Section: US & Canada
Monitors of Ukraine Conflict Seek Help
Those in charge of the United Nations-mandated monitoring say more drones, radar systems and access to key areas are needed. …read more Source: The New York...
Now is Not the Time to Give Up on Russia
LONDON–For a self-professed Christian who has long used the dangling cross he wears around his neck as a tool to define his public persona, it comes as little surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin would make such a public showing out of his belief in original sin. But, it turns out that the version of original sin that Putin likes...
John Pilger: Venezuela’s Struggle Against “a Common Enemy”
Photo by Jorge Paparoni With a “slow-motion coup” underway in Venezuela, John Pilger is interviewed for Telesur, the Latin American TV network, by Mike Albert. Mike Albert: Why would the US want Venezuela’s government overthrown? John Pilger: There are straightforward principles and dynamics at work here. Washington wants to get rid of the...
Amnesty International Condemns ‘Shameful’ Global Response To Rights Abuses
Amnesty International (AI) says 2014 was a catastrophic year for millions caught up in violence, and condemned what it called a “shameful and ineffective” global response to conflict and abuses by governments and armed groups. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Amnesty International: Illegal weapons, including cluster bombs, have been used in Ukraine
Illegal weapons such as cluster bombs have been used in the Ukraine conflict, Amnesty International said while also criticizing both sides in the fighting for the high number of civilian deaths. …read more Source: FOX...
Report: Cluster bombs have been used in Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (AP) — Illegal weapons such as cluster bombs have been used in the Ukraine conflict, Amnesty International said Wednesday while also criticizing both sides in the fighting for the high number of civilian deaths. “Taking into account everything we understand for now, we think that they (cluster bombs) were used by both sides,” the...
Report: Cluster Bombs Have Been Used in Ukraine Conflict
Amnesty International: Illegal weapons, including cluster bombs, have been used in Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
Report: Cluster bombs have been used in Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (AP) — Amnesty International says illegal weapons such as cluster bombs have been used in Ukraine.The organization’s senior director for… …read more Source:...
Hungary’s Green Minister
When I first met Zoltan Illes in 1990, he was 29 years old and in his first month as the youngest state secretary in modern Hungarian history, working in the ministry of environment. He granted me quite a long interview and was unusually frank not only about the environmental situation in the country but also about the challenges he faced in his...
Russia Lays Groundwork for New Gas Pipeline in Europe
Thwarted in one attempt to build a gas pipeline to southeast Europe, the Kremlin is working with a small circle of allies to lay the groundwork for an alternative that would help it maintain leverage in its rivalry with the West. Russia last year aborted South Stream, a $40 billion pipeline that was to have passed under the Black Sea and via...
