Global Voices · Citizen media stories about War & Conflict from June 2008

War & Conflict · June, 2008
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Stories about War & Conflict from June, 2008

19 June 2008

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced, five-hour visit to Lebanon on Monday, June 16. She declared her government’s support for the newly elected Lebanese president, as well...

Lebanon: on going clashes

Written by Moussa Bashir · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Israel: Keffiyah Seen as Symbol of “Terrorist Chic”

Written by Maya Norton · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

17 June 2008

The Balkans: Ingeborg Beugel

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Lithuania: Deportations Anniversary

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Hungary: Violence Against Roma

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Iraq: Hospitals Getting Better

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Jordan: Attacks which will not happen

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Afghanistan: Toward Genuine “Afghanization”

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Iraq: Return of a Kidnapped Neighbour

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Iraq: 10 Things I Hate About My Colleagues

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

16 June 2008

Iraq: Chinese Food

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Iraq: Black – The Colour of Grief

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Iraqi women are now accustomed to wearing black - the colour of grief and mourning, notes Inside Iraq. But amid the darkness and gloom, some young women admit to wearing...

Sri Lanka: On Ethnic Conflict

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Czech Republic: Greenpeace's “Peaceland”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Russia, U.S.: “Antiquated Kremlinology”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia: Top war crimes suspect Župljanin arrested

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Eastern & Central Europe

Stojan Župljanin, one of the four top remaining war crimes suspects from the 1990s Balkan Wars wanted by the International War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), was arrested on...