http://ipsnorthamerica.net/headlines.php Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:05:08 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/logo_ips.gif http://ipsnorthamerica.net/ 100 42 IPS North America en mgutierrez@ips.org(Miren Gutirrez) newsletters@ipsnews.net(Walter Garcia) 60 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3220 PORT-AU-PRINCE, 30 Jul (IPS) - After weeks of delays, Haitian President René Préval confirmed this month that presidential and legislative elections will take place on Nov. 28. The U.N. and Western donor nations are pledging millions of dollars in support of the polls, but with at least 1.5 million people still homeless from the January earthquake, questions loom over how to ensure voter participation. Wadner Pierre <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3219 WASHINGTON, 29 Jul (IPS) - Six months after the inauguration of President Porfirio Lobo, the human rights situation in Honduras continues to deteriorate, according to two major New York-based groups. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3218 WASHINGTON, 29 Jul (IPS) - The recent Wikileaks dump of war-related documents has brought little new to the debate over Washington's ongoing military involvement in Afghanistan, but allegations that Pakistan's intelligence services are aiding the Taliban has brought renewed attention to U.S. concerns over its reliance on Islamabad in battling Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Eli Clifton* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3217 WASHINGTON, 28 Jul (IPS) - In a legal victory for the administration of President Barack Obama, a federal court Wednesday temporarily blocked the implementation of key provisions of a controversial Arizona immigration law that was to take effect Thursday. Jim Lobe <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3216 WASHINGTON, 26 Jul (IPS) - Monday's release by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of classified documents detailing the travails of the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Pakistan's secret support for the Taliban from 2004 through 2009 comes amid a growing crisis of confidence here in the nearly nine-year-old war. Analysis by Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3215 WASHINGTON, 26 Jul (IPS) - The 92,000 reports on the war in Afghanistan made public by the whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks, and reported Monday by the Guardian, The New York Times and Der Spiegel, offer no major revelations that are entirely new, as did the Pentagon Papers to which they are inevitably being compared. Analysis by Gareth Porter* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3214 WASHINGTON, 26 Jul (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration has found success in passing healthcare reform and legislation touted as an 'overhaul' of the U.S. financial system, but last week it became clear that the Democrats wouldn't advance a climate change bill until after the August recess and, more likely, until next year. Eli Clifton <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3213 UNITED NATIONS, 25 Jul (IPS) - Mentally disabled legal permanent residents of the United States and asylum seekers face indefinite detention, erroneous deportation, and unfair hearings in U.S. courts, according to a new joint report from two leading human rights organisations. Esther Banales <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3212 UNITED NATIONS, 23 Jul (IPS) - The new U.S. plan to maintain and improve its nuclear weapons complex is likely to hinder international efforts to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction, say independent analysts who have watched a series of U.N.-led talks on nuclear proliferation and disarmament for years. Haider Rizvi <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3211 WASHINGTON, 22 Jul (IPS) - Thursday's announcement in Jakarta that Washington will resume training for the Indonesian military's controversial Special Forces unit (Kopassus) has been denounced by human rights groups and two key lawmakers here. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3210 NEW YORK, 22 Jul (IPS) - Leaning back in a squeaking plastic chair, one leg crossed over the other, the lieutenant is at once relaxed and commanding. She smiles often, absent- mindedly running her hands through short brown hair before speaking. Her words are thoughtful, her manner candid. Hannah Rubenstein <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3209 WASHINGTON, 22 Jul (IPS) - The United States and South Korea will impose new sanctions on North Korea in an effort to crackdown on the North's participation in arms proliferation and increase pressure on Pyongyang after the sinking of a South Korean warship. Eli Clifton <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3208 WASHINGTON, 22 Jul (IPS) - Last summer, a tight consensus formed in Washington around Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's plans to build up state-like institutions in the West Bank and revive the territory's sagging economy from the lingering effects of the Second Intifada. Ali Gharib <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3207 UNITED NATIONS, 21 Jul (IPS) - When the Security Council condemned the killings by Israeli military forces of nine Turkish civilians on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, it also released a presidential statement 'taking note' of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's proposal for an international investigation of the incident. Thalif Deen <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3206 WASHINGTON, 21 Jul (IPS) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to Washington, DC on Tuesday was supposed to be an opportunity for the Conservative Party leader to build a rapport with U.S. President Barack Obama. Eli Clifton <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0100