Am I the only person for whom the current political crisis in South Africa seems like a scene from The Godfather? It seems as if Tom Hagen, the trusted consiglieri, needs to step in and remind the principals that whatever happens is business, not personal. Instead, everyone is Sonny Corleone, taking it all very, very […]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seeks to correct some misconceptions about his feelings on Jews and Israelis: "We are opposed to the idea that the people who live there [Israel] should be thrown into the sea or be burnt," he said. Well. He maintains an opposition to the Zionist regime, and believes a new government should be chosen […]
Just when Pakistanis thought they had a new democracy, ushering in a new civilian government, a new president and the end of eight years of military rule, they are faced with the bleakest moment in the country's history. Proverbially listed as a failing state, this precariously poised country could now be in a downward spiral […]
The 2008 Failed States Index, a joint venture of Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund For Peace, has been released, and as usual, Africa is sadly overrepresented. The continuing presence of African states on this ranking (the continent holds more than half of the slots among the twenty worst — most failing — countries) has caused Peter Pham […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The United States will give $8.4 million to Pakistan through the World Food Programme to provide approximately 11,000 metric tons of wheat for over 1,600,000 people, including students of 3,200 schools. The WFP will begin distributing food aid in 12 districts in the NWFP and Balochistan this month. An agreement to this […]
LONDON, Sept 18: All sides need to help bolster security along the Pakistan-Afghan border, where recent US incursions have strained US-Pakistan ties, Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday. Speaking as Nato defence ministers gathered for informal talks, he underlined the need for closer contacts between Nato and the Pakistani government, which […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 18: Unilateral actions cannot defeat militancy in Fata, said US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte who also indicated on Thursday that the United States and Pakistan were working on a more collaborative approach to deal with this problem. Diplomatic sources in Washington say that the two countries whose relations have been strained […]
WSN: Why do we keep hearing that all or most of the Shias are with Hizballah? AA: The story that Shias are with Hizballah is far from being accurate. Iran is spending a lot of money in Lebanon, and that's why they are able to have a base of supporters, services and a social network […]
GCC states don't anticipate much fallout from the current … situation on Wall Street at this point (this point being Wednesday … so we’ll see). Many of the Gulf currencies, though, are pegged to the dollar, so it remains to be seen how effectively they can avoid the impact of US market fluctuation. The GCC […]
OIJ (my acronym, re-use at your own risk) is a part of the al-Qaeda network. Yemen has taken 25 men into custody as suspects.
… 46% to 20% who affiliate with the Republican party. This is true because of all the reasons the Republican party is struggling right now (don't make me name them), plus being at the target end of recent civil liberties infringements. Can anyone think of a good lipstick-on-a-pig joke about this?
As Wall Street collapsed with a bang, almost no one noticed that we’re on the brink of war with Pakistan. And, unfortunately, that's not too much of an exaggeration. On Tuesday, the Pakistan's military ordered its forces along the Afghan border to repulse all future American military incursions into Pakistan. The story has been subsequently […]
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