When people think about the humanitarian crises caused by the nightmare that is Somalia, an effectively ungoverned, stateless society beset by violence, chaos, and grave uncertainty, they tend to think of the effects of that violence. But there is a largely unexplored crisis that looms barely beneath the surface in which such instability means that […]
On the eve of its 63rd Independence Day, India has signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The agreement that took around six years to negotiate will eliminate tariffs on some 4000 products by 2016. India also signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with South Korea earlier this […]
Russian mines that haven’t been in operation since the days of the Soviet gulags are being reopened in an effort to capitalize on the rise in the price of gold and recoup losses caused by the fall in the price of oil, Russia’s primary export. The Kupol mine lies within the federal subject of Chukotka, […]
The Arroyo Administration continues its two-prong approach to the Philippines’ decade old para-military terrorist problem. The Filipino government has tried to renew peace talks with the Islamic separatist group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Although talks had been intermittent since 2001, an agreement was reached last years, only to be found unconstitutional by the Filipino […]
A bomb exploded yesterday in Tripoli, wounding three people. According to the AFP: Three people, including a child, were wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded in northern Lebanon, a security official said. Zein al-Alouf, 10, was seriously wounded when the bomb exploded in the mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen area of the northern port city […]
After a day of police mobilization and an urgent military head-count, the alleged abduction of an IDF soldier proved false. Even though an eye witness said she saw a soldier forcefully taken in an automobile from central Israel and a terror group claimed responsibility for the incident, the IDF found no soldier unaccounted for. Upon […]
People in Pakistan are celebrating Independence Day on 14 August. Pakistani flags are flying all over the country, national anthem is playing in every car, every shop, and on every television channel. The overall atmosphere in Pakistan is very patriotic and celebratory. Good, this is what independence should be all about! But, there is one […]
Hillary Clinton is reaching the end of her trip to Africa. Her last major stop came in Nigeria, where she predictably encouraged Nigerians to clean up their political system, most notably the way the country runs its elections. Some have claimed that Clinton made a gaffe when she referenced the 2000 election fiasco in the […]
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is a titanic figure for freedom in not only South African but also global history. It is hard to overstate his courage during the 1980s when South Africa exploded in violence as the opposition movement that revitalized itself after the Soweto Uprising met up against an increasingly intransigent and desperate South […]
CNN is reporting that U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the 17th APEC summit in Singapore on November 14 and 15 of this year. No further travel details have yet been released.
A female soldier in the IDF reportedly witnessed the forced abduction of a male soldier into an automoble by two men, Israeli news is now reporting. The IDF is still investigating if any soldiers are unaccounted for and initiated the road blocks as a precaution. The “Al-Quds Army,” a perviously unknown group, claimed responsibility for the […]
The Facts: Police security checks in central Israel are leading to severe traffic jams. The intensive police pressence focusses on Petah Tikva, the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road, and Ben Gurion Airport. The checks, occuring since the afternoon, involve police searching each car and asking who is inside. The Rumors: Some Israelis are saying that a terror […]
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