On Sunday September 19 citizens of Guinea are supposed to go to the polls to choose their new president in a run-off vote after June’s presidential elections did not reveal a clear winner. The two candidates for what observers hope will be the final stage of Guinea’s first truly democratic election are veteran opposition leader […]
One doctor, two nurses and a volunteer — affiliated with California-based Allen Temple AIDS ministry were scheduled to appear before a judge in Zimbabwe on Monday over AIDS drugs. The aid workers were arrested on Thursday after being charged with distributing AIDS drugs without a license. This is a developing story, and information is still […]
Beyond her displacement camps and their many obstacles, Haiti is taking some baby-steps towards her anticipated recovery. The long-awaited plans, gradually surfacing, offer a real glance into the paths that will lead the country away from its tumultuous past. While these steps may seem too insignificant for some news organizations to notice, Haitians whose lives […]
Nationalism is a beast the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not create, but has often tried harness to it’s benefit. Still, the use of this tool is tempered by the ever present Chinese fear of chaos (luàn:乱). A potential disaster scenario for the party is one in which it finds itself on the wrong side […]
Jews and Israelis celebrated the new year Rosh Hashanah holiday last week, when families gathered and at sweet treats to shepherd in 5771. But, ten days later, Jews around the world fast for 25 hours to atone for their sins during the previous year and spend the day reflecting. As it so happens, Yom Kippur […]
Zainab Jeewanjee comments on Asiam-ul-haq Qureshi, Pakistani tennis stars calls for Peace at the 2010 U.S. Open. She weaves in Fareed Zakaria’s argument that American’s are actually safer 10 years after 9/11 while Muslim countries grow weary of terrorists in their country and suffer from militant Islam to a larger extent than Americans domestically.
Questions have arisen this week over the rights of workers who work within European companies and the results of activities by management staff within those companies in Europe, in European companies in the USA, and European companies abroad. The most drastic example of some worker’s responses towards management comes with the recent suicide of ten […]
Dear Readers: Sorry for the lapse in posting. I have been on hiatus for the past month taking care of some personal issue. I have an announcement. From today forward, I will be contributing to the Foreign Policy China Blog, as Chinese related issues are closer to my area of study. It has been fun […]
Those who had hoped the European Commission would resist the decision of the French, Italian Swedish and Danish governments to deport the Roma people were in for a disappointment. Albeit the EU’s chief executive Barroso’s first “state of the union” address included a message to European leaders to steer clear of the racism and discrimination […]
Refreshingly clear insight from the Economist in today’s article about Putin’s legacy: The real problem is not that the state in Russia is too powerful or ambitious, but that it fails in its basic functions of providing adequate health care, security, justice and infrastructure. Indeed, today’s fatal bombings in Vladikavkaz as well as ever increasing […]
The Quran burning event organized by the Rev. Terry Jones of the Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center is by no means an extraordinary act. Let me remind the readers of the events that followed la reconquista. Thousands of Islamic and scientific books were burned in almost a city-event gathering. The Holy Quran was among […]
After much anticipation of negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis, the masses of both groups are disappointed. The prospects of the talk’s success are slim, the reason being is the exclusion of Hamas, which controls the Gaza strip and enjoys a wide support among the Palestinians in the West Bank. The Obama administration must […]
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