Archive for the ‘global’ Category

Ayoreo Indian dies after first contact

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

A Paraguayan Indian, who lived without contact with the outside world until 1998, has died of tuberculosis. Survival International has called his life, 'a symbol of the fate of indigenous people in the Americas since Columbus'.Read the full story

Congress subpoenas Cheney’s chief of staff on torture

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) today issued a subpoena to David Addington, Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, compelling him to testify before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on June 26 for any knowledge of harsh interrogation techniques employed at Guantanamo ...

Military veterans to deliver citizen arrest warrants for Bush and Cheney

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Backed by family members and supporters all across the nation, U.S. military veterans will serve citizen arrest warrants for George Bush and Dick Cheney tomorrow in Washington, D.C.Read the full story

World |Kosovo Serbs seize UN courthouse

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs have taken over a UN courthouse in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, raising a Serbian flag to replace the UN's.Read the full story

Free Preview - WSJ.com

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. federal government ran a monthly budget deficit of $175.56 billion in February, a record for any month, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.Read the full story

Australians taken hostage in China

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Ten Australians, who were taken hostage in China, have been released. Australia s Foreign Affairs department has confirmed ten Australians were travelling on a tourist bus in China s western province of Xian when they were taken hostage by a Chinese man. Read the full story

Press TV - US forces nab Iraqi journalist

Monday, February 25th, 2008

US troops have stormed into the house of an Iraqi news editor working for Al-Forat TV and detained the journalist and his 19-year-old son. Read the full story

Qatar Gives Credit Suisse A Lift

Monday, February 18th, 2008

LONDON - Credit Suisse shares got a lift on Monday following reports that the Qatar Investment Authority, a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund, had begun its $15 billion spending spree in Europe and the U.S. with a stake in the Swiss bank. Read the full story

Judge: Saudi threats apparently ‘rolled over’ British government

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The British government appeared to have "rolled over" in response to pressure from Saudi Arabia to drop an investigation into alleged bribery in an arms deal with BAE Systems PLC, a High Court judge said Thursday.Read the full story

Proposed shake up of EU security includes call for fingerprinting all visitors - International Heral

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium: A top EU official on Wednesday proposed fingerprinting and screening all visitors who cross the bloc's borders — and using a satellite system to keep out illegal immigrants — as part of a massive shake up of security at Europe's borders.Read the full story