When one mentions war ones first thought drifts to Iraq, and then one may think of the DRC thanks to recent media coverage, however the continual plague of war in many countries, including Afghanistan, continues. While attention has long since faded since the October 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the country …
INDIA: Empathy, Grief in Pakistan at Mumbai Mayhem
Analysis by Beena Sarwar
KARACHI, Nov 29 (IPS) – The terrorist attacks unleashed in the Indian port city and financial hub of Mumbai continue to reverberate through Pakistan at a personal level and on the media.
The crisis, that began Wednesday night and lasted through …
Having read Michael Edward's “Just Another Emperor? The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism” earlier this year, I thought I would balance the perspective with a read of Matthew Bishop/Michael Green's “Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World”. If you’re looking for a book club discussion, this is definitely a …
Happy Thanksgiving to our readers. It was, of course, not a happy holiday for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India; Jose Guardia has this running summary. This is CNN's.
At least 160 people, including four Americans, appear to be dead in Cafe Leopold, the …
This week, Kazakhstan's parliament has accepted a new law that would amend the country's current law on religion. The deputies in the Majlis unanimously approved the text. The bill must now be approved by President Nazarbaev. The standard analysis is that since Russia amended its law on religion, the Central …
“Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of man, – the balance-wheel of the social machinery.” – Horace Mann (1796,1859) American educational reformer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1827-1833) and Senate (1834-1837).
Education is truly the key to equality, and …
I wasn't going to write a post today, it being Thanksgiving Day here and all, but then I read this article detailing recent laws in the works in all five of our CA states curtailing the freedom of religion. Yesterday, I spoke about one aspect, the wearing …
"On the basis of the progress so far reported … it is envisaged that the Special Tribunal will commence functioning on 1 March 2009," Ban wrote in a report to the UN Security Council.” [NOW Lebanon]
–Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pardons one turkey while other birds meet their fate in the background.
–Jhumpa Lahiri, author of the Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, is one of the three immigrant writers interviewed on NPR this week about what it means to be an American.
–Will …
Today American's set forth to escape the ciaos that has become our everyday lives to spend the day amongst family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, and as we gather around tables covered in American traditions old and new, let us not forget the meaning of the holiday. Regardless of …
PRESIDENT of the Republic Asif Zardari was surprisingly in Pakistan at the end of last week, and more surprisingly in Karachi, considering his concerns about security as evidenced by his current penchant for building high walls around his various abodes, for one, it is said, blocking off a magnificent view …
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26: Pakistan has reiterated its call for implementation of relevant UN resolutions to pave the way for a sovereign state of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital.
"We remain steadfast in extending our full support for the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to exercise …
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The federal cabinet on Wednesday discussed the economic recovery plan against the background of a bailout package approved by the International Monetary Fund and expressed satisfaction that the danger of default had been averted.
A meeting of the cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was …
Few things in life are certain. The sun will rise, the sun will set, and journalists will look at an African crisis and almost inevitably chalk it up primarily to tribal rivalries — and usually they depict those rivalries as “ancient” (and thus somehow immutable). This lazy shorthand almost always obscures more …
Arrests after Afghan acid attack
Police in Afghanistan arrested 10 suspects accused of brutally attacking schoolgirls by throwing acid into their faces. All of the men are Taliban insurgent fighters; several have confessed to the crime. President Hamid Karzai has called for their public execution.
Chinese officials’ …
