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Iraq appeals for help to clear landmines

June 9, 2009

Editor's note: While not stated in this article, the United States has an obligation to finance and give support to this project. Supplemental monies for Iraq -- and Afghanistan -- should include de-mining projects.BAGHDAD, 8 June...

Afghans need peace, not war

June 6, 2009

WASHINGTON – “The people don’t want 30,000 more troops, but instead 30,000 engineers, teachers and scientists,” said Dr. Roshanak Wardak, a member of the parliament in Afghanistan. She made the statement at an “issues briefing” on...

Agent Orange tribunal backs Vietnamese victims

May 21, 2009

The U.S. government is guilty of crimes against humanity for using Agent Orange in Vietnam according to a ruling by the International People’s Tribunal of Conscience announced in Paris on May 18. The verdict, reached after...

Bring troops home from Afghanistan

May 20, 2009 By PWW Editorial Board

The U.S. Senate is poised to vote before Memorial Day on funds to continue the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through Sept. 30. The House of Representatives has already approved a supplemental appropriation, but we can still...

JCP leader to Obama: Yes we can — have a nuclear weapons-free world

May 15, 2009

Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on April 28 met Jim Zumwalt, charge d'affaires ad interim in U.S. Embassy Tokyo and handed him a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama calling on him to take the...