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Tag: military

 

Armenia’s Government Delays in Passing Conscientious Objection Law

IWPR Region: Armenia

Despite international court ruling, Jehovah’s Witnesses who refuse to perform alternative service under military command risk prosecution. By Gayane Mkrtchyan Armenia’s government ap... more

Views: 553
 

Brazil, the Next Fukushima?

J.N. PAQUET Region: Brazil

 26 years ago, Chernobyl (Ukraine, Soviet Union). Last year, Fukushima (Japan). Could Brazil, boosted both by its new position as the world’s sixth largest economy and its current vibran... more

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Russia: Demographic Crisis Means “No One Left To Draft”

Global Voices Region: Russian Federation

Russia: Demographic Crisis Means “No One Left To Draft” By Donna Welles, Global Voices Russia is endowed with some of the greatest stores of natural resources in the world, and yet the demographic crisis that... more

Views: 1943
 

Press Gallery: Wolves Lurk on Roads, chatter resounds in parliament

Saeed Ahmed Minhas Region: Pakistan

Press Gallery   Will sanity ever prevail amongst political and military leadership?   Saeed Minhas Islamabad: An Increasing sense of paranoia continues to creep into the society where unknown faces ranging f... more

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Press Gallery: First Military, then a Mullah and finally Attiqa Odho

Saeed Ahmed Minhas Region: Pakistan

Press Gallery First Military, then a Mullah and finally the Odho   Saeed Minhas Islamabad: If national assembly was echoing with military bashing and verbal brawl was on in senate over a Mullah, budget and its ram... more

Views: 1209
 

Wikileaks' leaker faces 22 additional charges and life inprisonment

Jim Kouri Region: United States

Wikileaks' leaker faces 22 additional charges and life inprisonment After what it described as an intense investigation that's in its seventh month, the United States Army's Criminal Investigation Comm... more

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Kuwaiti officials take steps to insure military loyalty

Jim Kouri Region: Kuwait

  With civil unrest occurring in several Arab and Muslim nations -- including Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and others -- the government of Kuwait led by the Amir is attempting to strengthen it's control over it... more

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Diversion of funds in the military

Al Jeratso Region: Philippines

After so many decades,  a retired Philippine military general had finally come out in the open to divulge in a Senate public hearing the shenanigans in the military hierarchy--an illegal practice that had enriched the... more

Views: 1730
 

US-backed elite Indonesian forces target churchmen and civilians

Survivalinternational Region: Indonesia

A leading churchman in West Papua has called on President Obama to withdraw US cooperation with Indonesia’s elite ‘Kopassus’ forces, after finding himself on a military ‘enemies’ list. Kopa... more

Views: 2285
 

Israel's Duty to Defend Its Citizens

Mark Gorelik Region: Israel

This opinion piece is a response to Dean Walker's piece, Is Israel a Terrorist State? I recently encountered the article "Is Israel a Terrorist State?" by Mr. Dean Walker, published by GroundReport, concerning the al... more

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