Full Coverage: Conflict

30.03.2005 Would U.S. troop withdrawl mean chaos or civil war for Iraq? Will the rest of the world mistrust the United States if it leaves Iraq? The Washington D.C.-based Council for a Livable World is answering questions they commonly receive on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Readers are encouraged to send in additional questions that they may have as well.

30.03.2005 All the congregants of Colombian Pastor Adelina Zuñíga's church are displaced victims of war. Driven from their homes, they set up a new church on a garbage dump, cleaned up dirty areas of the city to establish community gardens, and are now helping other victims of war. They brought their stories to the living rooms and the halls of Congress of the United States recently.

29.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 29 (OneWorld) - The State Department has hailed U.S. efforts to promote human rights and democracy overseas amid criticism of the Bush administration's track record and claims that U.S. involvement in rights violations in key countries has been deeper than previously thought.

29.03.2005 Nepal police arrested at least 16 people in Kathmandu on Monday as they were protesting against king Gyanendra's seizure of power and called for the restoration of democracy.

28.03.2005 During his recent trip to Latin America, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld expressed grave concerns over Venezuela's plan to purchase 100,000 AK-47s, especially considering the country's porous border with Colombia, which has been engaged in a brutal guerilla war for 40 years. Some think Rumsfeld's comments are just sour grapes, as the rifles are being bought from Russia instead of the U.S.

23.03.2005 An impending water crisis in the arable lands of NW India and NE Pakistan is leading to disputes over rivers in Kashmir. The river Chenab is at the centre of the argument. It feeds much of the Pakistani Punjab and Sindh regions, but its headwaters are in Indian Kashmir, where the Indian government has designs on its hydro-electric potential.

21.03.2005 Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities and towns across America over the weekend to mark the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and to demand that U.S. troops stationed there be brought home.

21.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 21 (OneWorld) - Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities and towns across America over the weekend to mark the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and to demand that U.S. troops stationed there be brought home.

21.03.2005 The suffering of women in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one reason why the international community should pay more attention to the conflict. Rape and violence against women have become part of the culture of all sides in the war.

21.03.2005 On the 40th anniversary of the first teach-in on the Vietnam War, eminent thinkers and activists in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Ann Arbor will discuss how to end the military and economic occupation of Iraq.

18.03.2005 In order to return home and protect themselves from attacks, Colombians are trying to establish neutral "peace settlements," vowing not to interact with any of the myriad armed groups in the country. Their commitment to peaceful living has cost them both economic and physical security, say refugee advocates, calling on the Colombian government and United Nations to bolster the support network for these courageous communities.

18.03.2005 It is in the forest where we often finds poor, isolated populations who are either ignored or mistreated and may need little encouragement to take up arms, therefore sustainable use of the world’s forests can create employment and generate income and can also help avert the emergence of conflicts, Food and Agriculture Organization said in the 2005 edition of The State of the World’s Forests.

17.03.2005 At least 16 children were brutally slaughtered on Monday in a Kenyan town in the arid Mandera district when one rival Somali clan attacked another. Although the Somali factions have long feuded over water rights, UNICEF reports that children seemed to be the target of this latest assault, which was carried out at dawn while the children slept and the men were out guarding the livestock.

17.03.2005 While the U.S. government has assisted investigations into cases of U.S. citizens killed by Palestinian armed groups, it has failed to do so in cases involving Israeli forces, said Amnesty International Wednesday on the second anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, a U.S. peace activist crushed by a bulldozer while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home.

17.03.2005 President Bush's newest request for money to fund the Iraq war would bring the average household's share of the war cost to $2,000, yet he has still not presented a strategy for success--and ending the war--says foreign policy expert Erik Leaver.

17.03.2005 Grassroots organizations are preparing to mark the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq with rallies, demonstrations, and vigils around the country this weekend. The largest gatherings are expected at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina and in Washington, D.C., but hundreds of vigils will take place in localities all over the United States. Find out what's happening in your area, or how you can host a vigil.

16.03.2005 Deux journaliste de la chaîne de télévision satellitaire du Parti démocratique du Kurdistan (PDK), Kurdistan-TV, ont été tués en moins d'une semaine. Houssam Hilal Sarsam, cameraman, a été abattu le 14 mars 2005 à Mossoul (380 km au nord de Bagdad) tandis que Laik Ibrahim, journaliste, a été abattu le 10 mars à Kirkouk (250 km au nord de Bagdad).

16.03.2005 The anti-Vietnam War movement did not rest during the election campaign of 1968. It targeted both major parties, forcing a sitting president to give up hope of re-election and pressing his successor to announce a withdrawl plan. The current antiwar movement largely gave John Kerry a pass in 2004 and now faces the daunting challenge of regaining its lost momentum, says former presidential hopeful Ralph Nader.

15.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 15 (OneWorld) - The United Nations has given rebel militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two weeks to lay down their weapons voluntarily in a sign the largest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world is newly determined to crack down on roving bands of fighters.

15.03.2005 Fighting and famine have been a large part of the lives of the South Sudanese, but differences are being channeled into healthy competition during a regional sporting competition and festival. "There is less fighting between the tribes and people are learning to resolve their differences without resorting to guns and violence" as a result of the event, said one local organizer.