Philippines: Extremist Groups Target Civilians

Violent Islamist groups in the Philippines have killed or injured more than 1,700 people in bombings and other attacks since 2000.
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The First Post: Floody bureaucracy

As troops and emergency services pull out and the flood waters recede, an army of specialists descends on Middle England. Swamped homeowners find themselves at the start of a long, slow process of rehabilitation.
Water pollution means the threat of illness from e-coli and crypto spiridium lurking in the sewage-poisoned waters. Hundreds of thousa
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The First Post: Drink to Sherrybaby

In the shiny world of Hollywood, you expect redemption and transformation, ugly ducklings to become swans, underdogs to come out on top. Throughout much of
SherryBaby, the expectation hangs heavy; it is to the film’s immense credit, therefore, that it should fail to meet our expectations.
Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a young woman r
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Apology to Yosri Fouda

Although a July 8, 2007 article by Kenneth Roth, entitled “Tap, tap, tap to wear down the terrorists” and accompanying photo caption published in the London Observer, suggested that the Karachi safe house of Al Qaeda’s Khaled Sheikh Mohammed was discovered because a journalist who had interviewed him passed on critical information regarding his whe
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Apology to Yosri Fouda

Although a July 8, 2007 article by Kenneth Roth, entitled “Tap, tap, tap to wear down the terrorists” and accompanying photo caption published in the London Observer, suggested that the Karachi safe house of Al Qaeda’s Khaled Sheikh Mohammed was discovered because a journalist who had interviewed him passed on critical information regarding his whe
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UK: Extended Pre-charge Detention Violates Rights

Likely to damage ‘battle for hearts and minds’
The UK government
’s proposals to extend from 28 days to almost two months the time suspects can be detained without charge will violate the right to liberty, Human Rights Watch said today. It is also likely to be deeply counterproductive in the fight against terrorism.
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“الحل الوسط” في المفاوضات الزراعية لا يُـرضـي أحدا

الاقتراح الوسط حول المفاوضات الزراعية بمنظمة التجارة العالمية لإخراج جولة الدوحة من المأزق القائم لا يرضي أحدا بالرغم من أن كل الأطراف تجمع على انه يمثل تقدما مقارنة بالاقتراح السابق.
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Climate Change..Simply running out of room

Climate change is among the greatest threats to biodiversity today. As Earth’s temperature rises, wildlife moves to more suitable habitat northward or perhaps to higher elevations. Some coral reef species cannot move, other species are not suited to new ecosystems, and some are simply running out of room to live. Meanwhile, glaciers are melting, oc
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sea turtles

The 110-million-year-old sea turtle is a bellwether of marine ecosystem health. Where there are healthy wild populations of sea turtles there are healthy oceans sustaining them. Unfortunately, sea turtles today are highly threatened, and their numbers are rapidly diminishing. Their plight is evidence of the greater devastation of ocean biodiversity
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Colombia: Guerrillas? Landmine Use Takes Heavy Toll on Civilians

Guerrillas
’ use of antipersonnel landmines is having a devastating impact on civilians in Colombia, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. New reported casualties have escalated dramatically in recent years, due largely to increased use of landmines by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.
Antipersonnel land
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