– By Katy Glassborow and Peter Eichstaedt in The Hague, with Emma Mutaizibwa in Kampala (AR No. 168, 24-Apr-08) The feared Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army, LRA, is building up its military capacity at a time when it is supposed to be preparing to disarm under a peace agreement, IWPR can reveal. IWPR has […]
EU Agreement Causes Rift in Serbia
By Simon Jennings in The Hague. Serbia’s outgoing prime minister Vojislav Kostunica this week criticised President Boris Tadic’s efforts to sign a preliminary deal bringing the country a step closer to European Union membership. The row has underlined deep rifts between the former coalition partners ahead of elections next month. According to local media reports […]
AFL-CIO Urges Congress to Make César Chávez’s Birthday a National Holiday
Thirteen states already celebrate the birthday of the late César Chávez, one of the most inspirational union and human rights leaders of 20th century. On April 1st, members of Congress and the union movement renewed their efforts to establish Chávez’s March 31 birthday as a national holiday. Speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference, AFL-CIO Executive Vice […]
Implications of Muree Declaration
The Muree declaration jointly issued by both PPP headed by Asif Ali Sardari and PML(N) headed by Nawas Sheriff will have its own implications and far reaching ramifications both in Pakistan and in the International arena as well. In the international arena is concerned,including Pakistan’s neighbours like India, China,Afganisthan etc,the declaration signals the […]
Kayani reversing Musharraf’s policies
Little more than two months into his tenure as the chief of Pakistan’s enormously influential Army, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani has begun to systematically reverse some of the most significant policies of his predecessor, President Pervez Musharraf, says the Christian Science Monitor. Kayani has issued two key guidelines: prohibiting soldiers from meeting with politicians and ordering […]
‘Undertaker’ Close to Power in Serbia
A former cemeteries manager known as the undertaker stands his best chance of becoming head of state when Serbia votes tomorrow in a fateful presidential election. To his many critics, the extreme nationalist Tomislav Nikolic will be digging Serbia’s grave if he repeats his first-round victory, plunging the pivotal Balkan country into renewed isolation, and […]