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UK Government announces increase in nuclear weapon spending
The British government has announced a further hike in the cost of replacing Trident in its Strategic Defence and Security Review published today. The cost of replacing the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons submarines is set to rise to £41 billion…
Students and professors in Albania mobilise to promote nuclear weapon ban
On November 19, 2015 at Aleksandër Moisiu University in Durrës, Albania 100 students of political sciences and law participated in an event organised for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to raise awareness of the dangers posed by…
Ukraine nuclear power plants ‘dangerously’ without power as towers feeding energy to Crimea blown up
In an eerie reminder of a possible nuclear catastrophe, a senior Ukrainian energy official revealed that the attack on transmission towers that cut off the delivery of electricity from Ukraine to Crimea also created an emergency situation at nuclear power…
Beyond Words… as the tricolour flies from Kiwi goal posts
We must engender and perpetuate the spirit of care, love, joy and kindness and never give in even to the most harrowing incidents. That poignant, powerful message emanated from the bottom of the world in an astonishingly moving and ever…
Northern Ireland still faces urgent challenges nearly 20 years after Peace Accord – UN Expert
20 November 2015 – While much has been achieved in Northern Ireland in the nearly 20 years since a peace accord ended decades of fighting between British forces and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the different communities, urgent issues…
18yo UK teenage girl becomes 1st to be prosecuted for…fighting AGAINST Islamic State
A British 18-year-old girl has become the first person to be convicted for attempting to join the campaign against ISIS in Syria. She is set to spend 21 months behind bars. Silhan Özçelik from north London fled her home and…
‘Paris, Beirut Terror Attacks Must Not Be Pretext for Slamming Shut Doors to Refugees’
The United Nations General Assembly met today on tackling the global refugee crisis in the shadow of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, with top officials pleading that the door for genuine refuge not be slammed shut in…
Paris, the Refugees and Europe
The focus on terrorism is obscuring the issues of refugees, and it is important to consider its impact on Europe, after the shock of Paris. Of course, the impact of terrorism in the daily life of ordinary citizens is going…
Ending the Era of Wars
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service 15th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – Barcelona, 13-15 November 2015 I would like to thank the Major of Barcelona, Ada Colau I Ballano, the Permanent Secretariat of the World…
Military intervention is the problem, not the solution
The Islamic State’s latest atrocities are a calculated effort to bring the war in Syria home to the countries participating in it. by Peter Certo for Common Dreams A café. A stadium. A concert hall. One of the most horrifying…
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