I’ll let this article, published by Indian news wire Sify, speak for itself:
“Kathmandu: They made predictions – some with success and some without – about the end of the country's royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency. Now Nepal's cosmopolitan astrologers are predicting a …
A treasure from the archive of the Christian Science Monitor detailing women's efforts to persuade the Coalition Provisional Authority to include them.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IIDEA)'s Global Database of Quotas for Women.
Trivia: Rwanda has the world's highest proportion …
WAM, Pakistan , Soldiers handed out blankets, tents, jackets and sleeping bags to earthquake survivors in the frigid mountains of southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, as a provincial official reported that the death toll had risen to 215.
The 6.4 magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan's Baluchistan province near the Afghan …
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Nicholas Burns, former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (effectively the #3 position in the Department), penned an opinion piece for Newsweek this week titled “We …
Hawaii - One aspect of these paradise islands that takes away some of the glimmer is their reliance on fossil fuels, all of which is imported. The Hawaiians have resolved to not only shift this state of affairs by transitioning to renewables, but they’re going for all the gusto: They’re shooting …
In October, GulfNews published in five parts various excerpts from John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed's analysis of the recent Gallup survey of the world's Muslims. The title of the book is "Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think." In fact, the book is based on …
WAM, Pakistan (AFP) , Thousands of villagers in southwest Pakistan waited for aid in freezing conditions Thursday after a powerful earthquake that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 215 people.
The 6.4-magnitude pre-dawn quake on Wednesday flattened mud-brick houses and triggered landslides in the impoverished province of Baluchistan bordering …
… the female ones, anyway, and of course they are in favor. Iraq's Parliament right now is 25.5% female – the US House is 16.8% female, and the Senate 16%. Since the women as a group form a big enough bloc to disrupt the body's …
The 50-member Pak-Afghan "jirgagai" or mini-jirga has concluded its session in Islamabad on Tuesday with a call to initiate peace talks with the Taliban, "including all who are involved in the conflict situation". Two committees have been formed, one to ensure that the resolution of the "jirgagai" is implemented, and …
Kevin Heller at Opinio Juris points to an announcement by the ICC's Chief Prosecutor that he will bring war crimes charges against Darfuri rebels.
As Heller ably lays out, it's not easy to decide what to think of the charges; the offense in question, an armed attack …
This WSJ post regarding a December meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong caught my attention. While I’m keen on the idea of promoting philanthropic actions around the world, I’m also sensitive to the fact that these actions may not be one-size fits all.
A main goal of …
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , Pakistan's government summoned the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday to urge an immediate halt to missile strikes on suspected militant hide-outs near the Afghan border.
Missile strikes have killed at least two senior al-Qaida commanders in Pakistan, putting some pressure on extremist groups accused of planning attacks in Afghanistan …
KARACHI, Oct 29: Poor infrastructure and communications are making
it difficult for rescue and relief teams to scattered hamlets in the
mountainous plateau area affected by the 6.2 magnitude earthquake
that struck Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan
bordering Iran at early morning on Oct. 29.
Relief efforts were thrown back by a second …
The OneWorld Network is a news and community portal for non-governmental organizations and non-profits and they have assembled an election site that does a great job of comparing and contrasting the candidates positions on foreign policy issues:
U.S. presidential candidates McCain and …
Yesterday, I made a statement that it appeared that the Pakistani government was implicitly alright with the use of US drone predator missile attacks in their territory, as long they avoided civilian casualties. While according to statements by Pakistan's Foreign Ministry and several members of …
