That time of year is once again here, the time for little fairy princesses, super heroes, goblins, witches and warlocks, to descend upon the streets in search of fun and candy. The Halloween weekend is full of fun and festivities for kids big and small, but we all know that the day quickly fades and […]
Former Yugoslavian Gen. Momcilo Perisic faced the court at The Hague Thursday on 13 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for the July 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. Perisic faces a maximum life term for war crimes perpetrated against some 8,000 Muslims, including murder and extermination. Prosecutors will try to establish a correlation between […]
October is Children's Health Month, which gives one the opportunity to look at the opportunities we are providing our children to live healthier and safer lives, both within the United States and across the globe. While the month of awareness is generally geared at the general health of US children, it also opens the door […]
Jon Stewart is fond of saying that "war is God's way of teaching Americans about geography." I am beginning to feel the same way about Sarah Palin's selection as the Republican vice presidential nominee. How many more times are we going to have to hear that Alaska is right next to Russia? I am still […]
As my esteemed colleague warned earlier, the potential for a trial for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is in jeopardy. On Wednesday, lawyers at the International Criminal Court at The Hague urged a panel of judges to issue an arrest warrant for genocide. Prosecutors met in a closed-door meeting to deliver evidence supporting their claims that […]
We all know that the internet is a powerful tool, in the click of a button I’ll send this post out to hundreds of thousands of readers. Every day we all sit there and can send our thoughts to just about anyone and anyone, and in that same moment that we; send forwards of jokes, […]
One in three children in the UK live in poverty. A recent report published by British NGO Campaign to End Child Poverty says this amounts to 3.9 million children. The UK has one of the highest poverty rates in the industrialized world. The same NGO claims a boy living in Manchester can expect to live […]
We noted a few months aggo the ground-breaking indictment of Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Unfortunately, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is facing pressure to withdraw the indictment; the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports Moreno-Ocampo will stand firm, but it appears the ICC lacks support in Africa, with […]
The fiasco of the 2001 Durban conference against racism is set to extend into Durban II slated for next year in Geneva. Two weeks ago the current mayor of Durban asked the UN Rights chief Navi Pillay to “rescue” the city's name from the now discredited UN ant-racism conference. UN Watch is calling on certain […]
The Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki allegedly influenced the Iraqi High Tribunal by shifting justices out of the system who opposed the death penalty for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, officials said. These same officials contend that the rush to execute the former leader came at a time when the perception of […]
Two members of the Macedonian parliament were charged with war crimes related to the country's brief 2001 civil war between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. The cases could destabilize the country, as Balkan Insight reports a significant number of ethnic Albanian politicians will be charged. Indeed, the leader of the largest Albanian party, the Democratic […]
NEPAL: Stronger child protection needed for flood-displaced As the numbers of people displaced by floods living in camps in eastern Nepal grow, aid workers are calling for stronger child protection measures. More than 60,000 people are displaced after the Koshi River , Nepal's largest , burst its banks last month, flooding the Sunsari and Saptari […]
“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance." – Kofi Annan The key to a prosperous future lies in the youth of the world, however if we ignore half of our future we will only have […]
In what amounts to state-sanctioned torture, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the Senate Armed Services Committee she interrogators in Iraq were using so called harsh interrogation techniques. WASHINGTON (AP) ‚ A military interrogation expert, Air Force Col. Steven Kleinman, told Congress on Thursday that prior to the abuses at Abu Ghraib, he witnessed […]
The quest for parenthood is nothing new, however in our increasingly busy Western lives we are waiting longer and longer to get married and have children. The result of older motherhood has led many families to face infertility and difficulties in conceiving. The idea of having fertility treatments is no longer shocking and taboo, so […]