Sudan's Bashir Joins Syria's Assad In Providing Arab Rulers With New Lessons.
*** Assad Thinks He Has Got A Way Out Of The Trap Set In The Lebanese Murder Cases - A French Plan Which Will Get The UN Court To Focus On Mid-Level Actors Paying The Price, While He's Set For A Bigger Role In Line With Western Interest In...

Neighbor to Neighbor.
The Exchange Club of Clinton recognized Clinton High School senior Kira Kennedy as its 2007-2008 ACE Award Recipient at a recent club meeting. The ACE award stands for students who have "Accepted the Challenges of Excellence" by overcoming a difficulty and/or challenges and rising to the occasion to overcome...

Words in the news.
Below are some key words used in this issue of Current Events. Communist (page 5) Communists subscribe to a system of politics and economics in which private property is eliminated and citizens share all goods equally. German philosopher Karl Marx developed the foundation of modern...

Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone; the story of UNAMSIL.
9781588265203 Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone; the story of UNAMSIL. Olonisakin, 'Funmi. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 2008 205 pages $45.00 Hardcover UN peace operations histories DT516 Olonisakin (director of the...

United Nations honors Philippine peacekeeping force.
The medals were presented by the world body for their "dedication and spirit of sacrifice they have shown in defending the cause of peace." Ambassador Leslie B. Gatan, Charge d' Affaires of the Philippine Mission at UN, reported that of the 172 peacekeepers, 155 are officers and...

Peacekeeping for naught.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the "Letters to the Editor" section of Volume 15 Issue 2, an R. Ozga comments on the Manley Report on Afghanistan with the observation that "Canada should indicate its willingness to shift from its military role in southern Afghanistan, to that of a peacekeeper...

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
Peacekeeping missions are perhaps the United Nations' most visible presence in conflict zones and in areas that require UN assistance for institution building. Given the effort and impact of such operations, the UN Peace Keeping Forces were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1988. While the term "peacekeeping"...

UN honors Filipino peacekeeper who died of malaria in Sudan.
Lt. Col. Renerio Batalla was among the 90 peacekeepers honored by the UN during last week's solemn ceremonies at the UN Headquarters in New York City, marking the 60th anniversary of UN peacekeeping. UN Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno gave the medal to Ambassador Hilario G....

Canada and United Nations peace operations: challenges, opportunities, and Canada's response.
Canadians take pride in the peacekeeping legacy of their country. Looking back over the history of United Nations (UN) peace operations, episodes that loom large include Lester B. Pearson's role in the creation of the first peacekeeping force, the rapid deployment of Canadian troops to Cyprus, the battles of...

African soldiers: seven types of ethical emotion: Stephen Chan provides an alternative view of African soldiers to that prevailing outside Africa.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over 26 years I have encountered many soldiers and other fighters in my African work and travels. Some of them are currently serving with the peacekeeping forces in Darfur--where they are outnumbered, outgunned, deployed too thinly over too wide an area and exposed, under-equipped, without...