It was just before noon when I heard the first explosion. I rushed to my window, barely did I get there and look out when I was pushed back by the force and air pressure of another explosion. For a few moments I didn't understand, then I realized that Israeli promises of a wide-scale offensive against the Gaza Strip had materialized. Israeli Foreign Minister, continue...
Everyday, tens of young soldiers loose their lives in the military battles of the Singalese army and the stronghold of Tamil separatists. Among these soldiers are even young children. All this as the Colombo government continues its campaign against the use of children as soldiers. Baby soldiers. With the discovery of another 36 bodies, the death toll has risen to 170 soldiers killed in the latest battle on the Ki'linochchi front. continue...
There is only one 'solution': force. Intensify the surveillance, the patrols, and the control to counter the violence against the Christians. To protect the community in Mosul, the most dangerous area for the Iraqi religious minority, the government is going to increase the security forces. A dozen dead. Prime Minister Al Maliki sees this as the only way to face the radical Islamic groups, continue...
Two soldiers of the Peruvian Army are dead following an attack carried out by members of Sendero Luminoso in the region of Vizcatan. The second attack in just days by the guerilla group. In 2006, the traces of the group were all but lost when their feared leader, Abimael Guzman was sentenced to life in prison. And so Sendero Luminoso has returned. continue...
Five years have passed since the invasion of Iraq led by the Coalition guided by the United States. Since 2003 things have changed, and little remains of the country that existed in March of five yeas ago. After more than a million dead, and with four million refugees inside and outside the country, the situation seems headed toward a new equilibrium. Councils of the Reawakening. It’s still too soon for a sigh of relief, continue...
Rio de Janeiro has been confirmed as one of the most violent cities in the world. The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil decided to authorise the Army’s rule over the city for the upcoming local elections on 5 October, and forces have been deployed to guarantee the freedom to vote. The police, continue...
From our correspondent Enrico Piovesana “If the Russians hadn’t arrived, we would all be dead by now”. Valentin throws the stub of his cigarette among the debris that covers the floor of his apartment, on the top floor of a large block on the outskirts of Tskhinval. Walls and ceilings are blackened by fire and gutted by Georgian cannon-shot. The flames have consumed everything, continue...
