Democrats say will pass Iraq pull-out date
Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:25PM EDT
By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Democrats predicted on Wednesday they would win passage of a hotly contested war funding bill with a timetable to pull American troops out of Iraq, saying information from the top U.S. commander there had only reinforced their position.
[Read More!]

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Iraq: US Data on Civilian Casualties Raises Serious Concerns

(New York, April 12, 2007) ? US government documents made public by court order raise serious concerns about the number of civilian casualties caused by American soldiers and contractors in Iraq and the standards under which it pays compensation to Iraqi victims, Human Rights Watch said today. The records, which document compensation claims made by the families of Iraqis killed by US troops, were revealed today by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
[Read More!]

11-04-2007 07/49

Iraq: An ever-worsening crisis

Geneva (ICRC) - In a report issued today in Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses alarm about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq and calls for urgent action to better protect civilians against the continuing violence.
[Read More!]

Japan's wartime deeds not easily forgotten in China
Sun Apr 8, 2007 2:53AM BST
By Ben Blanchard

MARCO POLO BRIDGE, China (Reuters) - The war may have ended more than 60 years ago, but in this Beijing suburb gaggles of schoolchildren and office workers daily relive battles the Chinese fought with Japanese invaders so long ago.
[Read More!]

いわさきちひろの初期作品発見＝挿絵26点、GHQ検閲で発禁−米
4月7日3時0分配信 時事通信

　【ワシントン6日時事】独特の児童画で知られる画家、故いわさきちひろさんの挿絵が6日までに、米国のメリーランド大学（メリーランド州カレッジパーク）で発見された。挿絵は終戦後の1948年に作製された冊子に掲載されたが、冊子は連合国軍総司令部（GHQ）によって発禁処分となった。ちひろさんが本格的に創作活動を始めたころの作品で、関係者は「初期の画風を知る上で貴重な発見」と話している。
[Read More!]