The issue of internally displaces people (IDP) is a serious one. United Nations has estimated the number of displaced people to be about 2.4 million and has asked the world community for about $ 543 million to help these folks. The situation is too bad for …
Religion and politics
Iran shuts its border with Pakistan
Humanitarian situation grave in Mingora; residents flee
Energy crisis (in Pakistan)
From much sought after to ‘most wanted’
Subsidy on petrol, gas and electricity to end
Military seeks ‘hardcore’ Taliban
Pakistanis …
Earlier this month Nicolas Kristof, a long time advocate on all forms of modern slavery, wrote a piece entitled, Girls on Our Streets, in which he sought not to bring attention to modern slavery itself, but to the plight of young girls right here in our own backyard. …
Green Roofs – I have seen the future and it works. (Well, in the case of the Soviet Union, it didn’t, but with green roofs, it definitely does and will.) I’ve written before on this unbeatable approach to lowering the urban heat island effect, diminishing the troublesome problem of …
The Cuban government indicated yesterday—through Cuban Interests Section head Jorge Bolaños—that it was willing to open high level talks on migration, as proposed last week by the Obama administration. Bolaños formally accepted the U.S. offer and also expressed interest in (eventually) resuming direct U.S. …
A lot.
India has come under increased fire by international human rights groups for its lack of action during Sri Lanka’s war against the Tamil Tiger rebels (LTTE). Some have even called India complicit in the killing of 20,000 Tamil civilians in Sri Lankan due to its provision of …
Last week Judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court. Politico is not alone in interpreting the move as part of the Obama administration’s “relentless courtship” of women and Latinos who were key in securing his election. Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to …
Canadians are often surprised when Canada makes news on the international stage. Many were shocked to see that one of the world’s most influential publications, The Economist took to criticizing Canada’s jewel and Olympic city, Vancouver, comparing drug violence in Canada’s west coast hub to violence which has …
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Hizballah has reportedly been meeting with IMF officials before the June 7 polls to make sure that Lebanon will continue receive IMF support in the event of a Hizballah win. IMF officials have confirmed the report.
The Hizballah-led opposition (to the Western-backed March 14 coalition) is considered by many to be …
Rashid, a highly touted Pakistani journalist, begins the final chapter of his 2000 ‘Taliban’ by calling the country one of world’s ‘orphaned conflict’s’. The country would quickly change from being orphaned to a month after 9/11 being the center of global politics, as the United States uprooted …
Taliban’s arms coming from Afghanistan: ISPR
Bombs seen stiffening Pakistan’s resolve on Taliban
Number of displaced persons exceeds three million
It’s a do or die situation for nation, says Mian Iftikhar
Walter Lippmann has provided me with the full Cuban perspective on the Sri Lanka report presented to the UN Human Rights Council. This is very useful; the text is in his comment here.
Perhaps the most important points highlighted in the speech are: (1) the new Human Rights …
on being one of the Palestinian Authority’s only female judges in an interview with IPS. (I heard about this article through IPS’ GenderWire e-newsletter, a great source for news on women globally). She reviews some of the costs and benefits of being a woman …
“We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that the child is already someone today.”
-Stacia Tauscher
In a world that is increasingly fast paced we focus on today and we rarely look past the moment at hand, towards tomorrow and what will come following. However …
