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Promoting Enduring Peace Awards Amy Goodman with Gandhi Peace Award

Promoting Enduring Peace Awards Amy Goodman with Gandhi Peace Award

Amy Goodman, Executive Producer of Democracy Now! and author of four books, including her most recent, “Breaking the Sound Barrier,” was in New Haven last night to receive Promoting Enduring Peace’s Gandhi Peace Award at United Church on the Green.

TOP OF THE WORLD: NATO Rehearses For War In The Arctic | GlobalResearch

TOP OF THE WORLD: NATO Rehearses For War In The Arctic | GlobalResearch

Cold Response 2012 was conducted from March 12-21 primarily in Norway but also in Sweden with the participation of 16,300 troops from fifteen nations as part of full spectrum – air, sea, infantry and special forces – maneuvers against the backdrop of the past three years’ new scramble for the Arctic.

Afghanistan and US agree on strategic partnership document | guardian.co.uk

Afghanistan and US agree on strategic partnership document | guardian.co.uk

Afghanistan and the United States have agreed the contents of a long-awaited deal to define their relationship after most foreign troops leave at the end of 2014, although the document sidesteps some of the thorniest questions about the US military presence.

Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks in front of a banner that reads ‘Nuclear energy for all; Nuclear weapons for none’ | IndiaTimes.com

Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks in front of a banner that reads ‘Nuclear energy for all; Nuclear weapons for none’ | IndiaTimes.com

Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili speaks to the media after day-long talks with six world powers in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, April 14, 2012. A banner with photos of five Iranian nuclear scientists that were assassinated over the past years is seen in the background. Iranian and European officials expressed confidence in the results of [...]

SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: A whiff of war | IRIN Africa

SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN: A whiff of war | IRIN Africa

Sudan and South Sudan appeared to edge closer to war this week amid an escalating confrontation over the oil-rich borderland region of Heglig.

Sudan’s parliament approved the mobilization of the armed forces and suspended negotiations with South Sudan after its newly independent neighbour moved its forces into Heglig.

Our Name is Resistance | The Real News

Our Name is Resistance | The Real News

In Athens on Saturday, hundreds of people gathered to bury the retired chemist Dimitris Christoulas, who committed suicide in a public square in protest of the austerity measures imposed on Greece. His daughter Emily spoke at the funeral. The note he left behind said, in part, “I see no other solution than this dignified end to my life, so I don’t find myself fishing through garbage cans for my sustenance.”

German Firm Launches Voluminous Online Archive On Mahatma Gandhi | EurasiaReview

German Firm Launches Voluminous Online Archive On Mahatma Gandhi | EurasiaReview

A Germany-based organization has launched a comprehensive online archive on peace icon Mahatma Gandhi after 30 years of research with material gathered from over 600 worldwide sources.

Peter Ruhe, CEO of about 14-years old Berlin headquartered GandhiServe, which made this GandhiMedia possible, lists its aim as virtually “bringing Mahatma Gandhi to life.”

Nelson Mandela archive launches digital treasure trove | guardian.co.uk

Nelson Mandela archive launches digital treasure trove | guardian.co.uk

The digital treasure trove ranges from Mandela’s church membership cards from the 1920s and 30s to the warrants of committal that sent him to jail; from the earliest known photo of his cell on Robben Island to prison and presidential diaries.

DRC: Lubanga verdict ‘a first step’ | IRIN Africa

DRC: Lubanga verdict ‘a first step’ | IRIN Africa

A ruling by the International Criminal Court finding former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of conscripting child soldiers in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri region is good news in the fight against impunity but more crimes there should be prosecuted, analysts say.

Analysis: Disarmament jitters in South Sudan’s Jonglei state | IRIN Africa

Analysis: Disarmament jitters in South Sudan’s Jonglei state | IRIN Africa

South Sudan’s plan to start collecting some 20,000 weapons from civilians in Jonglei state in March, by force if necessary, is likely to worsen the volatile security situation there and complicate efforts to deliver essential humanitarian aid, the UN and several analysts have warned.

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