ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — By the end of World War II in April 1945, with about two-thirds of European Jewry wiped out, Jewish survivors stepped out of the darkness in search of a place to call home. for more click here
Seventy years ago this Thursday, Neville Chamberlain announced that Britain was at war with Germany. For a new documentary, Melvyn Bragg sought the recollections of people – from evacuee to aristocrat, soldier to refugee – on whose lives that first day of conflict left an indelible imprint. for more click here
Mogadishu — At least ten people were killed and more than thirty others were injured in heavy fighting between pro government Islamic Courts forces and Islamist rebels in Mogadishu, witnesses said on Sunday.
“At least 4 people of one family died and 5 others were injured after a mortar landed near Sinai intersection in Wardhigley district this morning,” witnesses told Shabelle radio. for more click here
By definition, the war on terror was always a misnomer. You can’t fight a war against a military tactic without identifying the people and the ideology behind it. But that’s exactly what the United States and Britain embarked upon after 9/11. Then-President George Bush said before Congress, “Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. for more click here
SEOUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) – North Korea appears to be preparing to test-launch its longest range ballistic missile, media reports said on Tuesday, just days after Pyongyang warned that the Korean peninsula was on the brink of war.
Analysts say the possibility that North Korea would start an all-out war with the South is low because Pyongyang knows its underfunded military is no match for the U.S.-backed modern military of its Southern neighbour. for more click here
Rwanda has arrested the renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda in a dramatic reversal of its support for the warlord accused of triggering a wave of killings and attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year that drove hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. for more click here
SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – North Korea on Saturday denounced military exercises carried out by South Korea in early January as raising tensions that could lead to a war.
It was the latest in a series of recent rhetorical attacks on South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his administration by the communist North, which analysts suspect is trying hard to grab the attention of new U.S. President Barack Obama. for more click here
Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza following the military campaign designed to degrade Hamas’s ability to continue firing rockets at Israeli civilians. The tenuous ceasefire has a chance to take hold – although it has been challenged several times by Hamas rocket fire – while terms are being finalised. for more click here
From 7am yesterday, the sounds of heavy shelling from Israeli gunboats stationed off the Gaza coast reverberated around the city.
Gunfire and explosions could also be heard. By 9am ambulance sirens joined the chorus. for more click here
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has put the justice minister in charge of defending Israel against charges of war crimes during its 22-day Gaza assault, a government source said Friday.
Daniel Friedman will lead an inter-ministerial team to coordinate a legal defence for civilians and the military, the source said. for more click here