Generals Find Suicide a Frustrating Enemy

23 May, 2009

As Numbers Continue to Climb, Top Officers Meet Monthly to Look for Answers.

Renewed fighting between Somali Islamists gov’t 22 May 2009

22 May, 2009

Associated Press Writer MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Renewed fighting between government troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somali capital killed seven people on Friday, residents and an independent radio station said.

Israel admits Tube advert map ‘mistake’

22 May, 2009

Israel’s tourist ministry has admitted to a “mistake” over adverts on the London Underground after complaints that they “wipe Palestine off the map”.

Big attack on Mogadishu Islamists

22 May, 2009

Somalia’s Western-backed government forces have launched a major attack against Islamist militants in the capital, Mogadishu.

US must rein in Israel’s nuclear arms

22 May, 2009

Obama needs to spell it out to the Israeli government: your weapons of mass destruction are just as dangerous as Iran’s

UN in $543m Pakistan aid appeal

22 May, 2009

The UN has appealed for a total of $543m in humanitarian aid to help more than 1.6 million people displaced by fighting in north-west Pakistan.

Guantánamo: A Real Uyghur Slams Newt Gingrich’s Racist Stupidity

21 May, 2009

In recent weeks, there has been an unsavory race to see which Republican can come up with the most scare-mongering drivel about the remaining 240 prisoners in Guantánamo.

Alert: Gaza/Egypt – Medics and aid workers remain on hunger strikes, Assed Baig blogs from Rafah border crossing

21 May, 2009

Medics and aid workers remain on hunger strike at the Rafah border crossing after continuing to be denied entry, while Assed Baig blogs from location.