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Coalition troops breaching Geneva conventions in Iraq?
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Saturday, 12 April 2003
Coalition troops breaching Geneva conventions in Iraq?
United Nations observers say coalition troops are in breach of the Geneva conventions by not restraining looters or controlling mobs roaming the streets of Baghdad, Basra, and other Iraqi cities. UN spokesperson Veronique Taveau said that US soldiers failed to stop armed raiders at the al-Kindi hospital in Baghdad. Looters have targeted at least two major...
 
Workers demand worldwide Respect on May 1st
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Friday, 11 April 2003
Workers demand worldwide Respect on May 1st
Brussels, April 11, 2003 (ICFTU online): Plans for trade union activities on May 1st are advancing, as unions from all five continents respond to the call for...
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Uganda to remove its army from Congo, soon
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Friday, 11 April 2003
Uganda to remove its army from Congo, soon
Uganda has promised to remove its army from the Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of the month. President Yoweri Museveni said his forces had no reas...
 
Human right activists speak out against detention without trial in Malesia
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Friday, 11 April 2003
Human right activists speak out against detention without trial in Malesia
Malaysians should no longer be subject to detention without charge or trial, says the countrys official human rights commission. A long awaited report has ...
 
Water and humanitarian support are not reaching Iraq yet
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Friday, 11 April 2003
Water and humanitarian support are not reaching Iraq yet
Fear and chaos in Iraq is hampering efforts to bring food, water, and medicine to the beleaguered population, say international aid agencies. UNICEF said i...
 
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    In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
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    In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.