US bombs still kill in Laos

Three decades after the Vietnam War, Laos, remains littered with millions of unexploded U.S. bombs, which kill at least 200 people a year. How many civilians will die in Iraq over how many decades for the same reason? Nor does…

Ghana fights water privatization

Private participation in water delivery faces stiff challenge. Government’s move to handover the management of the country’s water delivery could run into difficulty. This follows the determination of the civil society groups to resist the implementation of what has come…

Global warming news

Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming Up to a million people will take to the streets of more than 100 cities in 30 countries today to demand greater action on tackling global warming. The first worldwide demonstration…

U.S. admits to paying Iraqi newspapers

The U.S. military in Iraq today acknowledged paying to place news articles in Iraqi publications, saying the practice was a necessary part of "information operations" to counter extensive "propaganda" by insurgents. When asked if bribing journalists to publish slanted stories…

The War on Al Jazeera

Just a few days before Bush allegedly proposed bombing the network, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Falluja, Ahmed Mansour, reported live on the air, "Last night we were targeted by some tanks, twice…but we escaped. The US wants us out of…