five points in one of the worst playoff games of his career. NHL... In this article: Boston Celtics , NBA ,...Read more...
Explosion near U.N. ceasefire monitor chief's convoy: Reuters witness (Reuters)
DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded on Sunday about 150 meters (yards) from a United Nations convoy carrying the head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission and a senior U.N. official in the town of Douma, a...Read more...
Big Brother in your backyard, Part 1
If I told you that a United Nations plan to influence and change every aspect of our lives was being implemented at this very moment, in every state in this country, you’d probably think I’d been sipping too much Napa Valley...Read more...
Weigh to go Vogue
A step in the right direction in banning too young and too skinny models Published on May 20, 2012 by A couple of months ago I blogged about the inappropriateness of a Vogue story about a mom putting her young daughter on a...Read more...
Lebanon tense after army kills anti-Assad group members
Source: reuters // Reuters * Fears that Syria violence spilling over * Deaths follow days of fighting in north Lebanon * Bomb blast, fighting in Syrian capital Damascus (Adds roads blocked in Beirut, PM comment, schools closed)...Read more...
Letters: Finding the funds to bail out Greece
If the European elites really are to break out of their "static ideology" ( If the eurozone is serious about growth, it can have it , 18 May) and preoccupation with malfunctioning institutions, then they should begin...Read more...
10 things you need to know today: May 20, 2012
File Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, 60, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am flight 103, which killed 270 people above Scotland, has died at home in Libya, his... In this article: Chen Guangcheng ,...Read more...
Syria Bomb strikes near UN officials
A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior UN officials toured the area, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the ...Read more...
Suicide bomb in east Syrian city kills 9
Rights, reported that the bomb went off close to the city branches of the Military Intelligence Directorate and Air Force Intelligence. Syria's state news agency posted photos of U.N.... In this article: Suicide , Car bomb ,...Read more...
Bomb explodes during UN visit in Syria
A roadside bomb has exploded in a suburb of the Syrian capital as senior UN officials toured the area, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed. No...Read more...
UN praises progress in Liberia
The Archaeology of Syria A review of the archaeology of Syria from the Paleolithic period to 300 BC. Now R794.95 buy now Monrovia - Liberia has made considerable progress in the years since back-to-back civil wars devastated...Read more...
The Guardian: Syrian army shells town in Hama region
At least 16 people killed in attack, while UN observers narrowly escape roadside car bomb in Damascus UN officials in Douma, near the scene of a roadside car bomb that exploded 150 metres from a group of UN observers....Read more...
Al Jazeera: UN nuclear chief heads to Iran for key talks
First IAEA head to visit Tehran since 2009 will seek inspection deal on alleged weapons sites ahead of Wednesday summit. Yukiya Amano is to meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief negotiator, on Monday...Read more...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe says he is tired
But 88-year-old dictator says he must stay in power to prevent his Zanu-PF party from falling apart. Andrew Meldrum Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly said that he "is tired and wants to retire" but he is staying in...Read more...
Lockerbie bombing - timeline
to the death of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi 21 December 1988 Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York explodes over Lockerbie, in southern Scotland. All 259 people on board and 11 people on... In this article: Lockerbie , Libya ,...Read more...
Cover up: the perils of the sun are now at their peak
UN agency reports 60,000 deaths a year worldwide from UV rays UV radiation reaches its peak in the summer months posing multiple threats to people who are under direct sunlight without proper protection. Residents who hit the...Read more...
3 canciones de Selena Gomez . (0 puntos)
NO INSULTAR SI NO TE GUSTA SELENA GOMEZ. 1) A WISH UPON A STAR Sometimes i feel like i’m standing on a rock and you were on the opposite side and sometimes i feel like i should grab you and pull you closer what should i do to...Read more...
Sen. Lieberman: White House inching closer to military response in Syria
With the evident failure of an international peace plan designed to end the violence in Syria, recent actions by the Obama administration indicate the White House could be inching toward a military response, a Senate Armed...Read more...
SA envoy evades Israel over settlements labels
By HERB KEINON , RINA BASSIST IN PRETORIA Ambassador turns off phone to avoid answering Foreign Ministry call; Liberman: South Africa's anti-Israel policy nothing new. Photo: Courtesy The Foreign Ministry could not summons...Read more...
Adding rice farmers to the Rio+20 Agenda
By Amantha Perera IPS: The year 2011 was one of extremes for the small Sri Lankan village of Verugal. Lying on the island’s Northeastern coast, Verugal began the year with incessant rainfall. Between January and February of...Read more...
APL receives largest, most advanced vessel
APL’s largest and newest vessel is also its most environmentally-friendly and fuel-efficient. The Singapore-based carrier says the 10,700-TEU APL Southampton, which called on the Port of Singapore on her maiden voyage recently,...Read more...
Pirate guards need global guidelines: UN agency
New guidelines needed for guards on merchant ships-IMO Naval patrols still crucial for anti-piracy fight Somali pirates make millions through hijacks on high seas LONDON, (Reuters): Armed guards employed on merchant ships to...Read more...
HRCP releases list of Mekran terror victims; BLF is main culprit
The premier Human Rights Commission of Pakistan after a marathon session in of its central leaders in Balochistan capital Quetta has released a list of the names of victims of militant violence in coastal Mekran divison.The...Read more...