MIDEAST: Finding Fish, But Israelis Too
GAZA CITY, Jul 1 (IPS) – "They told us 'go west or we will shoot you'," says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat."
Iraq awards BP-led consortium a contract to develop oil field
Iraq’s public auction fails to yield contracts for seven other oil and gas fields. The outcome suggests foreign oil firms aren’t as eager to invest in Iraq as the government hoped.
A much ballyhooed effort by Iraq to lure foreign investment and expertise to help its battered oil industry fizzled Tuesday after it became clear that the government is not prepared to pay the prices international oil companies are asking for their services.
RIGHTS: U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 (IPS) – Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African descent on his father's side.
Cannonball run Britons banned from driving in France
Two Britons have been banned from driving in France after being caught at speeds of up to 210km/h (130mph) in high-performance vehicles on a cannonball run from London to Saint-Tropez.
Miracle survivor of Comoros Airbus crash tells of rescue from Indian Ocean wreckage
A shy Paris schoolgirl described yesterday how she clung to a piece of wreckage in the Indian Ocean for more than 13 hours before being rescued. She was the only one to survive among 153 people on board the Yemenia Airlines flight that crashed into the sea off the Comoros Islands early on Tuesday.
Silvio Berlusconi can see no way out, says top commentator
When Silvio Berlusconi went to Viareggio this week to take charge after a liquid gas explosion that killed 16 people, he clearly expected to be given a hero s welcome.
Canada and Japan blocking climate-change deal, Sir David King warns
London Canada and Japan were blocking a possible deal on climate change at the Copenhagen summit, Sir David King, the former Chief Scientific Adviser, warned yesterday.
Bahia Bakari is one of only 13 sole survivors of airline crashes
Bahia Bakari, the only survivor of the Yemenia Airlines crash , can be numbered among an exclusive club. According to Airsafety.com, the aviation analysts, there have been only 13 sole survivors of airliner crashes since 1970 six of them children (including Bahia), and each one hailed as a miracle.
Dalit Queen Mayawati tackled by critics over 256 million statue bill
India s most prominent Untouchable politician has been ordered by the Supreme Court to respond to allegations that she spent 256 million of public money on building statues including many of herself.
Dan Choi ordered out of US military for announcing his homosexuality
An Iraq war veteran has been ordered out of the US military after publicly announcing his homosexuality in a direct challenge to the army s controversial don t ask, don t tell policy.
