The risk of suicide is so high for college students that the Chinese government has decided to test the mental health of the freshmen. On registration day, other than the list of courses available and their reading lists, the first year students receive a clump of stapled pages entitled Sci 90 (Symptom Checklist). This is the standardized test that the freshmen will have to complete before choosing their coursers; 90 questions to answer in 15 minutes. The psychologists that will read the tests will place the students according to nine principal factors of mental disturbance, from anxiety to depression, ending at psychosis

Russia, China and Indonesia oppose UN sanctions against Myanmar

The NGO "Justice for Colombia" accuses the Uribe government of human rights violations

Hamas fires American weapons, provided by Israel for their Fatah rivals

Bolivia accuses the US of infiltrating its internal politics, with the aim of destabilizing Morales

Back in Iraq after two years, since the two Simones' kidnapping and Baldoni's death. The arrival in Erbil coincides with the Asian cup winning by the Iraqi national soccer team. Scenes of the “Two banks Lions” and of the outstanding moments of the victorious match against Saudi Arabia are scrolling on the Erbil airport monitors. But what is the situation of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan? Ngo worker Bruno Neri's reportage

The surgeon in charge of the Genoa hospital during the G8 summit of july 2001 has been drafted in the Army. During his duty, many wounded protesters were brought to the prison infirmary and hit and humiliated by the italian police. A health assistant who witnessed the beatings tells PeaceReporter of the shocking things he has seen

In a blow to Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani is elected head of Iran's Assembly of Experts

An interview with Laura Boldrini of UNHCR on the catastrophe of Iraqi refugees

Bazookas, ground-to-air and anti-aircraft missiles: how China contributes to the war

9/11 changed the world for many people, but perhaps that day changed the world of Rudolph Giuliani more than anybody else's. Before the attacks to the Twin Towers, Giuliani was a popular New York mayor who gained international fame by sweeping crime out of the city. Among the debris of Ground Zero and thanks to his management of the disaster, this grandchild of Italian immigrants became the 'American mayor'. Giuliani now aims for the presidency of the States, riding the wave of the leadership he earned that day

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

In the southern Philippines, clashes between Islamic terrorists and the US-backed army continue

After the racist attacks in Germany, the Social Democrats ask to ban NPD

A new round of negotiations on the status of Kosovo, but the problem isn't solved

President Nursultan Nazarbayev's party Nur Tan ('Light of the Motherland') swept the board: it won 98 out 98 of the seats available on the lower house of the parliament in the last elections

Thai ex-prime minister Shinawatra sues for damages the judges who accuse him of conflict of interest