Full Coverage: Geopolitics

31.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It costs the United States more per month to prosecute its war in Iraq than it did to fight in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a report released Wednesday.

31.08.2005 After the hue and cry by relatives of prisoner Sarabjit Singh, an Indian facing death penalty in Pakistan, the governments of India and Pakistan have taken a decision to release all fishermen and civilian prisoners. There are more than 400 Indians and 700 Pakistanis in prisons in Pakistan and India respectively.

31.08.2005 The US and Non-Aligned Movement could end the chance for UN reform by demanding sweeping last-minute changes, warns a leading development group.

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La session plénière de haut niveau de l'Assemblée générale, " Le Sommet du Millénaire +5 ", New York, 14-16 septembre 2005


La 6ème Conférence ministérielle de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, Hong Kong, du 13 au 18 décembre, 2005

Le Forum social mondial (FSM)

30.08.2005 The Commonwealth of Independent States appears to be near the end of its existence. Even if the organisation survives, it will do so in a significantly different form, reports Sergei Blagov.

30.08.2005 The settlements of Gaza have been evacuated by the Israeli government, while opponents of the plan, both on the right and the left, come up with myriad reasons for Israel’s disengagement and the subsequent failure of the peace process, Palestinians have an opportunity to show they are able to control territory, and should grasp this opportunity with both hands, says blogger, Ratna Pelle.

29.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The Ugandan government said Monday it had condoms aplenty even as a top United Nations envoy and U.S.-based activists charged that a U.S. emphasis on promoting abstinence was jeopardizing the East African country's previously successful efforts to fight HIV/AIDS.

29.08.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his maiden visit to Afghanistan, has increased India's assistance to Afghanistan to $550 million. The visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 29 years, will also promote regional cooperation through trade and people-to-people contact.

29.08.2005 An Indian NGO plans to send two lakh emails to the Pakistani government as part of an appeal to release an Indian prisoner who has been sentenced to death. This comes on the heels of similar other appeals, petitions and requests to Pakistan for a pardon for Sarabjit Singh who is facing a death penalty for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.

29.08.2005 The emergence of civil war between Sunnis and Shiites since Iraq's January elections, the logical consequence of the Bush administration’s tacit alliance with the Shiite majority, offers new arguments for U.S. withdrawal says Gareth Porter.

29.08.2005 China’s increasing interest in economic and trade integration with Latin America while worrisome to Washington, is encouraging to some Latin American leaders who perceive the U.S. as a being a condescending patron, say America’s Program analysts.

29.08.2005 Uganda's anti-condom campaign coupled with the U.S. government shifting global AIDS funding from prevention to abstinence-only programs, are causing acute shortages of condoms in the country, and endangering Uganda's previously successful prevention efforts, says the Center for Health and Gender Equity.

26.08.2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has vowed to keep expanding Israeli settlements on Palestinian land barely days after Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and four smaller West Bank settlements.

25.08.2005 The UK’s new security measures targeting non-nationals suspected of terrorism undermine basic human rights, Amnesty International said Wednesday, expressing concern that individuals deported to third world countries may be at risk of torture.

25.08.2005 On Sunday, as 8,000 plus Jewish settlers were removed from Gaza, conductor Daniel Barenboim’s orchestra – made up of young Arabs and Israelis – performed a watershed concert in the West Bank. Charlotte Higgins, observes this attempt to achieve harmony through music.

24.08.2005 While the rates of maternal mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean are not the world's highest, a worrying disparity within a small group of countries and especially among indigenous groups and afro-descendants exist, reveals a U.N. assessment of the region's progress in meeting the MDGs.

24.08.2005 Despite facing a hostile occupation with a vested interest in their suppression, and an armed insurgency targeting unions and civil society, Iraq’s labor movement has done a remarkable job of organizing workers and even has more fledgling unions than the U.S., says David Bacon.

23.08.2005 August 23 is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Anti-Slavery International would like you to sign on to the 'Fight for Freedom Declaration,' and help eradicate forms of modern-day slavery such as racism and discrimination.

22.08.2005 O Comitê Pró-Resgate e Desenvolvimento de Vieques (CPRDV) denuncia a intenção da Marinha de Guerra dos Estados Unidos e a cumplicidade das agências do governo relacionadas com o processo de descontaminação na ilha, de reiniciar a detonação, a céu aberto, de bombas.

22.08.2005 Uzbekistan’s persistently anti-American media campaign following the Uzbek decision to evict American troops from an air base indicates that Tashkent may be disinclined to cooperate with Washington at this time, says Shawn T. Lyons.