Arabs' ties with Israel damages the Palestinian cause: Prof Gilbert Achcar WorldNews.com Article by WN Guest Writer Kourosh Ziabari | Prof. Gilbert Achcar is a renowned Lebanese academician, writer, socialist and anti-war activist. He left Lebanon in 1983 and taught international relations and politics at the University of Paris VII for several years. Since 2007, Achcar has been Profess...
2 killed, 40 injured in fresh violence in Kashmir Valley The Times Of India SRINAGAR: Two civilians were killed today and 40 people, including 30 policemen, as widespread clashes between protesters and security forces erupted in the Kashmir Valley today as indefinite curfew was imposed on major towns including Srinagar. | As the casualty in the violence since yesterday rose...
Pajamas and other harbingers of change The Times Of India On the subject of change being a law of nature, the Quran has used a beautiful simile: “Kulla Yaumin Huwa Fi Shan” — every moment He shines in new splendour. The naked eye cannot see God, so His splendour can only be perceived and realized in i...
The Academic-Industrial Complex The New York Times | WHAT does Shirley Ann Jackson know about shipping parcels? For that matter, what does Steven B. Sample understand about mutual funds? James Estrin/The New York Times | Shirley Ann Jackson, a physicist and president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institu...
Missouri Voters to Have Say on Health Care Law The New York Times | ST. CHARLES, Mo. — For all its symbolic import, the first plebiscite on the Obama health care law, to be held Tuesday in Missouri, seems likely to be a low-turnout affair among an electorate dominated by Republican primary voters and conserva...
Rethinking the Afghanistan War's What-Ifs The New York Times | WASHINGTON — Long before Afghanistan became the longest shooting war in American history, the question loomed: Could it have turned out differently? Related | Reports From the Ground: View Is Bleaker Than Official Portrayal of War in Afghanis...
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Retired prelate urges Aquino to stop small-town lottery Inquirer | MANILA, PhilippinesA Roman Catholic bishop who remains outspoken despite retirement has warned the Aquino administration against continuing with the Small Town Lottery (STL), sa...
Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill The Guardian | WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starve...
Economic Uncertainty Despite Obama Cheer ABC News | By DAVID KERLEY and CHRISTINA CAPATIDES | July 31, 2010 | Behind the wheel of a glossy black plug-in car Friday, sought to drive home some good news about his 2009 bailout of the...
Cartoon: Try the wilderness beyond the wilderness... NZ Herald 5:30AM Sunday Aug 01, 2010 Twitter Email Post this story to: | Twitter Myspace Bebo Digg Delicious Reddit StumbleUpon Cartoon: Try the wilderness beyond the wilderness... - Sunday Aug 01, 2010 More Cartoons Sat 31 Jul Sat 31 Jul Fri 30 Jul Thu 29 Jul...
Supercity bank draws critics NZ Herald By Kieran Nash 5:30 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print | A senior banker has spoken out against what he sees as a lack of transparency in how the new Auckland council's banking partner was chosen - saying it wasn't "as kosher as it could have been". |...
No say for public NZ Herald By Kieran Nash 5:30 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print | Multimillion-dollar spending decisions are being passed by local body politicians without public input as Auckland's fragmented councils enter their final days. | The decisions are being made af...
Aquino to lead mom's 1st death anniversary rites Inquirer | MANILA, PhilippinesPresident Aquino will retrace his steps to La Salle Green Hills on Sunday, a year after the passing of his mother, the late former President Corazon C. Aquino, comforted by the thought that her death sealed his destiny. | Mr. Aquino will the country in observing the first death anniversary of the late former President, whose d...
The politics of Taliban reconciliation The Hindu | M.K. Bhadrakumar | The onus is on the generals in Rawalpindi to effect the hardcore Taliban leadership's reconciliation and, as a quid pro quo, Washington recognises Pakistan's "legitimate interests" in Afghanistan. | A battle-hardened Soviet journalist told me in a convivial conversation in Moscow circa 1989 that he wished to metamorphose into a...
