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U.S. Govt Accused of War Crimes Against Journalists
International journalists' organisations are accusing the U.S. government of committing war crimes in Iraq by intentionally firing at war correspondents.
4/10/03
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Using Cluster Munitions In Iraq
U.S. ground forces in Iraq are using cluster munitions with a very high failure rate, creating immediate and long-term dangers for civilians and friendly soldiers, Human Rights Watch reported today.
4/9/03
- Human Rights Watch
Rwanda: Youth Still Suffer from Genocide, War
Rwandan children still suffer the devastating consequences of the 1994 genocide and the war that preceded and followed it, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
4/9/03
- Human Rights Watch
UN rights chief "deeply disturbed" by civilian casualties in Iraq
The UN human rights chief, Sergio Vieira de Mello, said that he was "deeply disturbed" by the growing number of casualties among civilians and journalists during the war in Iraq.
4/9/03
- Agence France Presse
At least 1,000 people dead in ethnic violence in DR Congo: UN mission
At least 1,000 people have been killed in ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations said, one day after the signing of an accord to end over four years of war in the vast Central African country.
4/9/03
- Agence France Presse
Conflict in Congo has killed 4.7 million people, charity says
A total of 4.7 million people have died as a direct result of the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war in the past four and a half years, according to a report released today by the International Rescue Committee, a leading aid agency.
4/9/03
- The Guardian (UK)
U.S.: Congressman calls for creation of US "Peace Department"
A US congressman and anti-war activist on Tuesday revived his proposal for the creation of a "US Department of Peace" to be headed by a cabinet-level official on a par with the secretary of state or secretary of defense.
4/9/03
- Agence France Presse
US rampage through Baghdad kills thousands
The American military has officially claimed the 64th Armored Regiment of the US Third Infantry Division killed between 2,000 and 3,000 Iraqis during a three-hour rampage through southwestern Baghdad on April 5.
4/7/03
- World Socialist Web Site
Elsewhere, around the globe, the conflicts continue ...
Apart from the growing nuclear threat from North Korea and the endless violence in Israel and the occupied territories, the looming war in Iraq has driven most other events out of the news.
3/3/03
- The Independent (UK)
52 African Countries Endorse French Opposition to War on Iraq
French President Jacques Chirac emerged today from a summit of 52 African countries -- including three that hold seats on the U.N. Security Council -- with a unanimous endorsement of France's opposition to U.S.-led military action against Iraq.
2/22/03
- Washington Post
Millions Worldwide Protest War in Iraq
Millions of protesters — many of them marching in the capitals of America's traditional allies — demonstrated Saturday against possible U.S. plans to attack Iraq.
2/15/03
- Associated Press
10 million to join world protest rallies
Up to 10 million people on five continents are expected to demonstrate against the probable war in Iraq on Saturday, in some of the largest peace marches ever known.
2/13/03
- The Guardian (UK)
Polls find Europeans oppose Iraq war
An opinion poll in Germany this week makes it look almost as if the Germans now see the US - not Iraq - as the main threat to world peace. And public opinion in eastern Europe is even more hostile to war than in the west.
2/11/03
- BBC
U.K.: Hyde Park demonstration is expected to draw the biggest crowds since VE Day
The Rev Jesse Jackson, who will headline next week's anti-war demonstration in Hyde Park, London, said yesterday that the eyes of the world would be on the people of Britain in the hope that they could help to avert a military assault on Iraq.
2/10/03
- The Independent (UK)
Cambodia: Surviving in a land justice forgot
They tortured and murdered men, women and children and the fanatical Khmer Rouge chiefs now want it all left in the past.
2/9/03
- The Sunday Herald (Scotland)
African Union summit opposed to war in Iraq
The African Union said on Tuesday it was firmly against any war against Iraq and warned that a conflict in the Gulf would have a serious impact on Africa's economies by pushing up oil prices.
2/6/03
- Reuters
African Leaders Agree on Peace Council
African leaders agreed Monday to establish a peace and security council with the power to intervene in the continent's myriad conflicts.
2/6/03
- Associated Press
Peoples' Forum Urges India and Pakistan to Make Peace
As relations worsen between India and Pakistan, citizens of the two neighboring nations are meeting Thursday in India's capital New Delhi, to urge the two governments to end what they term an "unacceptable and avoidable impasse."
1/30/03
- OneWorld South Asia
Ivory Coast Foes Say Agreed to End of Fighting
Ivory Coast's warring parties said Thursday they had agreed to a cease-fire on all fronts to end clashes threatening a peace plan for the fractured West African country.
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- Reuters
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