Source: Democracy Now! February 22, 2010 The Afghan government says at least thirty-three civilians have died in a NATO air strike in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. The Afghanistan Council of Ministers strongly condemned the air strike, saying it was “unjustifiable.” The dead included four women and one child. The incident was not part of Operation [...]

Fuente: Gara por Abdullah Öcalan 13 de febrero, 2010 En su historia, la humanidad ha sido muchas veces testigo de conjuras y intrigas. Desde la noche de los tiempos las potencias dominantes han utilizado la conjura como instrumento para la conservación del poder. Se podrían citar numerosos ejemplos, lo mismo en los tiempos de los sumerios que durante [...]

Artículo publicado en Amauta con permiso del autor Read the original version (in English) below Traducción: Loles Oliván, Rebelión por Ramzy Baroud La costumbre de los medios de comunicación de volver a revisar ciertas cuestiones a intervalos regulares de tiempo puede parecer extraña e incluso a veces ilógica. Por ejemplo, muchas agencias de noticias han hecho comentarios acerca de [...]

Source: Foreign Policy in Focus by Kenneth Roth December 30, 2009 The Geneva Conventions-the bedrock of the laws of war and one of the world’s most widely ratified treaties- turned 60 this month. But one government was not celebrating. In fact, Israel had already launched a campaign to undermine these essential rules for protecting civilians caught in war. Shortly [...]

Fuente: Rebelión por María del Pilar Barceló 10 de diciembre, 2009 A Marisela Ortiz, compartiendo su dolor, y en memoria de Jesús Alfredo Portillo Santos Pietro Grasso, Fiscal Nacional Antimafia, explica que en los últimos años el creciente control sobre los puertos y aeropuertos colombianos ha forzado a los cárteles de este país a buscar nuevas áreas de almacenamiento [...]

Source: ZNet by Sahar Saba December 10, 2009 For rest of the world, victims of Afghan war remain nameless and faceless. Not for us in Afghanistan. I myself have mourned number of such victims including my uncle. Three weeks back, there was yet another suicide blast which killed only the bomber and his accomplice. Reportedly, the suicide bomber [...]

Source: Pambazuka News by Aaron Tesfaye October 22, 2009 As the world’s leaders meet in Copenhagen, Denmark on 7 December 2009, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, things are already starting to look bleak for the poorest of the poor on the planet. They are the pastoralists of Africa. Many eke out a living in the Sahel, [...]

Source: New York Times by David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt December 1, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops. Mr. Obama could not be very specific about his Pakistan strategy, his advisers conceded [...]

Source: Reuters by Yara Bayoumy November 30, 2009 KABUL – Rape in Afghanistan is under-reported, concealed and a human rights problem of “profound proportions”, the United Nations said on Monday. Norah Niland, the United Nations’ human rights representative in Afghanistan, said field research conducted late last year and early this year found rape affected all parts of Afghanistan, across [...]

Fuente: Al Ahram Weekly Traducción: Germán Leyens, Rebelión ¿Nueva ola de islamofobia en Europa? por Gihan Shahine 19 de noviembre, 2009 No fue nada que hiciera o dijese. Más bien, lo que le costó la vida fueron su apariencia y su tipo de vestido. La farmacéutica egipcia Marwa El-Sherbini, llevaba puesto el velo islámico (hiyab) mientras jugaba inocentemente con su [...]