Global Politics Online / IPS Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Nov 13 (IPS) – As the first batches of Haj pilgrims from Pakistan arrived at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah airport for the current pilgrimage season they were, regardless of age, administered oral polio vaccine (OPV). Saudi Arabia, a polio-free country, is taking every precaution to prevent transmission of [...]
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Extrajudicial Killings Under Scrutiny
October 30, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Oct 30 (IPS) – The dismissal of 20 officers and seven noncommissioned officers for extrajudicial executions of civilians presented as battlefield casualties ”is a triumph for human rights organisations and for Colombian society [...]
RIGHTS: Landmark U.N. Resolution on Equality Stuck on Paper
October 30, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Nergui Manalsuren UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. to fully implement a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for greater women’s participation in conflict prevention, resolution and peace-building. On Wednesday, [...]
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Financial Meltdown Prompts Return to Agriculture
October 30, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Oct 30 (IPS) – As South-east Asia feels the heal of the global financial meltdown leaders are turning to the informal sector, particularly agriculture, as a potential provider of employment. Malaysian Prime Minister [...]
INDIA: End 50-Year Crackdown in Manipur, Rights Groups Urge
October 29, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Ida Karlsson UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (IPS) – In the world’s largest democracy, people are shot to death on mere suspicion. For half a century, the population of Manipur State in northeast India has suffered from [...]
