Afghan Elections: Karzai To Win, But Legitimacy In Question
Today, Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission announced the full preliminary results of the presidential election. Hamid Karzai won 54.6 percent of the vote while his main opponent Abdullah Abdullah ended up with 27.8 percent. However, claims of massive fraud and vote-rigging have prompted a partial recount, which will delay a final official result for weeks.
UN Report Confirms Evidence Of War Crimes In Gaza Conflict
Today the United Nations released the full report from its fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict, and has found very serious evidence that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants committed serious war crimes and breaches of humanitarian law, which may amount to crimes against humanity. Justice Richard Goldstone, the head of the United Nations mission […]
Progress On Iran’s Nuclear Program Talks
The talks with Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are scheduled to start on October 1ST. The US energy Secretary Steven Chu confirmed that the United States would participate in the talks announced at the IAEA annual general conference today. Secretary Chu welcomed the news, and said that the “meeting was an important […]
Saudi Arabia: Countering Terrorism With Brutal Repression
Since September 11 2001, the Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a steady assault on human rights in the name of fighting terrorism. An Amnesty International report, released yesterday, describes the shocking scale of abuses. Thousands of people have had their lives completely devastated by violations of the most basic human rights. Some have been arrested […]
Iconic French Photographer Willy Ronis Dies At 99
Willy Ronis was one of the giant of press photography, and was especially famous for his images of Paris in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Although he was depending on a wheel chair to get around, Willy Ronis was still active up until the very end. Ronis was a contemporary of two other masters of photography; […]
