Full Coverage: Northern America
March 2006
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03/31/2006
An anti-torture group is pressing for disciplinary action to be taken against US military doctors who have breached medical ethics by force-feeding hunger-striking detainees at Guantánamo Bay.
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03/31/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 30 (OneWorld) - Alongside the war in Iraq, Americans worry most about U.S. dependence on foreign oil, a leading pollster said Thursday.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Energy] [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] [Politics] |
03/31/2006
On the surface, new fuel efficiency standards announced by the Bush Administration Wednesday would seem to constitute a move toward energy independence and a more stable climate. But just below the surface...
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Energy] [Consumption] [Corporations] [Climate Change] [Politics] Image: Ford Escape Hybrid SUV © Environment News Service (ENS)
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03/30/2006
Kathryn Wolford, president of Lutheran World Relief, discusses how, in order to meet global challenges, US relief organisations are increasingly turning to political advocacy as part of their development strategy.
Read moreFrom: Lutheran World Relief Related: [United States] [Aid] [Civil Society] |
03/30/2006
The Bush administration's handling of the war is turning allies into enemies, argues Robert Dreyfuss.
Read moreFrom: TomPaine.com Related: [United States] [Iraq] |
03/30/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 29 (OneWorld) - Former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor is to stand trial nearly three years after a UN-backed court indicted him on 17 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in West African massacres.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] [Law] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] |
03/30/2006
U.S. aid to developing countries leapt to nearly $28 billion last year from under $20 billion in 2004 and barely $11 billion in 2001--a fairly staggering jump. But take Iraq and Afghanistan out of the equation and the story is quite different.
Read moreFrom: Center for Global Development Related: [United States] [Aid] [Finance] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] Image: Iraq was the big beneficiary © Center for Global Development
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03/30/2006
Nearly three years after declaring the end of the war President Bush is still denying the obvious reality, says Council for a Livable World. So they've assembled a series of quotes from the Iraq War and the Vietnam War for a side by side comparison; check out the similarities and pass them along to a friend!
Read moreFrom: Council for a Livable World Related: [United States] [Iraq] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Peace] |
03/30/2006
The media worldwide is paying more and more attention to the realities of climate change. Now, it seems, the US media is finally waking up, as the Worldwatch Institute reports.
Read moreFrom: People & the Planet , Worldwatch Institute Related: [United States] |
03/29/2006
The U.S. has regained the lead in exploiting information and communication technology. This it has done by overtaking Singapore, said a study released on Tuesday.
Read moreRelated: [United States] [ICT] [Internet] |
03/29/2006
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 28 (OneWorld) - The past three weeks' nationwide protests against proposed immigration reforms considered anti-immigrant mark the rise of a new American civil rights movement, say protest groups.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Migration] [Economy] [Politics] |
03/29/2006
Nearly 100 exiles from the Chagos islands will pay a brief visit to their homelands on Thursday, 40 years after their illegal removal by the British Government to make way for a US military base on the main island, Diego Garcia.
Read moreFrom: Minority Rights Group Related: [Mauritius] [United Kingdom] [United States] |
03/29/2006
The full US Senate is due to debate a controversial immigration reform bill that would toughen laws dealing with illegal immigrants.
Read moreRelated: [United States] [Migration] [Human Rights] Image: Juventud Rebelde Cuba
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03/28/2006
Si fuera necesaria una imagen que grafique el peso de los latinos en Estados Unidos, bastaría haber visto a las más de 500.000 personas que paralizaron el fin de semana el centro de Los Angeles para pedir amnistía a los cerca de 12 millones de inmigrantes ilegales.
Read moreFrom: Informa-tico Related: [United States] [Migration] [Human Rights] [Social Exclusion] Image: Juventud Rebelde Cuba
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03/28/2006
In attempts to insulate society from terrorism, many deserving refugees seeking protection in the United States are being turned away, says a leading advocacy group, asking citizens to urge Congress to change course.
Read moreFrom: Refugees International Related: [United States] Image: Congolese refugees in Rwanda © Refugees International
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03/28/2006
23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer aiming for a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003. Her powerful emails and journal entries have been transformed into a one-woman play, but political pressure might keep it from ever reaching a U.S. stage.
Read moreRelated: [United States] [Palestine] [Israel] [Human Rights] [Communication] [Culture] [Freedom of Expression] [Activism] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Peace] [Security] [Terrorism] Image: Rachel Corrie © working TV
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03/28/2006
Many believe that the recent mass rallies across the United States in support of immigrants' rights led a Senate committee to promote an immigration reform bill Monday that--in sharp contrast to a House bill passed in December--would put migrant workers on a path to citizenship. Hispanic media outlets paved the way for the impressive show of people power.
Read moreRelated: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [United States] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Race Politics] [Media] [Politics] [Activism] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] Image: Romeo Ramírez fights for migrant farmworkers' rights in Florida © Andrew Miller / Oxfam America
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03/28/2006
The United States' recent human rights record could make it difficult for the self-styled leader of the free world to get elected by its peers to sit on the new UN Human Rights Council.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [United States] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [United Nations] |
03/27/2006
As Korea enters into negotiations with the United States regarding a proposed bilateral trade agreement, analysts warn of the constraints this agreement will place on Koreans' access to health care and medicines that are currently easily accessible.
Read moreFrom: Focus on the Global South Related: [United States] [Thailand] [South Korea] [Asia and the Pacific] [Trade] [Health] |
03/27/2006
Congress is considering legislation--promoted by the cable companies--that could eliminate support for Public Access TV. But the stations themselves, including New York's popular Manhattan Neighborhood Network, are at the forefront of a massive campaign to save the stations.
Read moreFrom: Media Rights Agenda Related: [United States] [Consumption] [Corporations] [Media] [Politics] [Activism] [Governance] |
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