http://www.worldpress.org World News Review en-us Copyright 2010, Worldpress.org. All Rights Reserved s.babayev@worldpress.org alex@worldpress.org http://www.worldpress.org/images/objects/20100204-unrwa-thumb.jpg http://www.worldpress.org http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3492.cfm The U.N. caretaker agency for Palestinian refugees, which is already neglected by Arab nations, is now being dropped by the Canadian government. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:25:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3491.cfm With aid to Haiti largely failing in the past and the daunting task of rebuilding the capital at present, many wonder whether international development plans will be lost in the rubble. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:07:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3488.cfm After 79 orphans were brought to Florida from Haiti for adoption, another 27 are now being trapped in the country by Haitian bureaucracy. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:03:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3485.cfm Even as a man is pulled alive from the rubble 11 days after the earthquake, the search for survivors is being called off. The focus moves on to the emergency relief operation. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:46:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3484.cfm The devastated country's limited infrastructure and damaged roads have created a bottleneck, and too little help is getting to people too slowly. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:47:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3477.cfm With troops in the Middle East and the economy still in a slide, the last thing Canada needs is for its Parliament to shut down until springtime, but that's what's happening. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:19:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3446.cfm The author discusses Canadian leadership, climate change, the Northwest Passage dispute, and a host of other issues concerning Canada and the northern hemisphere. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:09:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3461.cfm Not far from the maelstrom of New York City, one can escape to this tranquil piece of wildlife tucked between two sand dunes. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:22:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/2120.cfm The lobby of the Royalton Hotel is tres chic with spacious velvet couches and high-back chairs, providing the perfect setting for New York professionals and European visitors to enjoy appetizers and drinks, noon and night. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:38:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3444.cfm For the first time in nearly 30 years, testimonies, to be followed by criminal prosecutions, have been reinitiated against those responsible for the state sponsored terrorism that occurred between 1976 and 1983. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:57:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3439.cfm The international community should back prosecutors efforts and oppose amnesties for abuses in Honduras. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:55:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3437.cfm Although it is a Hindu festival, people of all religions and ethnicities in Trinidad and Tobago take part in the magnificent and colorful celebration of Divali. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:02:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3418.cfm Mapuche political leaders are taking the logic of land reform one step further and demanding regional autonomy for Wallmapu, as Mapudungun speakers call the Araucanía. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:38:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3409.cfm It is sad to see CAIR-Ohio descending further into extremism. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:11:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3408.cfm The lack of control and havoc created with the new titling method of beach property in Panama is outrageous. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:45:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3403.cfm Since President Obama took the oath of office, public activism has fizzled out, and the inability of the administration and Congress to pass necessary legislation is going unchallenged. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:22:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3398.cfm While President Obama has spoken a lot about bridging the gap between the U.S. and Muslim worlds, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done with U.S.-Muslim relations here at home. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:39:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3397.cfm The “New Partnership in the Americas” promised by Obama on the campaign trail and at the Summit of the Americas looks increasingly elusive. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:27:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3390.cfm We may, sooner than most of us had expected, see Mexico become the next narco-state of the 21st century. Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:27:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3383.cfm Besides a racist propaganda campaign and violent repression, President Alan Garcia's Peruvian government has tried highly suspect legal mechanisms to disarticulate indigenous power. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:17:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3376.cfm For many in the U.S. territory of Guam, the military offers the lesser of several bad options. Military operations occupy almost a third of the country, soon to be more. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:24:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3375.cfm The provisional government in Honduras refused to respond to a 72-hour O.A.S. deadline to restore Zelaya as president, fueling a mounting tension with what is now an international opposition. Worldpress.org reviews reactions from around the globe. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3373.cfm The coup in Honduras that removed President Zelaya poses a threat to Latin America as a whole, a region that does not want to return to an era of military dictatorship. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:22:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3338.cfm Events in Mexico seems to be adding up to a popular uprising: poverty, lack of opportunity, corruption, impunity. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:18:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3336.cfm President Obamas visit to Mexico has been compared to a quick doctors check up on Felipe Calderon. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:37:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3329.cfm The decades-long mining of Jamaicas bauxite, an essential component of aluminum, has ecologically ravaged a tropical paradise. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:03:00 GMT http://www.worldpress.org/Americas/3312.cfm Comment and analysis on Obama's budget plan from South Africa, India, Pakistan, China, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:07:00 GMT