Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric called for an end to sectarian violence Friday, just days after separate announcements declared that, on average, 100 Iraqi civilians died every day in May and June and more than a 1,000 fled their homes each day over the past five months.   more »

Humanitarian groups trying to assess the number of innocent civilians killed in Iraq are demanding the Pentagon back up its claims that fewer Iraqis are being killed by accident at U.S. military check-points.   more »

Seven University of Michigan students got a taste of the real India recently--water problems, low literacy, poor infrastructure, ill-managed cities, and rural poverty.   more »

The number of allegations of U.S. troops deliberately killing Iraqi civilians continues to pile up. On Thursday, the BBC broadcast footage from an incident in March in the town of Ishaqi, 60 miles north of Baghdad, in which U.S. soldiers were accused of executing 11 Iraqis, including four children.   more »

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During the month of April I was offered an opportunity by a Watson Fellow in Botswana. To accompany him on a most unique of adventures into the heartland of Southern Africa, so as to get away from the coastal paradises of South Africa where one can forget what continent he/she is on. Malawi was my destination with a mission to gain some experience working with NGOs in the development context.   more »

Peace groups in the United States are testing new ways to stop the U.S. war machinery in Iraq, Afghanistan, and places that might become new targets in the new future.   more »

In a gesture of defiance to the Bush administration, lawmakers responsible for deciding budgetary allocations for defense from both major political parties have decided to cut some of the funding for the controversial National Missile Defense (NMD) system and space weapons research.   more »

Though it faces daily intimidation and what some are calling 'confusion' over professional standards, Iraq's burgeoning media has already begun to shape opinions on the street, said a group of senior Iraqi journalists on tour in the United States.   more »

Nearly 2,000 people marched Friday under Delhi's blazing summer sun to protest government policies that are causing people to lose their homes and land across India in the name of economic development.   more »

As the level of anger and resentment against Coca Cola touches new heights throughout India, rights activists in the U.S. have increased pressure on the company to mend its ways of doing operations in rural areas.   more »

Indian human rights activist Medha Patkar ended her 20-day-old fast Monday after the Supreme Court of India said it will halt construction of a dam on the Narmada river if the government does not appropriately compensate displaced people.   more »

Lawmakers appealed to colleagues Wednesday to ''stop rubberstamping'' the war in Iraq and instead debate policy toward that country--37 months after the U.S.-led invasion that led to the current, bloody imbroglio.   more »

I had the privilege last Thursday of attending a panel of Iraqi journalists at American University’s School of International Service.  ...   more »

Today's third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq presents anti-war groups with something of a paradox: Public protest has waned even as popular opposition to the war and the politicians prosecuting it has waxed.   more »

The war against coca--the plant used to make cocaine--has become a defining issue for U.S. policy in South America, yet many Americans know little about the plant their country is fighting.   more »