The last polio outbreak in Namibia was recorded in 1995. In the current outbreak the first case emerged on 7 May in Aranos, a small town 395km south of the capital, Windhoek.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares is considered a hero by many for his bold stances and refreshing approaches to delivering justice.

The political and ideological division separating Palestinian society in the Occupied Territories has metamorphosed into a formidable chasm, despite the urgent need to consolidate Palestinian national unity in this current crisis.

At the United Nations yesterday morning (June 12), one thing was immediately clear: as the member nations of the Decolonization Committee noted, there is tremendous and lasting interest in the case of Puerto Rico and its political status.

Hundreds of Filipina domestic helpers working with Jordanian families are being physically and sexually abused, and spend months or years without being paid, according to rights activists.

Maliciously, the U.S. government neglects to mention that every time the USIS has reported having difficulties with its supply of potable water or electric power for its facilities, these have been duly attended to by the Cuban enterprises charged with providing those services.

SINCE THE US/Canadian/French-backed overthrow of elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Feb. 29, 2004, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been training and supervising police in Haiti who are killing residents in poor neighbourhoods.

A multi-sectoral forum held at the Balay Kalinaw (House of Peace) of the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila, on 04 June 2006, pledged to expose and oppose the deceptive and sinister campaign of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime to change the Philippine Constitution.

The decision to blacklist Venezuela in the “war on drugs” was an unalloyed hoax...The incontrovertible conclusion is that without any justification, Washington deliberately discredits Venezuela’s anti-drug efforts

The nation’s miners cannot tolerate another mine executive running the agency...At his Senate confirmation hearing, Stickler declined to endorse new mine safety rules

With average annual compensation for CEOs now at $11.75 million, more and more shareholders are taking action to demand a voice in determining CEO pay packages

In his remarks to the 34th convention of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in Las Vegas, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger described the union as "facing tough, complex challenges in every sector of our union."

On May 27, the attempt to organize the first Gay Pride march in Moscow was cut short.  Banned by the Moscow authorities, the demonstration was marred by about a hundred arrests, while skinheads attacked dozens of activists with shouts of "Moscow is not Sodom!"

A half century ago, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black reminded us in Griffin v. Illinois (1956) that there “can be no equal justice where the\ kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.”

The emergence of Arab art in New York City has surprised many. Specifically, the Made in Palestine exhibit, which opened at the Bridge in March of 2006, drew in large crowds.

The government and the Maoists have already agreed on and adopted a Ceasefire Code of Conduct...[which] guarantees people’s freedom of movement, their right to access basic services, rebuild their communities and enjoy a normal life again, free of fear.

What started as a seemingly insignificant skirmish between the army and antigovernment forces... has spurred a humanitarian crisis in which almost 100,000 people have been displaced.

The former labour leader underlined that the main MDC faction he leads was not "calling for the violent toppling of the Zimbabwean government, but we want people to be able to exercise their democratic right to express their discontent".

Kyrgyzstan ranked 13th out 62 countries surveyed in terms of the numbers of murders per capita...one of the main sources of illegal small arms is theft from military arsenals due to poor supervision and corruption in inventory control.

Bamford noted that the government has requested warrants from FISA courts more than 19,000 times and has been refused only five times in their 30-year history. The White House didn’t like these odds apparently.