World War

(DW-World) – Easter marchers call for Afghanistan withdrawal after soldier deaths

Peace demonstrators took to the streets across Germany in traditional Easter marches against war. A theme of the rallies has been fighting in Afghanistan and the deaths of German and Afghan soldiers on Friday. Read More Here

(PressTV) – ‘Russia ready for nuclear cooperation with Venezuela’

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has pledged to help Venezuela draw up plans for a nuclear power plant. Read More Here

(Antiwar) – North Korea claims South fires toward its border

North Korea is accusing South Korea of opening fire in the military buffer zone that separates the two countries. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – SlayStation – Cindy Sheehan

Don’t get me wrong, I am not in favor of “Manned Aircraft Systems” raining down bombs on civilians, but the idea of Murder by Joystick with the “Unmanned Aircraft Systems” (UAS,) is especially sickening to me. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Time For Another War, Folks? – 59% of America Says YOU BETCHA!!!!

I caught part of a podcast of Meet the Press. A part where David Gregory sets up Senator Joe Lieberman to “war monger” once again for war with Iran. That part begins at 30:25 if you access the podcast link for Meet the Press before next Sunday 4/11/10. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – U.S. Takeover of Haiti: The centerpieces of the US, UN, and World Bank Plan for Haiti are Sweatshops and Tourisim

When this article appears on the morning of March 31, the much ballyhooed “International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti” will be getting underway at UN Headquarters in Manhattan.

While demonstrators in the street outside protest the continuing US and UN military occupation of Haiti, now over six years old, and the Haitian people’s exclusion from deliberations on the country’s reconstruction, dignitaries inside like UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and Haitian President René Préval will unveil a plan with lots of pomp and ceremony but which boils down to just one thing: Washington’s take-over of the “new” Haiti. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Calm before the Storm? The Dollar versus the Yuan: America and China Engage in a “Currency War”

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s recent announcement that the US is postponing its official report on China’s currency is being hailed in the mainstream western media as a diplomatic reprieve to entice Beijing to revalue its yuan (renminbi) and normalise bilateral trade. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Human Rights – Homelessness Or No Free Press

A 2006 BBC poll showed the United States as the “biggest global peace threat.” Read More Here