INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Guinea-Bissau: Beyond Rule of the Gun Dakar/Brussels, 25 June 2009: Without outside help to end military involvement in politics and impunity, it may be impossible to halt Guinea-Bissau’s slide into further violence. Guinea-Bissau: Beyond Rule of the Gun*, the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, warns that the killings of [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Afghanistan’s Election Challenges Kabul/Brussels, 24 June 2009: The enormous resources and attention now focused on Afghanistan’s elections must be channelled into strengthening the country’s political and electoral institutions. Afghanistan’s Election Challenges,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, evaluates the challenges of the presidential and provincial council elections in August 2009 [...]

Official Notification of Intent to Enter June 24, 2009 To: The Israeli Ministry of Defense, Fax: 972-3-697-6717 To: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fax: 972-2-5303367 From: The Free Gaza Movement This letter serves as a formal notification to you, as the Occupying Power and belligerent force in the Gaza Strip, that on Thursday, June [...]