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Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William Haig (picture) today (19.1.11) was touring some of the worst affected flood zones in Queensland as part of a visit to Australia in company with the Defence Minister, Liam Fox. … Read More »
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honouring Liu Xiaobo has gone ahead (10.12.10) in the absence of the gaoled Chinese human rights campaigner,
In other places, protests in the streets have focused on Internet rights, and austerity in Britain. … Read More »
The lucky countries Norway and Australia have headed the rankings in this year’s United Nations quality of life measure – the 20th anniversary Human Development index.
Designed to show “real wealth” the measure puts together variables of wellbeing, taking in incomes, health or education, reaching to employment and life expectancy. … Read More »
Cluster bombs are back under surveillance after the publication of a new report (1.11.10) on efforts to reduce stocks of the weapons globally. … Read More »
The decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to confer its Peace Prize for 2010 on Liu Xiaobo, a distinguished political prisoner in China, has upset the regime there. … Read More »
The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists has issued reports on a steady return by China to harassment of journalists, since a reprieve at the time of the Olympics;and on a “deadly decade” for reporters worldwide. … Read More »
Contributing to events that have detracted from New Year holiday celebrations: another multiple shooting in Finland; the execution in China of a British man believed to have been mentally ill; and a fresh threat against the “Mohammed” cartoonist in Denmark. … Read More »