Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Marian Houk
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board will be considering yet another resolution, on Monday, castigating Iran for questions about its past, present and future nuclear programs, as the Associated Press’s veteran writer in Vienna, George Jahn, reported in a dispatch filed earlier today. Jahn writes that the growing pressure is aimed at wresting concessions [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Disarmament, International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA, Iran, Journalism and Journalists, Nuclear technology and weapons, UN Security Council
Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Here are some excerpts from an apparently rare interview with Gore Vidal in last Sunday’s (25 May) issue of The Independent. The interview was done by Robert Chalmers: “You would consider yourself to be living under a dishonourable regime?” “Absolutely.” “With a corrupt president?” “Yes.” “Who cheated his way to power?” “Oh, yes.” “Is this [...]
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Filed under: Iraq, Journalism and Journalists, USA
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Marian Houk
It appears that just as the revelation that Holocaust bank accounts had been retained for decades by Swiss banks without much effort to identify survivors or heirs was used to wrench modifications in the secrecy provisions that were the Swiss banking system’s greatest pride and asset, the disaster caused by the recent cyclone in Myanmar [...]
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Filed under: Donors, Journalism and Journalists, Myanmar, NGOs, USA, United Nations Agencies and Programmes
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva reported on Sunday evening that an independent High Level Fact-Finding Mission led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (of South Africa) would be traveling to Gaza on 27 and 28 May – and entering from Egypt through the Rafah crossing. The High Level Fact-Finding Mission [...]
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Filed under: Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, United Nations
Posted on May 3rd, 2008 by Marian Houk
Haaretz reported Friday, with some surprise, that Gaza sewage has been pumped straight into the Mediterranean since last January, when the Gaza power plant last had to shut down for lack of fuel, and it was feared that sudden electricity outages could cause catastrophic sewage flooding in Gaza that might even threaten human life (as [...]
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Filed under: Environment, Gaza, International Law, Israel, Law of the Sea Convention, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians, Sanctions
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by Marian Houk
A Sudanese journalist working for Al-Jazeera Television was released from Guantanamo prison camp yesterday after six years of detention and sixteen months on a hunger strike. He was never charged with any crime. Upon his arrival in Sudan, he was carried off the plane on a stretcher, and taken straight to the hospital. AP quoted [...]
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Filed under: Guantanamo, Journalism and Journalists, Sudan, USA
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Marian Houk
Haaretz is reporting that the Israeli Defense Forces is saying that its troops who killed Reuters cameraman in Gaza didn’t know they were firing at TV crew: “Israel Defense Forces troops were unable to identify Reuters News cameraman Fadel Shana as a journalist before they fired at him from a tank, the army said on [...]
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Filed under: Gaza, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Middle East Peace Process, Palestine & Palestinians
