INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW MEDIA RELEASE Conflict Risk Alert: DR Congo Nairobi/Brussels, 27 January 2009: The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have struck a deal for military cooperation that risks a new escalation of combat in the eastern Congo and an even greater humanitarian crisis without assurances that it will solve the region’s [...]

Sat Jan 3, 2009 11:54am EST 1 of 6Full Size powered by Sphere By Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of chanting, banner-waving demonstrators marched in cities across Europe on Saturday to demand a halt to Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip . Protests were held or scheduled in Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, [...]

A Palestinian in Gaza chronicles life under Israeli bombardment Fida Qishta guardian.co.uk, Saturday 3 January 2009 13.35 GMT Saturday 27 December I go to visit friends in the Block J neighbourhood in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. While I am in a friend’s house, my phone rings. It’s a friend from Gaza [...]

By Paul Craig Roberts January 02, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse“ — – On the last day of the old year, two Israelis, Jeff Halper who heads the Israeli peace movement ICAHD and Neve Gordon who is chairman of the department of politics and government at Ben-Gurion University, asked, “Where’s the Academic Outrage Over the Bombing of [...]

By Prof. Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories January 02, 2008 “United Nations Human Rights Council” — The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent severe and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying [...]

http://electronicIntifada.net _______________________________   (List Information, including one-click unsubscription, is located at the end of this message. Remove unsubscribe link when forwarding to avoid accidental unsubscription by your recipient.)   __ On Saturday, Israel began its massive bombardment against 1.5 million Palestinians besieged in the occupied Gaza Strip. As you read this, almost 400 people have [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Somalia: To Move Beyond the Failed State Nairobi/Brussels, 23 December 2008: Somalia’s latest transitional government is collapsing, but there is a chance to rescue a dire humanitarian and security situation if Western and other powers fundamentally revise their approach to a political solution. Somalia: To Move Beyond the Failed State,* the latest [...]