Conflict

The new rules were passed to deal with potential conflicts such as one that involved Stephen Friedman, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Friedman got a waiver to continue serving as chairman of the board of directors of the New York Federal Reserve Bank even though Goldman Sachs had switched its status during the height of the financial crisis to become a bank holding company, which is regulated by the Fed. It had been an investment bank. Read More

Expressing anger at the United States Government's expanded presence at seven military bases in Colombia, the Venezuelan Government had asked the Security Council to place an examination of Colombia's armed conflict on its work agenda, its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jorge Valero Briceño, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference. Read More

According to an agreement with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the United Nations would be able to conduct surprise visits to SPLA camps in Sudan to verify the presence of child soldiers, said Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, who added that such dialogue might begin for similar action plans with other participants in the Darfur peace process. Read More

Nearly 90 percent of medical journals with relatively high impact factors have policies addressing author conflict of interest (COI) available for public review, according to a report in the November 25 issue of JAMA . Read More

The division within the leadership of the coalition of "ex-militant" groups in the Niger-Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) seems to have taken a turn ... Read More

When Gov. Charlie Crist made initial appointments to the five Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel back in 2007, Phil Massa of Baywinds was chosen to head up the Fourth District. Read More

It stated that the Indian government has realised that using the IOF for the killing job has all the more alienated our people from India. Read More

A diverse group of UC Irvine students got a first-hand look at the divisive Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a recent two-week long trip to the region. Read More

A former head of MI6's foreign intelligence service Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission. Read More

Peru, apparently undeterred by rejection of earlier proposals seeking to contain an arms race in Latin America, has proposed the creation of a South American peace force to avert a regional conflict amid rising tensions and increased arms buying. Read More