Official Number of Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikers Jumps To 100
The official number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay reached 100 on Saturday [27 Apr 2013]. Twenty of them are receiving enteral feeds, five of whom are being observed in a detainee hospital. Lawyers for the detainees say that some 130 prisoners are actually taking part in the protest. The [...]
Peres to Meet Pope Francis at Vatican, Receive Medal for Peace
Israeli President Shimon Peres is set to meet Pope Francis on a three-day visit to Italy that will begin on Monday [29 Apr 2013]. At the ceremony he will receive the Medal of Honor for Peace and will be greeted by "hundreds of Franciscan monks" at the central Basilica, according [...]
Guatemala: Rallying Around a Dictator
18 Apr 2013 - Investigative journalist Allan Nairn was in Guatemala to report on the trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt for the massacre of more than 1,700 Mayans during a U.S.-backed scorched-earth campaign against leftist rebels during his reign: For A while it looked like Guatemala was about [...]
Syria
The search could be for solutions, not for the solution. UN-supported facilitators, with knowledge of mediation, rather than with guns and binoculars. To do this, let the parties, outside and inside Syria, talk. Let them state their goals, the Syria they would like to see. What comes to mind is [...]
Microsoft’s game plan: Help today’s youth prepare for tomorrow’s jobs
An evolving job market and outdated education system has left millions of youth around the world without the skills or opportunities to get a decent job after graduation. Microsoft wants to change that.There are strong forces at work: 1 billion youth between 15-24 years, more than ever before in history. [...]
Birmingham to Boston
“This week marked the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham City Jail.” This letter is now a classic document in American history and compelling testimony to the power of nonviolence and the [...]