• Howard Zinn – US ‘in need of rebellion’

  Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged...

   

• Journalists warned to get out of Afghanistan

  AUSTRALIAN journalists in Afghanistan have been targeted by terrorists and were warned yesterday by the Federal Government...

   

• US military trained Georgian commandos

  The US military provided combat training to 80 Georgian special forces commandos only months prior to Georgia’s army assault...

   

• Anti-Terror Laws Prone to Abuse, Amnesty Says

  By Haider Rizvi | (IPS) -Numerous governments around the world are using anti-terror laws to suppress political dissent and...

   

• Human Rights Watch: Indian forces, Maoist rebels use child fighters

  New Delhi – Indian security forces and Maoist rebels should end the use of child fighters in their long conflict in...

   

• France marches online to protest ‘security’ database

  Personal privacy is, of course, a major issue these days, particularly when it comes to authorities gathering data in schemes...

   

• Former Yugoslav war crimes tribunal spokeswoman indicted for contempt

  By Paul Mitchell | The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has indicted Florence Hartmann, the...

   

• Thai government tries to shut down 400 websites

  By Oliver Luft | Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry sought court orders yesterday to shut...

   

• A High Stakes US Gamble with Russia

  By Stephen Lendman – RINF | Prior to entering WW II, US strategists had a clear aim in mind at its conclusion –...

   

• ‘US troops are committing war crimes’

  By Parwiz Shamal | AN AFGHAN human rights organisation has accused the United States army of committing war crimes in Afghanistan. The...

   

• Information on use of Shannon ‘rendition’ sought

  THE GOVERNMENT has been asked for information relating to the use of Shannon in the “extraordinary rendition” of a Guantánamo...

   

• More People are Catching on to Corporate Media Lies

  By Michael Cambray | It seems that most people are finally awakening to the fact that it is not a good idea to blindly accept...

   

• Blackwater-linked firm to train Canadian troops

  By Allan Woods | OTTAWA–Canadian soldiers could get training from a U.S. company closely linked to Blackwater USA, a private...

   

• Manufactured Famine

  By George Monbiot | In his book Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davis tells the story of the famines that sucked the guts...

   

• US attacks China’s human rights record

  ABC | The United States has launched a strongly-worded attack on China’s human rights record just hours before the...

   

• Doctors say ex-Bangladesh PM’s son crippled by torture

  The eldest son and heir apparent of two times former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia was partially paralysed when tortured...

   

• Madrid plane crash: Pilot’s union warned months before that cut-backs placing passengers at risk

  By Marcus Morgan | After the worst Spanish air tragedy in 25 years on Wednesday, accident investigators have begun examining...

   

• Wasted Food Is Also Wasted Water

  The world’s growing food crisis — which triggered riots and demonstrations in over 30 developing nations early...

   

• US oil pipeline politics and the Russia-Georgia conflict

  By Alex Lantier | US media claims about Georgian democracy notwithstanding, a key factor in US backing for Georgian President...

   

• Libby questioned on forged letter linking Saddam to 9/11

  House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) issued letters of inquiry Wednesday to Vice President Cheney’s former...

   

• Elderly women sent to labour camp over homes protest

  Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest over the loss of their homes have been ordered...

   

• US pledges to support new government

  By Erika Niedowski | WASHINGTON // Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, effectively bade farewell yesterday to a...

   

• Greg Palast: Chewing the Buddha Bush at the Olympics

  Lhasa, Tibet – China’s secret police are just terrible at keeping themselves secret. The detective, dressed in...

   

• PAKISTAN: Musharraf Quits, Avoids Impeachment

  ISLAMABAD (IPS) | Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office on Monday ending weeks of speculation over whether...

   

• US, allies contemplating action against Russia

  CRAWFORD, Texas – The United States on Sunday accused Russia of stalling its military pullback in Georgia, but the...