PEACE-KEEPERS OR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS ? By Venatrix Fulmen A Call to End the Deadly Impact of Foreign Troopers on Innocent Civilians OUTBREAK +++Cholera+++RiftValleyFever+++MarburgFever+++DengueFever+ ++YellowFever+++HIV/AIDS+++Malaria+++AvianFlu+++SwineFlu++ +++HantaVirus+++ and so on – these lines run through the news tickers of media agencies every day. In well-off societies, at least the pharmaceutical industries are interested in upping […]
FBI Was Warned Years in Advance of Mumbai Attacker’s Terror Ties
by Sebastian Rotella Three years before Pakistani terrorists struck Mumbai in 2008, federal agents in New York City investigated a tip that an American businessman was training in Pakistan with the group that later executed the attack. The previously undisclosed allegations against David Coleman Headley, who became a key figure in the plot that killed 166 […]
Morocco: War on Press Continues
The Moroccan authorities are ratcheting up their attacks on independent journalists. A week rarely passes without the authorities hitting hard on the press for alleged infractions, cracking down on printed as well as online media. Press freedom watchdogs like Reporters Without Borders judge the situation of Press freedom in the country now as “difficult,” condemning a “judicial […]
Morocco: The Reality of Prostitution
Morocco has the reputation of having a significant rate of prostitution. While it may not be as high as perceived by many in the Gulf countries, Morocco – with the dual distinction of being impoverished and highly touristic – is home to many young women seeking a “way out.” While some go abroad to study […]
Nkunda Faces ICC Dilemma
By IWPR reporters in The Hague and Goma AR No. 169, 1-May-08) Congolese militia leader Laurent Nkunda may face a crisis in the ranks of his rebel force, following an announcement this week from the International Criminal Court, ICC, that it has issued an arrest warrant for his second-in-command. Human rights groups are calling on […]
Maghreb Netizens Respond to 8 year-old Yemeni Girl’s Petition for Divorce
by Lydia Beyoud Tunisian blogger Stupeur!! Un nouveu depart!! (Stupor!! A New Beginning!!) responds to a Yemen Times article about an 8 year-old girl who is trying to file for divorce from a 30 year-old man she says her father forced her to marry. Yemen Times journalist Hamed Thabet describes the case: Nojoud Muhammed Nasser […]