Bhopal's long wait for justice.

June 24, 2010 | The Indian government has said it will seek the extradition from the US of the former Chief Executive of Union Carbide, to face trial for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

Warren Anderson was head of Union Carbide when a toxic leak at its factory in Bhopal killed thousands of people. Video below:

BP boss hands over control of Gulf spill.

itnnews — June 23, 2010 — Under-fire BP boss Tony Hayward has handed over day-to-day control of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis.

The Massive Gulf Oil Spill.

President Obama Vows Full Recovery

VOAvideo — June 08, 2010 — U.S. President Barack Obama is vowing that America will overcome the environmental and economic crisis caused by that massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the federal official in charge of the cleanup says a wellhead cap is helping to contain nearly 1,750,000 liters of oil daily. VOA's Robert Raffaele has more.

June 08, 2010 - B.P Timeline ....

Sustainable farming & FRESH - Ana Sofia Joanes.

June 07, 2010 — In this Earth Focus interview, filmmaker Ana Sofia Joanes speaks about her new film "Fresh," and points out why today's industrial agriculture is unsustainable. "Fresh" promotes a new way of food production, celebrating fresh, earth-friendly food.

Interview with documentary filmmaker Ana Sofia Jones

Earth Focus Interview: Ana Sofia Joanes

A Bad Day For Fossil Fuels! - Human Casualties.

No One Knows ....

Why Things Are Happening The Way They Are In The Gulf Clean Up

Witness - The Iraqi Candidate: The Result.

AlJazeeraEnglish — June 07, 2010 — Abdulrahman Dheyab, an Iraqi living in London, wanted to serve his home country, so he decided to return to Iraq to stand as a candidate in the 2010 parliamentary elections. With not much more than his convictions and a taste for grassroots politics, he traveled back to his home village and started his political campaign from scratch. Witness followed Abdulrahman from London as he returned home full of dreams. But the cut and thrust of Iraqi politics proved to be even dirtier than he expected. Now, in the second of two programmes, we pick up his story in the final weeks leading up to election day. Will he be able to realise his fervent dream, for which he has risked so much, or will his idealism turn out to have been misplaced?

Amnesty International Releases 2010 Human Rights Report .

VOAvideo — May 27, 2010 — Amnesty International's latest human rights report says overall, the past year has been a landmark period for international justice. But the report finds there are still governments that the organization says stand above the law on human rights. Amnesty says many people around the world are suffering from poverty and repression. VOA's Elizabeth Lee has more.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill - A Doomsday scenario!

BP COO not certain 'top kill' will work BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

If this engineer is right, this is truly a scary scenario!  Here's his story.  "Heard your mention of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico this morning, and you (and most everyone else except maybe George Noory) are totally missing the boat on how big and bad of a disaster this is.

Ethiopian polls open - ( Issues just like Malaysia.)

AlJazeeraEnglish — May 22, 2010 — Voting is underway in Ethiopia, in legislative elections that are set to be a stiff test of the country's democracy.

Menes Zelawi, the current prime minister, is expected to be returned as leader, after 19 years in power.

But the opposition is already crying foul, with memories of the 2005 election that led to widespread bloodshed still fresh in the minds of many Ethiopians.

US Nuclear Arsenal

PressTVGlobalNews — News Analysis-US Nuclear Arsenal : May 15, 2010 — Is Obama serious about the global nuclear disarmament?

"Sanitation and Water for All" meeting opens

WASHINGTON, DC, USA, 11 May 2010 UNICEF recently hosted the historic first annual High-Level Meeting on Sanitation and Water for All at World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC.

Sanitation and Water for All is a global partnership aimed at achieving universal and sustainable access to sanitation and drinking-water by firmly placing the issue on the global agenda. Its immediate focus is achieving the water- and sanitation-related Millennium Development Goals in the countries that are most off-track for reaching the MDG targets.

In this video, UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Clarissa Brocklehurst speaks about involving all sectors to increase investment in safe water and sanitation.

Imam Khamenei's fatwa on banning WMDs registered as UN document.

Iran’s permanent envoy to the UN, Mohammad Khazaii, announced that the text of the Imam Khemenei's message to the conference on nuclear disarmament in Tehran, that declared weapons of mass destruction as haram (unlawful), was registered as an official UN document on Thursday.

ABNA.ir -  24 Apr 2010 , World Shia Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a message to the Tehran conference on April 17, declared the use of weapons of mass destruction as haram (forbidden in Islam).