Afghanistan: New UN envoy calls for end to attacks on schools
Insecurity remains a major problem for Afghanistan, where about 1,600 people were killed last year in militant violence, making 2005 the deadliest year since the collapse of the hardline Taliban regime in 2001.
Al Jazeera Reporters Give Bloody First Hand Account of April ’04 U.S. Siege of Fallujah
While the U.S. military claimed at the time that the vast majority of those killed were members of the resistance, media reports from within Fallujah indicated a large number of civilians were among the dead.
Sweat Shop Workers Tour US Colleges
If unionizing a Mexican factory seems like a victory, what about this one? Workers at a factory in El Salvador own a majority stake in the factory and work with no managers.
State Dept. Takes Aim at Latin America
Condoleezza Rice seems intent on a unilateral escalation of ill-will towards some of the more leftist Latin American governments, by ramping up the administration’s campaign against Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez.
London Mayor Denounces Bush Admin. Attacks on Chávez
Donald Rumsfeld, recently compared Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, to Adolf Hitler.
The Devil Is in the Lack of Details: The Defense Department's Media Contracts
Although they've done their best to keep their spinning from public scrutiny, several major incidents have exposed the Bush administration's manipulation of news media
Brazil's Lula would win re-election
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's popularity has bounced back from a corruption scandal that threatened to derail his government, making him the favourite to win October's election, a poll showed on Tuesday.
Full and Partial Disability Protection in Cuba
A work accident or work related illness might shorten the working life of any worker. How does the Cuban Social Security System afford its workers protection?
The World Social Forum Evolves
Over the trajectory of its development, the World Social Forum (WSF) has become the main event for popular movements from many countries.
US Hijacking of the UN Human Rights Council
Cuba will neither be an accomplice to nor will it remain a silent spectator over the obvious attempt to impose the creation of the Human Rights Council under the United States and its main allies’ conditions.
