Despite the President's pale claims to the contrary, the American government does, in fact, condone the use of torture. The President himself makes this clear when he promises to veto any bill that "makes it illegal to practice the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment" of people.

The results of September’s landmark legislative elections in Afghanistan have been finalised, the UN-government Joint Electoral Management Board (JEMB) announced on Saturday in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The results... have been repeatedly delayed by inquiries into widespread electoral fraud across the country.

While Dalia’s chief reason for running away was domestic violence, aid workers say that poverty is also a major contributor to the phenomenon. According to the UN’s 2005 Egypt Common Country Assessment, almost 17 percent of Egypt’s total population of some 77.5 million was living below the poverty line as of 2000.

On November 8, 2005 a remarkable event took place at New Yorks's Town Hall: An evening in solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution, so far the biggest and most important gathering of this kind. It was organized by the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York and the International Action Center and endorsed by... many groups, the Hands off Venezuela Campaign among them.

On 15 November, the Australian Council of Trade Unions is organising a national day of protest against the new laws. Hundreds of thousands of workers are expected to take part in events around the country.

Wal-Mart treats its employees very badly. It makes them work for free. When people get disgusted and quit, they just hire new workers. And Wal-Mart picks on people like me—hard-working people who can’t quit because we need our jobs to support our families.

So far, China's production line has got ready for the mass production of its human bird flu vaccine. High-risk groups, such as poultry farm workers and medical staffers in the bird flu outbreak areas will be vaccinated as long as the vaccine passes safety test, according to the experts.

Previous resolutions adopted by the 15-nation council had declared that the force's mandate could be terminated at the request of the Iraqi government, and would in any case expire once a permanent government was constitutionally elected at the end of 2005.

The statistics speak for themselves - Angola is ranked at 160 out of 177 countries in the UN Development Programme's Human Development Index, which focuses on three measurable indicators of human development: living a long and healthy life; being educated; and having a decent standard of living.

What do you do when your Administration is losing in the second half? You talk “terror.” And what an opportunity for the President on Veterans Day. It was also the day after my nephew’s 22nd birthday. Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Comley wasn’t celebrating on Thursday though. He’s one of “those lost in our current struggle.” He died in Iraq on August 6, 2005.

The United States flatly refuses to address the core issues and denies the humanity of our urban poor...The real difference is that in France the minorities are still human beings even if facing discrimination and poverty, whereas in the United States, those in poverty effectively lose their humanity as far as the powers-that-be are concerned.

UNDP is in charge of the "project for community rehabilitation, reintegration of ex-combatants and the reduction of small arms", known as ComRec - an important component of the process of demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) in the DRC.

The Monroe Doctrine of December 2, 1823, and the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine of December 6, 1904, are the bedrocks of expansionism and intervention which has caused so much misery, death and impoverishment for millions across Latin America.

Stigmatised, humiliated, discriminated, certain young people — a small number of them — have become hostages of this process of confrontation, in which they hope to be able to express their anger, their revolt and their despair...The Minister of the Interior’s policy, recycling the ideas of the extreme right, is more than a complete failure — it kindles all the tensions and produces results that are the strict opposite of those it claims to secure.

"We are determined to continue the reforms we have started in the Palestinian Liberation Organization [PLO] in order to rise up to the responsibility of leading our people's struggle inside and in Diaspora, with the participation of the Palestinian political spectrum," He further noted that for a democratic system to be built properly, it should be based on integrity, transparency, accountability and an independent legal system.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has so far stated that the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is a treaty for purely defensive security. However, the "defense of Japan" is no longer what the Security Treaty is about. The document calls for the security treaty to be transformed into a global Japan-U.S. military alliance for military intervention.

The UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) include a 50 percent reduction in poverty and hunger, universal primary education, reducing child mortality by two-thirds, cutting back maternal mortality by three-quarters, the promotion of gender equality, and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.

As he leaves for Beijing, President Bush can’t ignore the growing Chinese presence in Washington’s “backyard.” The question is, what does he do with such information? China’s penetration of Latin American markets may be more than just that; it could be a historic entrance that encompasses not just economic fields, but social, political and military relationships as well.

The main reason why Blair and his debased Cabinet wanted to push the new law was to avoid their own responsibility for the events of 7 July. They played on ignorance, prejudice and fear to frighten British citizens, a majority of whom know only too well that the reason for the attacks on London was Blair's decision to participate in Bush's war on Iraq.

With results in from almost 90 percent of polling stations across the West African nation, Sirleaf had 59.2 percent of the votes, an 18 point lead over Weah, and the prospect of becoming Africa’s first elected female president within her grasp.