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Ruling Military Council Intensifies Media Clampdown in Egypt
The media clampdown in Egypt is worsening. Over the past six weeks, the ruling military council has censored the press, raided news organizations, shut down broadcasts and intimidated journalists. …
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Did Obama Engage as US-Iraqi Troop Talks Faltered?
Baghdad - Throughout the summer and autumn, as talks on a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq foundered, President Barack Obama and his point man on Iraq, Vice President …
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Pet Theft Up Fifty Percent Since Last Year: Evidence of a Downed Economy or Utter Depravity?
Stolen somewhere in New Jersey, a pitbull mix and a bulldog were found in a Newark cemetery tied to headstones, badly hurt, their faces and throats slashed with boxcutters. …
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UN Tally Excluded Most Afghan Civilian Deaths in Night Raids
Washington/Kabul - A July United Nations report asserting that only 30 civilians died in targeted raids in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2011 reflected only a very …
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In Mexico, Women Reject Normalisation of Gender Violence
New York - Ninety percent of the non-governmental organisations in Mexico are founded and run by women, says journalist and women's rights activist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, even as crimes …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Backlash Against GOP Governors Who Attacked Labor Unions This Year Begins, and More
In today's On the News segment: Libyan Leader Moammar Qaddafi was buried in Libya today, backlash is underway against Republican governors who attacked labor unions this year, Republicans aren't …
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From Tahrir to Wall Street: Egyptian Revolutionary Asmaa Mahfouz Speaks at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street received a surprise visit Monday from several leading Egyptian activists, including 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz. She is one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, …
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Women Seek to Set Their Stamp
Tunis - Nine months after a popular election toppled the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine Abidine Ben Ali, voters headed to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots …
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53 Bodies Found in Libya Raise More Questions about Fighters
Fifty-three bodies discovered over the weekend were those of loyalists of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who appeared to have been executed after capture, the latest in a string …
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Calling Out Corrupt Practices
Washington, D.C. - Opaque shell companies, foundations and trusts are the modus operandi of corrupt organisations looking to hide significant sums of money, often just by using existing loopholes …