Global Geopolitics Net Sites Sunday, October 26, 2008 © Copyright 2008 Malladi Rama Rao. All rights reserved. By Malladi Rama Rao Many commentators see in the present lows in the India-Sri Lanka relations a repeat of history – what had happened twenty one year ago, June 1987 to be precise, when President J R Jayewardene [...]
RIGHTS: Betancourt Wants Political Niche for Guerrillas
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – Global Politics Online – IPS Friday, September 05, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Sabina Zaccaro ROME, Sep 5 (IPS) – Resolution of the conflict in Colombia can only come through ”dialogue and openness,” says Ingrid Betancourt, the former presidential candidate held hostage by [...]
SIERRA LEONE: Building Peace
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – Global Politics Online – IPS Tuesday, September 02, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Lansana Fofana FREETOWN, Sep 2 (IPS) – Sierra Leone has been a major recipient of foreign aid since the end of a devastating 11-year civil war in 2002. But government, [...]

PHILIPPINES: Gov’t Urged to Resume Talks With Muslim Rebels
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Wednesday, August 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stella Gonzales MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) – About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front [...]