In the last few months Frontex started two patrol missions: one called ‘Hera’, for controlling illegal immigration towards Canary Islands, and the other, most famous, called ‘Nautilus II’ (a follow-up to the Nautilus I of last year). Mission Nautilus II, officially launched at the end of June, aimed for preventing illegal immigration to Italy and Spain. This mission was meant to last until October and also Greece, Germany, France, Spain and Malta took part in it. But it has been suspended due to lack of resources

Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez aims to rule for life. The opposition cries foul

Thousands of missing men's wives in the disputed Kashmir region have no rights

Civil war doesn't prevent oil companies from doing business in the African country

The US are building the 'Rule of Law Complex': another Green Zone in Baghdad

Gerald, a former private detective, runs a blog encouraging his readers to fight online terrorism, using a toolbar available from his website, explicitly created to spread information. If you want to take part in the war on Islamic fundamentalism, now you can

Work in progress

September 2nd will be a special day for hundreds of thousands of people. That day will be the deadline to apply for permissions or to leave the country the government of the United Emirates has established for all irregular foreign workers, mainly from the Far East

A mutilated man

Colombia has registered the world record of victims of land mines

Bhutto and Musharraf

Former PM Benazir Bhutto negotiates with Musharraf. Journalist Ahmed Rashid explain the reasons behind her move

In Zimbabwe, artists too are victims of Mugabe's repression

Local stringers risk their lives in the shadow of foreign correspondents

The role of Tehran in the Afghan War, between truth and propaganda

Rupert Murdoch

Conquering the Dow Jones newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

Afghanistan's jihad veteran Gulbuddin Hekmatyar announced his permanent abandonment of armed conflict in favour of political commitment

 A Masai speaking on the phone

The infinite ways opened by African text messages

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