Human Rights Watch reports terrror from anti-Qadhafi squads
Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata, Human Rights Watch said today. The entire town of 30,000 people is abandoned – some of it ransacked and burned – and Misrata brigade commanders say the [...]
Mountain waters – elixir or envenom?
The pristine water quality of the mountains is under question despite bottled water manufacturers campaign to the contrary. This issue attempts to examine the dogma and the policy responses in India to protect environmental water quality of the mountains. Bottled water manufactures do a great job of enticing thirsty buyers to pick up a brand [...]
Sudan: The Southern Sudan pie
[A special investigative journalism assignment fully supported by the Taco Kuiper Grant for Investigative Journalism] Everyone wants a piece of the pie that is Juba, South Sudan. Almost a year before the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in Nairobi Kenya intense lobbying had begun. The signing of the CPA on 9th January 2005 unleashed [...]
Clean up Indian Politics of Criminal MPs
Corruption and Criminalization are two distinctive features of the Indian politics. The crusade against corruption was loudly articulated by the social activist Anna Hazare however, there is little noise being made by the civil society about the criminalization of Indian politics. As a matter of fact, one out of four MP in India face criminal [...]
WMD: Terrorists join organized crime in trafficking of nuclear, biological materials (VIDEO)
VIDEO: 28 September 2011 – Special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee commemorating the adoption of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and the establishment of the Committee. More and more world leaders are becoming concerned over the close connection between terrorists and trannsational organized crime (TOC), including their cooperation with one another in the illegal movement [...]
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