Read more peace stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12251/peace.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:04:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64346/fashions-issey-miyake-haunted-by-hiroshima.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIssey Miyake’s clothes are famous for color and exuberance, but the Japanese designer has a tragic past: He survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Miyake has declined to talk about the blast, “preferring to think of things that can be created, not destroyed,” he writes in the New York...http://www.newser.com/story/64346/fashions-issey-miyake-haunted-by-hiroshima.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 9:08:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64230/right-wing-haters-target-malia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe latest racist screeds against the Obamas on a right-wing website have a new target: Malia. "Ghetto street trash" was just one of the ugly comments posted on the Free Republic site about President Obama's 11-year-old daughter after she was photographed last week wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a peace...http://www.newser.com/story/64230/right-wing-haters-target-malia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 3:55:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63722/obama-can-lead-a-peaceful-world-kissinger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer secretary of state Henry Kissinger has warm words for President Obama, whom he describes as "like a chess player who has opened his game with an unusual opening" in an interview with Der Spiegel . "I have no quarrel with the opening move," he adds. "I believe that Obama has...http://www.newser.com/story/63722/obama-can-lead-a-peaceful-world-kissinger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 12:18:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60884/new-zealand-rated-most-peaceful-us-83rd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Institute for Economics and Peace has released its annual list of the world’s most peaceful countries, Bloomberg reports. The index is based on things like "international security" and "tolerant solidarity." New Zealand is No. 1; the US is No. 83. A sampling: New Zealand: A new government and little...http://www.newser.com/story/60884/new-zealand-rated-most-peaceful-us-83rd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 12:08:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49054/carter-only-a-free-palestine-can-stop-israeli-catastrophe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael faces "catastrophe" unless it revives the peace process and works toward the establishment of an independent Palestine, says Jimmy Carter. In an interview with the AP, the former president and Nobel laureate says the growing number of Arabs in the Holy Land means that only a two-state solution can...http://www.newser.com/story/49054/carter-only-a-free-palestine-can-stop-israeli-catastrophe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 9:44:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47149/gaza-attack-a-catastrophe-boutros-ghali.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe assault on Gaza is a terrible mistake for Israel, Boutros Boutros-Ghali tells Der Spiegel in an interview in which he is deeply pessimistic about the prospects for peace. “The war in Gaza strengthens the position of radical Islamists in the entire Arab world,” the former UN secretary-general says. Israel’s...http://www.newser.com/story/47149/gaza-attack-a-catastrophe-boutros-ghali.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 14:43:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40347/afghan-activists-push-for-peace-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore and more Afghan activists are pushing for a negotiated end to their country’s increasingly violent war, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Thousands have attended peace assemblies throughout Afghanistan, aimed at forcing the government to open public talks with the Taliban. "We need to pressure the Afghan government and the...http://www.newser.com/story/40347/afghan-activists-push-for-peace-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Oct 2008 17:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37994/return-to-iraq-a-fragile-peace-thats-jarring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Dexter Filkins left Baghdad in 2006, it was a city of shuttered buildings and fearful citizens, in a land that looked as though it would never recover from war. But, writes the war correspondent in the New York Times, “to return now is to be jarred in the oddest...http://www.newser.com/story/37994/return-to-iraq-a-fragile-peace-thats-jarring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Sep 2008 9:04:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36369/jude-law-plugs-peace-day-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJude Law stumped for peace in Kabul today, urging all sides in the Afghan war to lay down arms for one day. Visiting with British filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, Law said "Peace Day" on September 21 would give health workers a chance to vaccinate children or deliver food. Gilley and Law...http://www.newser.com/story/36369/jude-law-plugs-peace-day-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Sep 2008 20:02:00 CDT