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 [...]
SRI LANKA: Tamil Rebels Defy Siege With Aerial Bombings
October 29, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. IPS Correspondents COLOMBO, Oct 29 (IPS) – Aerial bombings carried out on the capital and a northern military base, late Tuesday night, have signalled that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remains a fighting force [...]
ECONOMY: EU Involvement in DRC Mining Project Draws Protest
October 28, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Tuesday, October 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Michael Deibert LONDON, Oct 28 (IPS) – The involvement of the European Union in a mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has drawn a chorus of protest from local and international human rights [...]
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: WAITING FOR OBL
October 28, 2008 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 461 Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Intel Net Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org B.RAMAN It is just one week before the US Presidential elections. We all know all that we want to know about the two candidates Senators John McCain of [...]
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Court Steps in as Governance Falters
October 27, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Feizal Samath COLOMBO, Oct 27 (IPS) – Finding themselves up against corrupt politicians and indifferent governance Sri Lankans are increasingly turning to the country’s Supreme Court for relief, even for solutions to everyday issues. A landmark [...]
