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Israel Wants Another Nuclear Power Plant What is Dimona All About At a conference in Paris, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Israel announced that it wants to build a nuclear power plant to alleviate its dependency on coal and natural gas. They went as far as inviting Arab neighbors to help in the plant’s development. Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau said ,"Israel has always considered nuclear power to partially replace its dependence on coal." The program aims to help Israel secure its energy supplies and battle global warming. Israel relies primarily on coal and natural gas to produce electricity.
UN Report Condemns Human Rights Situation in Colombia The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report highly critical of the situation in Colombia, which betrays the insecurity of human rights defenders and their stigmatization, including members of the government of Alvaro Uribe. "There continue to be in Colombia attitudes of harassment and persecution of human rights defenders and their families," wrote the High Commissioner Navi Pillay, who visited the country in September 2009 at the conclusion of the document, published on Tuesday.
Using Sport as a Means to Foster Development The United Nations Organization has launched an awareness campaign regarding the infringements of human rights caused by major sports events. If Soccer is the opium of the people, could these mega-events not go one step further and support global causes
Achieving Development by Improving Women’s Rights Gender equality and the empowerment of women is one of the Millennium Development Goals to be reached by the year 2015. The anti-poverty targets set by the international community in 2001 can only be achieved if real progress is made in improving women’s rights. This is the only way forward to achieving sustainable development in a number of key areas.
The Monstrous Regime of Uribe in Columbia Has the policy of the United States of America changed substantially in Latin America Judging by Washington’s close friend and ally, Alvaro Uribe of Columbia, no, it has not. Murder of opposition activists, disappearances, threats and of course torture are the modus operandi in fashion in Columbia, where the USA has built up a considerable military presence. So much for the USA’s “humane” foreign policy.
What the West does Not Want to Hear: Russians Satisfied with Living Standards Over 95 per cent of stories about Russia in the Western media are at least intrusive and at worst, fraught with insolence. Yesterday, it was absurd lies about the “DePutinization” of Russia, while the fact that Unified Russia Government Party enjoys well over three times the popularity of the entire opposition combined went untold. The flavour of the moment today is “pundits” predicting Russia’s marginalization in the world when exactly the opposite is happening.
Iraq Will Repay 20 Thousand Officers Under Saddam The Ministry of Defense of Iraq said Friday that it will repay almost 20 thousand officers from the former army that had been removed from service after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in April 2003. According to a ministry statement, the order was issued by the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, who is also commander in chief of the army, and will take effect in the next 28 days.
Cuba Does Not Accept Pressure or Blackmail Major western media outlets again draw attention to a pre-fabricated lie. Thus, they respond to imperialist interests against our country. While the vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis occurs in Cuba, for example, which preserves the health of more than half a million children and in devastated Haiti, hundreds of Cuban doctors reaffirm their humanistic spirit in the struggle for life, malicious headlines make an effort to orchestrate a counterrevolutionary campaign for Guillermo Fariñas Hernández.
The Moral Misery of Former Leftists Some feel satisfaction when someone who was on the left jumps the fence, changes field and turns to the right - as if to say: "I knew, you never fooled me," etc.. Etc.. Others feel sadness, the sad spectacle of those who play outside, with their values, their dignity - in exchange for a job, a recognition or a little space on television. The truth is that we have come to learn that much of today's right wing was on the left yesterday. The other way is much less common. The right knows how to reward those that adhere to their ideals - and wages. Accession to the left is usually the conviction of ideals.
Putin: Western Dreams and Reality Much is made in the western press about a demonstration in Kaliningrad and something increasingly referred to as a “DePutinization” of Russia, yet nothing whatsoever is reported about the fact that Russian opinion polls, conducted openly and without an iota of manipulation, point towards massive popularity rates for the Government.
100 Years of International Women’s Day: Russia was the Pioneer of Women’s Rights Monday March 8 is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a national holiday in Russia since 1965 to commemorate the remarkable achievements of women in guaranteeing victories for human rights despite continued constraints. International Women’s Day serves as a focal point for us to document the present and future challenges facing women and to pool resources to implement women’s rights on a global scale. Amazing it is that such a Day should still be necessary.
Gringo Bases are Unconstitutional Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo asked the Constitutional Court to declare the unconstitutionality of the treaty that allows the U.S. to use exclusively seven Colombian bases. Robledo made the request during the proceedings on the constitutional claim presented by a group of citizens. According to Congressman from Polo, the agreement allowing the U.S. military presence in the country openly violates the Constitution because of its substance and form.
Is the State Department Running the USA President Hugo Chavez is right. There is a sinister and underhanded, hidden and deceitful side to Washington’s diplomacy and the document we are about to reveal proves it. Who is in charge of the White House, President Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton and the arms and AIPAC lobbies After reading this, there can be little doubt.
And After Guus Hiddink The Russian national soccer team is as from yesterday officially in a post-Guss Hiddink trauma syndrome, although it might not know it yet. If Hiddink didn’t do it, who can Who can make this group of players perform like those boys who ate the grass in the Summer of 2008, or who can make the perfect balance between the Russia of EURO-2008 and post-Maribor 2009 A name appears… two actually…
Today Iran, Tomorrow Who In the Middle East, warships, aircraft carriers and submarines are moving or preparing to move. The situation is very worrying. There are reports being received that there is an increase of activities which is not just rhetoric. A journalist, and well qualified with many contacts in the Middle East, Albelbari Atwan, notes a great silence about the movements for peace while at the same time a mobility out of normal daily life is observed in relation to the concentration of military and naval maneuvers in the Arabian Gulf. He also said that alliances and alignments are similar to those of March 2003, before the war with Iraq. 1
Obama’s Approach Bears Fruit What is the difference between the current and previous US Administrations The Bush regime was abrasive, bullying, chauvinistic and divisive, wantonly destroying bridges as it rode roughshod over an international community that did not act with a unified voice; the Obama approach is more agreeable, benevolent, cultured and dynamic. What a difference.
Santiago Survived! If it was just a movie, not a tragedy, the comment of a fellow journalist would be justified, encountered in the lobby of a hotel in the Chilean capital. "Frankly, I expected more." Perhaps it is a mark of this century's media: it is measured by the tragedy's capacity to generate loud and public headlines to fill the spaces between commercials.
Cataclysmic Effect of Chile Quake NASA scientist Richard Gross claims that the massive 8.8. magnitude Chile earthquake on February 27 may have shifted the Earth’s axis by as much as 8 cm 3 inches which would be enough to shorten the length of day.
What’s Wrong with Canada This is not a piece I had intended to write today, since I have far more important things to research. However, due to the disparaging remarks plastered by my sparring partner Matt Gurney on the Net after our debate in the John Oakley show broadcast yesterday morning live in Toronto, Canada and due to the insolence and misrepresentation used in these, I have been asked to reply.
Cristina Kirchner: Obama Administration is Hard Blow to Latin American Hopes The president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, said in an interview with CNN that she believes that in Latin America there is "a sense" of "missed opportunities" with the government of Barack Obama in the United States. The declaration takes place a few days before her meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, scheduled for Monday in Montevideo, where both will attend the inauguration of Uruguayan President José Mujica.
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