Full Coverage: Conflict

30.03.2006 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.

30.03.2006 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.

30.03.2006 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!

29.03.2006 Just hours after his disappearance was announced, Charles Taylor was caught at the northern Nigerian border Wednesday, nearly 1000 miles from his home. He was attempting to leave the country in a jeep with diplomatic plates and a trunk full of U.S. dollars.

29.03.2006 Less than three days after revoking his asylum, the government of Nigeria announced Tuesday that Charles Taylor had disappeared, drawing outrage from rights groups and causing unease in Liberia's capital.

28.03.2006 Since Maoist forces ended their four-month ceasefire in January, Nepal’s 10-year civil war has engulfed the entire country, placing the civilian population at risk and hindering the development of the impoverished countryside. A Human Rights Watch briefing paper examines the conflict.
* Nepal: Human rights crucial at dangerous political crossroads
* OneWorld UK Guide to Nepal

28.03.2006 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.

28.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 27 (OneWorld) - Arab leaders must press Sudan's government to let the United Nations take charge of peacekeeping in Darfur, the oil-rich country's war-wrecked western region, Arab and Western human rights advocates said in advance of regional talks starting Tuesday.

27.03.2006 Nigeria has announced that Liberian officials are now "free to take" former warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, but it's in Sierra Leone that he's really wanted--to face charges of crimes against humanity.

25.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 24 (OneWorld) - UN peacekeepers serve the national interest at a fraction of the cost of direct U.S. military intervention overseas, according to advocates pressing Congress to fund America's full share of the blue helmets' budget.

23.03.2006 I have to take issue with Abid Aslam's article, "Third Iraq Anniversary Finds Publics Weary of War and Protest," particularly the assertion that anti-war activism has waned. I was surprised to see OneWorld joining the trend of playing down opposition to the Iraq war...

23.03.2006 A visitor to one war memorial sits thinking about another--a current--war. Attorney, political scientist, and poet David Krieger transports us there.

22.03.2006 A dentist, a journalist, a blogger...Find out what ordinary Iraqis think about the U.S.-led war, occupation, and prospects for the future.

21.03.2006 Ex-marine Brian Stiedle spent parts of three years in Sudan as ceasefire monitor and peacekeeper--he explains the causes of the conflict, what can be done, and what is being done.

21.03.2006 Sri Lankan election authorities have said that the local council elections in the war raveged regions scheduled to be held on 30 March 2006 have been postponed till September 30. However 31 councils in Ampara and Trincomalee districts will have elections as scheduled on 30 March, officials said.

19.03.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 19 (OneWorld) - Today's third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq presents anti-war groups with something of a paradox: Public protest has waned even as popular opposition to the war and the politicians prosecuting it has waxed.

17.03.2006 On the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and as U.S. forces engage in the largest air assault since the war began, check out OneWorld's Full Coverage on the Iraq situation.

16.03.2006 U.S. forces launched a massive offensive in Iraq Thursday even as pressure mounts for the removal of U.S. forces from the country. The Nation Magazine says the U.S. does not have the legitimacy or the know-how to fix what it 'broke,' and OneWorld launches an ongoing Iraq special report this weekend on the third anniversary of the conflict.

16.03.2006 Supporting fundamental rights is an obligation--not a concession--says Amnesty International, urging Israel's political parties to put human rights at the top of their agendas ahead of the March 28th legislative elections.

15.03.2006 A week of nationwide events have already begun to mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war on March 19th. United for Peace & Justice, Global Exchange, and many others want you to take part in your community and join the call for peace!