Global Politics Online / IPS By Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 1, 2010 (IPS) – As the movement for the abolition of the death penalty gains ground worldwide, Guatemala is seeking to reintroduce capital punishment, which has been in legal limbo since 2000. Congress has already approved a law paving the way for the execution [...]
Military Jury Tried to “Send a Message” in Khadr Case
November 1, 2010 By
Global Politics Online / IPS By William Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 1, 2010 (IPS) – A military jury at Guantanamo Bay sentenced a "child soldier" to 40 years in prison – unaware that Omar Khadr’s defence and prosecution lawyers had already agreed on an eight-year sentence and further agreed that the United States would send [...]
COURIER PACKAGE BOMBS & SECURITY FOR OBAMA: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
October 31, 2010 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 688 Global Politics Online B.RAMAN ( Based on open source information ) Q.What materials for assembling an improvised explosive device (IED) have been recovered by the authorities of the Dubai airport and the East Midlands airport of the UK from the cargo planes of the FedExpress and the UPS respectively which [...]
Biodiversity Pact Begins With the Genes
October 31, 2010 By
Global Politics Online / IPS By Stephen Leahy* NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 31, 2010 (Tierramérica) – The delegates to the 10th Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity ended up with a relatively weak plan for the Herculean task of halting the disappearance of species. The exception was a pact on the [...]
Welcome to Global Politics Online
March 21, 2009 By
This is the location of the former Global Politics Online News blog. The blog is being new organized to present new reports and analysis on global political and economic issues.
