Global News Blog / IPS Saturday, May 03, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Ali Gharib WASHINGTON, May 3 (IPS) – Five years since U.S. president George W. Bush’s infamous ”Mission Accomplished” speech, critics say the administration has yet to show a credible way to actually ”accomplish” the mission that could [...]
RIGHTS: Renditions Ruin the EU Case
May 2, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By David Cronin BRUSSELS, May 2 (IPS) – Collusion between European Union governments and a secret U.S. torture and kidnapping programme has damaged the EU’s efforts to promote human rights throughout the world, an internal paper drawn [...]
RIGHTS-US: Vets Await Verdict in Class Action Lawsuit
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Global News Blog / IPS Saturday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Aaron Glantz SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 (IPS) – Arturo Gonzalez delivered his closing arguments inside a packed courtroom on the 17th floor of the Federal Building in downtown San Francisco. A partner at the gigantic corporate law [...]
ECONOMY: For U.S., No News Seems Good
May 2, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Abid Aslam WASHINGTON, May 2 (IPS) – In the troubled U.S. economy, even good news turns to gloom on closer inspection. Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in March, the Commerce Department said Thursday. On the face [...]
RIGHTS-US: ”Bioterror” Case Falls Apart
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Global News Blog / IPS Friday, May 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. William Fisher NEW YORK, May 2 (IPS) – After a four-year legal battle, a U.S. federal judge has dismissed all charges against an avant-garde artist who public officials condemned as a bio-terrorist in a case critics are [...]
RIGHTS-US: Sky-High Costs – But Few Executions
April 30, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Wednesday, April 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Michael J. Carter SEATTLE, Apr 30 (IPS) – Forget the ethics of capital punishment in the United States. Forget the disproportionate number of blacks on death row, or the possibility of executing an innocent victim. The [...]
LEBANON: Hate the U.S., And Head For It
April 30, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Wednesday, April 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Mona Alami BEIRUT, Apr 30 (IPS) – The growing rift between the U.S. and Iran has spread also to Lebanese soil, with Shia youngsters frequently seen burning U.S. flags. But ironically, for many of Hezbollah’s Shia [...]
POLITICS-US: Economy High in Public’s Foreign Policy Worries
April 30, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Wednesday, April 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (IPS) – The price of oil and other international economic issues are rapidly taking centre stage among the dominant foreign policy concerns of the U.S. public, which has also become increasingly sceptical [...]
US/IRAN: Changing of the Guard Key to Talks
April 29, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Tuesday, April 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Omid Memarian* BERKLEY, California, Apr 29 (IPS) – A week after Senator Hillary Clinton’s harsh remarks that if hardliners in Tehran were to launch an attack on Israel, it would result in the ”total obliteration” of [...]
US/MIDEAST: Palestinian Negotiators Go Home Frustrated
April 28, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS Monday, April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Khody Akhavi WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (IPS) – Five months after the U.S. hosted the Annapolis conference to push for a decisive Israeli-Palestinian peace, negotiations between the two sides have shown no visible progress. As President George [...]
