Too Many Walls Remain In Our Globalized World
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, warned world leaders against complacency in the quest for freedom, human rights and cultural diversity; stressing that the battles for these universal values were not yet won. “The fall of the Berlin Wall, twenty years ago, […]
Japanese Want The US Military Out Of Japan
Sixty four years after the end of World War II, 47,000 US troops are still stationed in Japan. Today, an estimated 21,000 Japanese rallied in Okinawa in protest of the US military base on the island. The rally is putting pressure on the new center-left government just days before the visit of President Obama. The […]
Italy: 23 American CIA Agents Convicted For Kidnapping
Yesterday, Italy’s Constitutional Court convicted and sentenced 23 CIA agents and 2 Italian secret service agents for the kidnapping of Abu Omar, an Egyptian Muslim cleric, under the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. In 2003, Abu Omar(see photo) was kidnapped from a street in Milan and sent to Egypt where he was tortured. This is the […]
Iran’s Two Slogans: “Death To The Dictator” & “Death To America”
Today in Tehran, the police violently broke up an opposition rally. The riot police used batons and tear gas as a separate demonstration was staged to mark the storming of the US embassy 30 years ago. The green movement demonstrators were chanting “Death to the dictator”, while pro-government hardliners were chanting the familiar “Death to […]
Middle-East:No Peace Talks Progress Anytime Soon
Today, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton that Palestinians would not re-start peace talks with Israel if there was not a complete freeze on Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Despite the efforts of US envoy George Mitchell, there is very few signs that the peace talks themselves, suspended in […]
