Peace
Palestinians and Israelis call for nonviolent people power to end occupation
April 9, 2010A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian Communist leaders last month highlighted a new approach that is gaining favor among Palestinians as the path to achieving a state of their own alongside Israel.
Read moreFARC releases prisoners as prelude to exchange
April 9, 2010Colombia guerrillas unilaterally release prisoners as a step towards political solutions to the 40-year civil conflict.
Read morePeace activists say Obama’s nuclear policy a good start
April 7, 2010President Obama introduced a new nuclear weapons policy Tuesday with the aim of reducing nuclear weapons and a promise that America would no longer build them.
Read moreEl Salvador honors Archbishop Oscar Romero
April 6, 2010For the first time in El Salvador, the government publicly commemorated Archbishop Oscar Romero.
Read moreWorld Notes: Palestine, Cuba, Japan, Uganda, Costa Rica
March 30, 2010Palestine: Israel wins "water wars" The Israeli Human rights group B'Tselem took March 26, the UN designated International Water Day, as underscoring Israeli control and use of 80 percent of the water from West Bank rivers...
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