Posts Tagged ‘violence’

Violence in Iraq is increasing despite the dispatch of reinforcements

September 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
violence rises in Iraq despite the increased U.S. military presence, said Wednesday the Pentagon.
In a report to Congress, the Pentagon said that while violence decreases in Baghdad and Anbar province (west), it increased in other regions of Ira...

France calls on the Palestinian government to “end” to violence

July 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
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France condemned the attack which targeted a Sunday school of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah and called on the Palestinian government to “end” to violence occurred in the Gaza Strip .
At a press b...

Platini calls the violence a “poison” for football

April 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
President of the European Football Union (UEFA), Michel Platini, has called the violence a “poison” for football, calling on member associations of UEFA to adopt “zero tolerance” vis - à-vis violence and racism in football.

Domestic violence against children in increase

April 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Province of southern China’s Guangdong will open additional shelters for domestic violence in response to increasing cases of child abuse.
shelters are located at the center of residential neighborhoods.
cases of domestic violence on...

The UN chief asked the government to fight against Palestinian violence

April 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Secretary General of UN Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the new Palestinian government formed in mid-March against violence, reported the daily Yedioth Ahronoth on its website.
“We must see that this government (Palestinian) leads in fact a st...

UEFA: experts explore ways against football violence

April 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Experts from Government and European police met on Wednesday under the auspices of UEFA to consider ways to address violence fooball, said in a statement published on UEFA’s website.
Wednesday’s meeting was the first in a series desi...

UN condemns violence in Nepal

April 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN in Nepal, Ian Martin, has condemned the violent clashes Wednesday between former rebels and supporters of Madesh people in central Iran, which reportedly killed at least 25 dead and 35 inju...

A Chinese lawmaker proposes to restrict media violence

January 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , ,
China needs a law to restrict the “culture of violence” omnipresent in the media of the country to protect young and vulnerable minds, said Tuesday a legislator on the sidelines of the ongoing annual session of parliament.
Only legis...

Albania condemns violence in Kosovo

December 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Wednesday condemned the violence that occurred this weekend in Pristina but assured the Kosovo government’s support for Albania.
“Kosovo is moving in the right direction towards independence, a...

United States: Pelosi calls for a political solution to end the violence in Iraq

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The new chairman of the House of Representatives in the United States, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, called on Iraqi leaders to resort to a political solution to end violence in the country, a report said Saturday in Washington.
In his meeting Friday w...