Politics APPEAL TO PRESIDENT BORIS TADIĆ AND THE SERBIAN PARLIAMENT: DO NOT GAMBLE WITH YOUR COUNTRY’S FUTURE! NO TO THE SREBRENICA RESOLUTION.   Dear Mr. President and honorable deputies,          &nbs...
Global Day of Action To Ban Cluster Bombs, New Delhi.

It has been well documented that when cluster bombs have been used, they have been used irresponsibly - whether in Lebanon in 2006, Iraq in 2003, Afghanistan in 2001-2002, Kosovo in 1999, or Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 70s. They have also been used in huge numbers and in populated and urban areas. Although international humanitarian law (IHL) provides for the protection of civilians during conflict, cluster munitons have disabled and killed many innocent lives throughout its history. Global day of civil society mobilization and actions that took place exactly one month before the start of the Vienna Conference on Cluster Munitions. The Global Day is aimed at:- raising awareness on the problem of cluster munitions and the Oslo Process to ban these weapons- attracting media attention- encouraging high attendance at the Vienna Conference.With similiar objectives, Control Arms Foundation of India organised this in the capital city of India, New Delhi.


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Egypt acts over bread prices
The Egyptian army has been told to start producing bread in an attempt to quell unrest over rising food costs. (19.04.2008)

Pope addresses the U.N.
Pope Benedict the 16 is in New York to deliver an address to the United Nations. Benedict's speech comes one day after he met privately with victims who were sexually abused by priests as children. At today's meeting, the Pope is expected to address human rights and ethical and moral principles in societies. He will also visit Ground Zero and lead a mass at Yankee Stadium. (19.04.2008)

Italy's new PM promises reforms
The Italian media magnate Silvio Berlusconi has made his first speech since winning the country's election.He was greeted by a crowd of supporters and media as he returned to Rome from his home in northern Italy.He won't be appointed prime minister before early May but pledged to use his big election win to push through economic reforms and close the border to illegal immigrants in a crackdown on criminals.He also promised to deal with the fate of loss-making national airline Alitalia and resolve a crisis that left thousands of tonnes on the streets of Naples. (18.04.2008)

Moscow strengthens ties with Georgia's breakaway republics
President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he wants Moscow to establish legal ties with Abhhazia and South Ossetia -- Georgia's breakaway regions. (18.04.2008)

Putin in Italy on last Presidential trip abroad
Energy deals, joint work on a new-generation super jet and relations between Moscow and Europe will dominate Friday's meeting between President Putin and Italian Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi. Putin is on his last official foreign visit as head of state. His visit to Italy is set to lay the ground for future relations between the two nations. (18.04.2008)

Interview to Noam Chomsky - 8/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. View the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 8)  (16.04.2008)

Interview to Noam Chomsky - 7/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. View the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 7)  (16.04.2008)

Interview to Noam Chomsky - 6/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. View the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 6)  (16.04.2008)

Interview to Noam Chomsky - 5/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. Wiew the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 5) (16.04.2008)

Noam Chomsky interview - 4/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. Wiew the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 4)  (18.04.2008)

Noam Chomsky interview - 1/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. Wiew the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 1)  (18.04.2008)

Noam Chomsky interview - 3/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. Wiew the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 3)  (18.04.2008)

Noam Chomsky interview - 2/8
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Mandic, for RTS Online, about attack of NATO on Yugoslavia. Wiew the text in: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20060425.htm (part 2)  (18.04.2008)

Pope Benedict's Arrival and Plans
Pope Benedict XVI arrived Tuesday in the United States to a presidential handshake and enthusiastic cheering, a warm welcome that followed the pontiff's candid admission hours earlier that he is "deeply ashamed" of the clergy sex abuse scandal that has rocked the American church.On his first papal trip to the U.S., Benedict gave hundreds of spectators a two-handed wave as he stepped off a special Alitalia airliner that brought him from Rome. Students from a local Catholic school screamed ecstatically when the saw the pontiff, who shook hands with President Bush, first lady Laura Bush and their daughter, Jenna on the tarmac.The pope and the president left in a motorcade a few minutes later. (17.04.2008)

Moscow to protect citizens in Georgia's breakaway regions
Russia is set to expand ties with Georgia's breakaway republics by offering help to citizens living in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including Russians. Tbilisi has called the move a provocation and an attempt to annex the region. (17.04.2008)

UK journalist released in Iraq
A kidnapped British journalist freed by Iraqi troops has said he is looking forward to seeing his family and friends. (15.04.2008)

China 'world's worst polluter'
China is now the world's biggest carbon emitter ahead of the US, a soon-to-be-published report says. (15.04.2008)

Gagged media protests in Georgia
The staff of a small cable station in Georgia gathered in silence outside Parliament on Monday to protest what they call a violation of their freedom of speech. This follows the country's broadcasting authorities' refusal to renew the channel's license. They say the channel violated its licence by broadcasting political talk show programmes. (15.04.2008)

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