http://ipsnorthamerica.net/headlines.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:22 +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=2921 WASHINGTON, 11 Mar (IPS) - The United States should accept an 'Islamist authority' in Somalia as part of a 'constructive disengagement' strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new report released here by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday. Charles Fromm and Mohammed A. Salih <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2920 WASHINGTON, 9 Mar (IPS) - An international initiative that seeks to reform how governments profit from their natural resources should not reduce its existing standards of membership solely because candidate countries have been reluctant or incapable of meeting them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Charles Fromm <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2919 WASHINGTON, 9 Mar (IPS) - After U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's January address on the role of internet freedom in U.S. foreign policy, the Barack Obama administration appears to be taking the first steps to introduce specific legislation and policies to exploit the role of the internet in opening up those countries ruled by oppressive or authoritarian governments. Eli Clifton <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2918 UNITED NATIONS, 9 Mar (IPS) - 'What do I get from them? Nothing but bullsh*t,' says Nupur Acharya, reflecting about how she is treated by her husband and two grown sons on daily basis. Haider Rizvi <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2917 WASHINGTON, 8 Mar (IPS) - The holding of Iraq's third parliamentary elections on Sunday has generated a sense of satisfaction in Washington, but there is a feeling of anxiety about how the post-election negotiation process to form a new government might proceed. Mohammed A. Salih <mgutierrez@ips.org> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2916 WASHINGTON, 8 Mar (IPS) - With U.S. President Barack Obama preparing to host Haitian President Rene Preval at the White House Wednesday, Congress is moving quickly to show support for far-reaching debt relief and additional aid for the earthquake-stricken Caribbean nation. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2915 NEW YORK, 8 Mar (IPS) - Civil libertarians hit back hard Sunday at reports indicating that the Barack Obama administration is about to cave in to pressure from Congress and local groups in New York City and is not only considering transferring the cases of suspected terrorists to another federal court, but even moving them to the military commission system. William Fisher <mgutierrez@ips.org> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2914 WASHINGTON, 8 Mar (IPS) - For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a 'city of 80,000 people' as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. That idea was a central element in the overall impression built up in February that Marja was a major strategic objective, more important than other district centres in Helmand. Gareth Porter* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2913 WASHINGTON, 6 Mar (IPS) - As Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday, a key question in the minds of many in Iraq and Washington is whether secular candidates can continue their recent rise and possibly come out as winners. Mohammed A. Salih <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2912 WASHINGTON, 6 Mar (IPS) - The vast majority of the species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, live on land, but as marine species come under increasing pressure from unsustainable fishing and a range of climate change-related threats that focus is beginning to shift. Matthew Berger <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2911 WASHINGTON, 5 Mar (IPS) - Thursday's vote by a Congressional committee condemning the deaths of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I as 'genocide' is almost certain to complicate U.S. ties with Turkey, a long-time strategic ally and increasingly influential player in the Middle East and central and southwest Asia. Jim Lobe* <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2910 NEW YORK, 5 Mar (IPS) - Civil liberties advocates and U.S. constitutional law scholars lost no time in condemning proposed legislation introduced in the Senate Thursday that would hand the government the power to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects without charge and to conduct trials through military commissions only. William Fisher <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2909 UNITED NATIONS, 5 Mar (IPS) - On Friday, the richest and most powerful country on earth was the subject of a damning report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Armin Rosen <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2908 NEW YORK, 5 Mar (IPS) - A delegation of human rights experts is preparing to visit Haiti to assess the human rights and aid situation in the earthquake-crippled nation and to urge the international community to follow a series of guidelines they have prepared to help donors' to 'overcome the mistakes of the past.' William Fisher <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=2907 WASHINGTON, 4 Mar (IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama hopes to resume U.S. training of an elite Indonesian military unit whose members have been convicted of gross human rights abuses in East Timor and elsewhere in the sprawling archipelago. Charles Fromm <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100