by Sean Reilly | Jul 11, 2008
Campaigners say that the US Senate has administered the ‘last rites’ to the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). The Senate Appropriations Committee passed an annual spending bill yesterday that rejected all funding for the new weapon. The Senate’s...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 10, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today supported the findings of the Independent Asylum Commission, which has called for more humane and dignified treatment for those seeking sanctuary in the UK. Commenting on the Commission’s report ‘Deserving...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 9, 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Robert Mugabe’s regime was ‘illegitimate’ and had ‘blood on its hands’. He was speaking at the close of the three-day G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan, today. There should be “no safe haven, no place to hide for the criminal cabal...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 8, 2008
The Pentagon has announced that the US military will continue to use and export even the most unreliable cluster bombs over the next decade. The policy decision comes shortly after 111 countries, including major NATO allies, agreed to a global treaty banning cluster...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 8, 2008
Organisers of an anti-violent crime conference being held in Brixton on Saturday have welcomed the Archbishop of York’s comments that the Church of England should be reaching out to young people in knife crime. During his address to the Church of England’s...
