EU Telecom Package Approved

The European Parliament today formally approved an update to European telecommunications rules aimed at enforcing consumer rights and supporting a single European market. But the change might also leave the door open for legislation restricting the internet in member countries and potentially questionable traffic management practice by internet service providers, according to a consumer group.. By Catherine Saez …

Source : Intellectual Property Watch

Has the Cold War Really Ended?

America and Russia: Has the Cold War Really Ended? US nuclear doctrine, missile defence in Europe and NATO expansion. By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya …

Source : Globalresearch

Turkey and UN quarrel over Makhmour camp

The return of Turkish citizens of Kurdish descent from the Makhmour refugee camp — built by the United Nations for refugees in 1998 — who went to Iraq in 1996 due to increasing acts of terrorism in southeastern Turkey, has placed the UN and Turkey at loggerheads once again, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is reportedly asking that the returnees be granted refugee rights as specified in international law, a request which Turkey strongly disagrees with.

Source : Today’s Zaman

Khmer Rouge prison chief could get 40 years

Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence Wednesday for a man they described as responsible for snuffing out innocent lives and spreading terror across Cambodia. By Sopheng Cheang …

Source : Google

Russia, Japan and the Kuril Islands

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called “unacceptable” the approval by the Japanese government of a document that says about the “illegal occupation by Russia” of the Kuril Islands, it is said in a statement of the RF Foreign Ministry released on Tuesday.

Source : Itar Tass

Bedouins sue British Government

A group of Egyptian Bedouins is threatening to sue the British government over the rising toll of deaths and injuries caused by British landmines and unexploded ordnance left in the Egyptian desert after the Second World War. By David Stanford …

Source : Aljazeera

UN General Assembly Debates Goldstone Report

Goldstone Report Sent to Security Council. By Ronda Hauben …

Source : Ohmynews

Obama’s Fifth Category: The “Untriable”

In his talk at the National Archives in May, President Obama referred to five categories of prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay. By William Fisher …

Source : Truthout

South Serbia Military Base Causes Ire

A Serbian Army base known as Jug has been officially opened near the town of Bujanovac in South Serbia, next to the Kosovo and Macedonia border. While Serbian officials say the base will offer a guarantee for peace and stability in the region, ethnic Albanians are against its opening. By Nikola Lazic …

Source : Balkan Insight

Fishermen to sue over Timor oil spill

Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation from the Federal Government and a Thai operator after the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. By Stephanie March …

Source : ABC news

Iran and the Nabucco Pipeline

The Nabucco pipeline is a planned natural gas pipeline from Caspian and the Middle East region to Turkey and finally to Austria.  The aim of this pipeline is diversifying the current natural gas suppliers and delivery routes for Europe. The project is backed by several European states and the United States. By Ahman Aghai Diba …

Source : Payvand Iran News

The Pentagon’s bases in Colombia

How aggressive moves by the U.S. in Latin America are ratcheting up the conflict between Colombia and Venezuela. By Zach Mason …

Source : Socialist Worker

Bedoons rights in Kuwait

Important issues related to the status and welfare of Kuwait’s bedoon population were discussed at a seminar held yesterday by the Kuwait Bedoon Committee. By Abdullah Al-Qattan …

Source : Kuwait Times

Peru court reviews Fujimori’s sentence

Peru’s Supreme Court has opened a three-day review of former president Alberto Fujimori’s 25-year prison sentence for human rights violations. By Luis Jaime Cisneros …

Source : Google

Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war lacks expertise

Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war incapable of deciding on legality – judges. Panel members criticised for lacking legal expertise to tackle key issue. By Afua Hirsch …

Source : Guardian