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Taliban rocket claims Digger Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:00AMA DIGGER defending an Afghan operating base has been killed by a rocket fired by the Taliban.The casualty brings the Australian death toll in the country to eight.
La Palestine saigne, le monde frissonne Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:48AM"Israeli troops and tanks are amassing at the border, and there are strong indications that a ground war might be initiated.
Analysts: Hezbollah will not fight Israel over Gaza Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:25AMHezbollah expected to pursue policy of moral support only for Palestinian population under Israeli fire.
Memories of boyhood in the heat of the Cuban revolution Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 8:53AMI was 5 years old and my dad and I were on our way to the neighborhood bakery to buy a loaf of bread. It was early on the morning of January 1, 1959. A stranger stopped us on the deserted street right outside our second-floor apartment.
Ros-Lehtinen Calls on U.S. and Allies to Fight Isolation of Israel, Not Participate in Durban II Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:45PM U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today commented on the release of a revised "outcome document" for the United Nations Durban Review Conference on Racism (Durban II), to be held in April of 2009. The document reaffirms the entire original Declaration and Program of Action of the first Durban Conference, which was an anti-Semitic ...
Doing Democracy Promotion Right Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:41PMBush gave democracy promotion a bad name. The next administration has to get it right.
DOMESTIC QUARRELS Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:39AM Experts describe Pakistan as "the world’s most dangerous country," and have suggested that the only Muslim nation with a nuclear arsenal is close to total economic and political collapse. Third in a four-part series.
Legitamacy of Guinea’s Military Junta Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 1:30AMThe death of Guinea’s dictator, President Lansana Conte, last Monday sparked a snap military coupe.
The Fraud of Government Intervention Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:40AM The top story of 2008 is undoubtedly the revival of the left. After nearly two decades on the defensive following the collapse of the Soviet empire--the definitive example of the failure of socialism--advocates of a government-controlled economy are trying to make a comeback.
Dan Rosenblum: Increasing Agreement on Carbon Taxes - Goodbye 2008 Conventional Wisdom Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:07PMFor too long it has been conventional wisdom that while carbon taxes may be superior to cap-and-trade schemes, there is no way that politicians would...
THOMAS FRIEDMAN: Win, win, win, win, win Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:22PMWIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN ... How many times do we have to see this play before we admit that it always ends the same way? Which play?
MediaWatch: Analizzando la "dottrina dello shock" Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 10:34AMRecensione del nuovo libro di Naomi Klein, "Shock Economy: l’ascesa del capitalismo dei disastri"
FOCUS: OPINION Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 9:11AMWhen George Bush, the US president, first entered the White House as the commander-in-chief in 2001, Palestinians were being killed in the al-Aqsa intifada.
Malawi: Political Arrests Punctuate President?s Leadership Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 6:01AMIs President Bingu wa Mutharika a dictator or a democrat? This is a question which bothers many people when they are discussing political issues in Malawi.
Chaffetz proposes balanced-budget bill Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:11AM Jason Chaffetz ran on fiscal discipline, and his first bill as a member of Congress reflects that. Not that it gets through.
Eric Margolis: 2009: Another Year of Living Dangerously Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 11:06PMSpecial for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis December 29, 2008 The new year, 2009, dawns with all the grimness and evil portents of a...
Thomas Friedman: Reflecting on Lower Gas Prices and Who Can Really Win Win Win... Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:11PMHow many times do we have to see this play before we admit that it always ends the same way? Which play?
San Franciscan network hijacker gets his day in court Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 5:56AM Nick Farrell the inquirer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:38:00 +0000 Four charges
Museums Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:15AM
Passings: Newman, Hillary Among 2008 Losses Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:58PMWhether they were stars of the stage or screen, world leaders or hometown heroes, those who died in 2008 left an indelible mark on our lives.
Truth and politics Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 1:49PMHarold Pinter, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the most celebrated and iconoclastic playwrights of the past 50 years, died Wednesday in London after a long battle with cancer.
Master of artful pauses Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 7:00AMHAROLD Pinter was such an influential playwright that his name evolved into a figure of speech.
2008 Passages: Lives lost this year Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 10:41PMWhether they were stars of the stage or screen, world leaders or hometown heroes, those who died in 2008 left an indelible mark on our lives.
1968 Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 4:15PMThe title hints at the surprise I have for you: my two year-ender columns will revolve around 1968.
Harold Pinter: the most original stylish and enigmatic writer in postwar British theatre Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 11:10AMHarold Pinter who has died aged 78 was a playwright poet actor director and screenwriter and the most original stylish and enigmatic writer in the postwar revival of British theatre.
Quaid-i-Azam’s 132nd birthday today Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 10:01AMISLAMABAD: The nation will celebrate the 132nd birth anniversary of the founder and the First Governor General of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with national spirit and enthusiasm today (Thursday).
Nation pays tribute to Quaid today Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 9:56PMISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The nation pays tribute to the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on his 132nd birth anniversary on Thursday. The day will be observed with seminars and special ceremonies at which services and contributions of the Quaid will be remembered.
The old Thailand returns Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 10:11AMThe political crisis in Thailand is over, and so is the ten-year experiment with democracy. The rich and the comfortably off have risen in outraged revolt against equal treatment for the poor, and it’s back to the bad old days of shaky coalitions and bought-and-paid-for politicians.
Pandora: BBC bosses perform U-turn in hunt for new World Service chief Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 6:19PM The BBC has performed an embarrassing volte-face over its appointment of the next director of the World Service. The corporation has been heavily criticised in recent days after it emerged that the estimated £300,000-a-year position, which will be vacated by Nigel Chapman in the new year, would only be open to candidates from within the BBC.
Critical letters are the symptom, not the cause, of city discontent Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 10:18AMLast week’s Lake Wales News carried two widely opposing positions concerning Letters to the Editor. Together they offer a thought provoking message as to exactly what is the role of our citizens concerning the elected and appointed leaders in the community.
Campbellford team to help build classroom in Africa Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 11:19AMCampbellford – It all began about two years ago when the Watoto Children’s Choir visited Campbellford for a performance at the Glad Tidings Pentacostal Church.
Nobel laureates at UN hit Muslim states on rights Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 9:41AMNobel laureates from Iran and Nigeria used a United Nations forum on Wednesday to condemn hardliners in power in some Muslim countries, and rulers of the world’s last communist states, as gross abusers of human rights
Kedgley: Green Party Adjournment Debate Speech Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 8:32PMOn behalf of the Green Party may I congratulate you on your new role, Mr Speaker, and thank the Clerks office for its excellent management of the House this year.
Chavez Latin America Allies Escalate Rhetoric on Debt (Update1) Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 7:17PMDec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- South American leaders allied with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ratcheted up their rhetoric against foreign creditors after Ecuador’s default last week, saying they’re studying the legitimacy of their own debts.
Argentina confronts its past. Can America do the same to its present? Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 11:52PMSomething I noticed about Argentines while visiting Buenos Aires recently: they seem to have an almost unquenchable thirst for living. Maybe that’s because, a generation ago, successive governments deprived horrifying numbers of them life’s most basic right -- that of continuing it.
Gideon Yago: The IFC Media Project -- Bailing Out the News? Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 2:07PMMany countries have a partially nationalized media and not slipped into absolute dictatorships. So why not go public -- either create a truly new national news organization or transform and fund the hell out of NPR?
Nicolas Sarkozy attacks Czech refusal to fly EU flag Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 1:55PMThe French president has sparked a diplomatic row in Europe.
7 ex-communist states discuss secret police legacy Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 12:56PM Authorities charged with managing the secret police archives of seven ex-communist states in eastern Europe formed a network Tuesday to assist victims of state repression and aid historical research.
Cameroon: Collective Contracts, the Press And Government Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:37PMYaounde — The talk in town now is about the noises coming out of the rubber-stamp parliament that as usual has completed its job of letting garbage in and letting it out virtually dressed in the same robes.
Intelligence expert calls for Scotland Yard to drop wanted terrorism adviser Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 12:34PMThe former intelligence chief Baroness Neville-Jones today urged Scotland Yard to drop one of its anti-terror advisers, Mohamed Ali Harrath, following revelations in an investigation by The Times that he is wanted by Interpol for alleged terrorism in his home country.
For President-elect Obama A ‘tough, pragmatic’ national security team Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 5:17AMBut it remains to be seen how well they gel as a team and how closely they will toe the Obama foreign policy line, the analysts aver.
TOP ARTICLE | The Guilty Men Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 12:42PMOn September 28, 1977, Japanese airliner JAL 472 from Paris to Tokyo was hijacked by Japanese Red Army (JRA) terrorists and taken to Dhaka. The hijackers had boarded the aircraft at Bombay.
A United Opposition in Venezuela Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 5:40PM If the Venezuelan opposition, which interprets the democratic feelings of a huge part of its citizenry, does not stay united, it will be easier for the fledging tyranny of Hugo Chávez to con....
Zimbabwe: Former Tsvangirai Aide And Two Civil Society Activists Abducted Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 8:15AMTWO more civil society activists and a former aide to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai were this week abducted, as the High Court ordered the police to make concerted efforts to search for the missing Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko.
Pope calls Latin America "Continent of Hope" Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 1:23AMAPARECIDA, Brazil (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called Latin America "the Continent of Hope" on Sunday in a mass at Brazil’s holiest shrine as he tried to revive the Roman Catholic Church’s waning influence in the region.
donga.com[English donga] Sunday, December 7, 2008 @ 2:32PMIn the process of barely passing the 2009 budget bill this Friday, the main opposition Democratic Party has greatly disappointed with its insufficient sense of urgency and anachronistic way of opposing the ruling party.
Museum and Gallery Listings for the Washington Area Saturday, December 6, 2008 @ 2:03PM
‘Sick’ Thai king fails to make speech amid political crisis Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 3:27PMBANGKOK: Thailand’s revered king yesterday failed to make a traditional birthday-eve speech because he is ill, his children said, ending hopes that he might offer guidance amid a long-running political crisis.
Film factbook: Argentine cinema Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 1:03PMA blossoming of cinematic creativity has swept Argentina in recent years, bringing about a second golden age of film.