Today the U.S. House of Representatives rejected the proposed subprime bailout plan by 228 to 205 votes, sending global stock markets plunging. The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a loss of over 750 points, the largest single-day decline in the market's history (though not in percentage terms). Outside …
It would appear that Russia has recently changed course rather dramatically and has left the U.S. looking for the proper response. In the latest example, Russia has embarked on a program to modernize the armed forces (Times Online – Russia to build missile defence shield and …
30% of people surveyed from 23 different countries in a BBC poll believe that the war on terror has strengthened al Qaeda. Skepticism is never unhealthy with respect to the accuracy of polling data, but this seems like a pretty compelling argument for the role of public …
William Hybl, Chairman of the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, answers FAQs about Getting the People Part Right: A Report on the Human Resources Dimension of U.S. Public Diplomacy. (This last link downloads the PDF). The report calls for, essentially, a …
A presumed car bomb detonated in Tripoli, Lebanon today killing at least 4 and injuring over 30. The attack, similar to those of August 13, targeted Lebanese soldiers as they traveled on a bus towards Beirut.
The blast occurred in the Bahsas region, where local officials claim the bomb was …
For the past few years there is always something happening in Lebanon. And rarely is something good.The country did not have a President, the government was weak and did not really work, the Parliament was closed. Then the clashes started inside the country. Then we have seen Doha and now …
I've mentioned the question of the renewable energy tax credits any number of times at this blog, most recently on September 21 and 24 below. Well, the House, not surprisingly, did not embrace the Senate's bill from September 23. For one thing, the Senate bill, somewhat out of left field …
CHOICES have consequences and the choices that Pakistan is going to make today will have either positive or catastrophic consequences for the coming generations.
Let us hope and pray that despite incredible pressure from those who are determined to destroy Pakistan for working with the West to root out terrorism, and …
Good morning. I just want to provide some real quick reaction and analysis to Friday's presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. Here is the transcript (which I also put on the bottom of this post) and video, and here …
Hours before the parliament convened to vote on the electoral law on Monday, an explosion occurred in al-Bahsas in Tripoli. Reports suggest the explosion targeted a military bus carrying at least 20 soldiers, leaving at least six dead and 17 injured.
The Voice of Lebanon radio station reported that a Renault …
The fiasco of the 2001 Durban conference against racism is set to extend into Durban II slated for next year in Geneva. Two weeks ago the current mayor of Durban asked the UN Rights chief Navi Pillay to “rescue” the city's name from the now discredited UN …
AP is reporting that the Sudanese Military killed six and captured two kidnappers after a high-speed desert chase on Sunday. According to the two captured kidnappers the tourists are being held hostage in Chad.
The interesting part of the article is that the Sudanese Government linked the eight …
Jacob Zuma has won his power play against Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki resigned from office unpopular and largely unlamented, destined to go down as a disappointment, if not a failure, especially after the heady years of Nelson Mandela, years for which, ironically enough, Mbeki was indispensible. Soon enough Zuma will slide …
The Shiite-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki allegedly influenced the Iraqi High Tribunal by shifting justices out of the system who opposed the death penalty for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, officials said. These same officials contend that the rush to execute the former leader came …
Absent of any near-term threats to natural security from a land invasion, the Egyptian military continues to strengthen its conventional land forces to deter long-term threats and bolster its reputation as a powerful, or perhaps the most powerful, fighting force in the Middle East and Africa. But Egypt does …
