Contradiction in rhetoric and action is a pretty standard feature of foreign policy for countries around the world. We were...
Thousand of troops are being deployed to different parts of Chile, a country recently ravaged by a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, to try to prevent looting and criminal acts, Al Jazeera reports.
At 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti changed forever.
Haiti. Just mentioning the country's name makes people stop and listen, and hope what they hear is, for a change, good news. But there isn't much in Haiti. People are dying preventable deaths, children are dying from broken bones. There is a lack of food, water and shelter for the Haitians.
A couple of days ago a ceasefire was announced so aid could be given to the scores of injured civilians in Gaza. The UN came in to give aid, but announced today that they would pull out workers after some were killed by Israel airstrikes and tank fire.
At least 40 humanitarian and human rights workers have been killed in Somalia since the beginning of the year, according to Amnesty International.