To mark 20 years since the beginning of political changes in Poland, BBC News asked its online readers: “Do you live in a former Soviet bloc country? What have 20 years of capitalism done for you? Do you think that your country has benefited from the end of communism?” Within hours, the forum was swamped […]
In Lebanon there is always something happening at some level. There are literally no breaks. Quite interesting from a socio-cultural perspective and those who follow closely the political events have their hands full at any given time. PSP leader, Walid Jumblatt decided to withdraw his envoy from the Strategic Defence committee. The controversy around the […]
Adobe Creative Suite 3 + Cakewalk Sonar 7.02 + Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 Well, it looks like the Kyrgyz government has indeed decided to officially order the removal of American forces from the Manas air base. US officials assert that negotiations were still on going, but Kyrgyz officials stated that the deal was as good […]
Two retired generals have captured the attention of the Mexican public. One general was kidnapped, tortured, and killed in a remote area near Cancun, in the south of the country. The other general successfully confronted a group of criminals that attempted to break into his house in Mexico City. The general not only killed one […]
Cakewalk Sonar 7.02 + Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 + SPSS 16 The life-or-death question that dominates Somalia right now: Can newly elected President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed “boost security and stability”? If so, maybe there is at least a dim ray of hope. I would not stake my future on it, but perhaps the new […]
After all of the machinations and missed deadlines and bureaucratic holdups, Jacob Zuma's corruption trial date has been set for August. The timing of this could not bode worse either for justice or for South African politics. Despite the very real political threat from the Congress of the people (COPE) the reality is that the […]
“A ten-year study of poverty in Lebanon has found that, in 2005, 28 percent of the Lebanese population qualified as poor while eight percent lived in extreme poverty with 300,000 people unable to meet basic food and other needs. The findings appeared in two reports launched Wednesday by the United Nations Development Program and the […]
At Pambazuka News Shailja Patel looks at last year's Kenya crisis, crediting the country's left with saving the country from the precipice and pulling no punches in apportioning blame .
In a surprise move, Kyrgyzstan President Bakiyev, during a visit to Moscow, stated that he would close the American Manas Air Base in his country. Bakiyev argued that the US mission in the region was complete and voiced concern over several issues including; financial compensation, an incident where a Kyrgyz citizen was killed on the […]
May Chidiac resigned from her position with LBC TV. You can read about the reasons she resigned here. Whether you like her or not, she paid a high price for speaking against the Syrians and their allies in Lebanon. Israel placed a special unit at the border with Lebanon. Just in case Hizballah decides to […]
South Africa's economy is sending mixed signals. One of the positive signs is that manufacturing activity was stable last month after record lows at the end of 2008. The global economic crunch will likely continue to play out over the next year and more, but at least South Africa has not succumbed right away and […]
The leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were set to meet with those from Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF in order to hammer out an agreement on a power-sharing settlement. yet I still am unclear why, exactly, Mugabe would yield now on issues he was not inclined to yield on at any point in the […]
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