Gaza bombings could be sowing seeds of future violence
GenevaLunch News CNN carries a story about the impact of the past 10 days’ bombings in Gaza on the next generation of Palestinians, with the seeds of future violence probably being sown, according to...
View ArticleIsrael vows “disproportionate response” to cross-border fire
GenevaLunch News Israeli leaders over the weekend vowed to give a “disproportionate” response to cross-border fire and followed it up by bombing tunnels it blames Hamas for using to transport arms, in...
View ArticleIsland-nation in Pacific may take 17 Guantanamo prisoners
GenevaLunch News The US government has been talking to the island nation of Palau, reports CNN, about taking 17 prisoners from Guantanamo, part of President Obama’s plan to shut down the Cuban prison....
View ArticleThree sentenced to life in UK for airliners’ bomb plots
GenevaLunch News Three men have been sentenced to life in prison in Britain for plotting a series of bombing on airliners between the UK and the US or Canada. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir...
View ArticleBombs in Uganda slay more than 60 people
GenevaLunch News Two bombs have killed more than 60 people and wounded scores of World Cup fans watching at two popular locations in the Ugandan capital Kampala late 11 July, minutes before the end of...
View ArticleChechen “warlord” charged in Moscow bombing may be dead
GenevaLunch News Russian authorities Tuesday 29 March charged Doku Umarov, known in Russia as a Chechen warlord, with masterminding the January Domodedovo Moscow Airport bombing. But according to...
View ArticleCarlos the Jackal on trial nearly 30 years after crimes
GenevaLunch News PARIS, FRANCE – Carlos, known as the Jackal, is on trial in Paris for crimes committed some 30 years ago, and the courtroom proceedings promise to be colourful, if the first day was...
View ArticleS Sudan agrees to land mine ban treaty; fears grow over cross-border bombing
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Friday 11 November was a day of rising fears internationally that tensions are building along the Sudan-South Sudan border after a series of bombs were dropped...
View ArticleIran vs Israel: the stakes are raised with 2 attacks Monday
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tensions are rising globally over push and shove tactics by Iran and Israel that may involve the US. Two attacks on Israelis Monday 13 February, one in India and...
View ArticleBoy killed in Gaza reportedly 17th death in 2 days
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Israeli forces “continued to target terrorists in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning after Palestinians continued to fire rockets at towns in southern Israel,” the...
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