World News – General – HAITI: A Year After School Collapse, Parents Seek Justice
HAITI: A Year After School Collapse, Parents Seek Justice
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 9 (IPS) – On the morning of Nov. 7, 2008 shortly after 10 a.m. as the second period was beginning, College La Promesse Evangelique, a three-storey cinderblock school in the Nerette neighbourhood of Petionville, fell in on itself.
RIGHTS-US: Obama’s Terrorism Courts Still “Fatally Flawed”
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (IPS) – Human rights advocates and legal scholars are voicing sharp criticism of President Barack Obama’s revisions to the George W. Bush administration’s Military Commissions Act of 2006, characterising them as unnecessary and saying the new law will lead to further delays and create a system of “second-class justice”.
Turkey to admit Sudan leader despite Darfur charge
Turkey said Sunday that Sudan’s internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.
Britney Spears in Australian ‘lipsynching row’
Britney Spears the American pop star has become embroiled in a furious row over lipsynching during the Australian leg of her Circus tour.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen
ST. ANDREWS, Nov 7 (IPS) – It has been a bad week for the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. During the week the last meeting in the formal round of pre- Copenhagen talks collapsed in Barcelona. Then, meeting here on the weekend, the G20 finance ministers put the seal on that failure by failing to agree a financial package.
Chinese drinking questioned after Communist official dies
The perils of China’s culture of heavydrinking at official banquets have been highlighted again after a local Communist Party official was found dead following a hard night’s entertaining.
Japanese police close in on Hawker murder suspect
Police were closing in on the Japanese man suspected of murdering Lindsay Ann Hawker yesterday after they discovered that he worked on a building site for more than a year.
Somali pirates hit oil tanker in midocean attack
Somali pirates on Monday attacked an oil tanker some 1000 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia.
MDC treasurer Roy Bennett on trial for terrorism
The Movement for Democratic Change’s treasurer has gone on trial on terrorism charges in Zimbabwe in key moment for government.
CHINA: Latest Africa Foray: Altruism or Hegemony?
BEIJING, Nov 9 (IPS) – Brushing off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged “going all-out” to help African countries overcome poverty and fight new threats like climate change.
Q&A: “CEDAW is UNIFEM’S Entry Point”
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 9 (IPS) – On Sep. 14, the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly adopted a resolution that opened the door for the creation of a new U.N. agency specifically for women.
PHILIPPINES: Younger Prey in the World s Oldest Trade
DAVAO CITY, Philippines , Nov 9 (IPS) – At 14, Ann is too young to be worrying about getting pregnant or acquiring AIDS, but she is. That is why she uses a condom whenever she has a customer.
Mouse on plane cancels two US flights in a month
Pest control experts are to overhaul a transatlantic jet after reported sightings of a mouse have led to flights being cancelled twice in less than a month.
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