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Better Regulation for Freer Trade
Bollyky outlines the integrated strategy that U.S.
Make Voting Mandatory
Peter Orszag makes the case that increasing electoral participation would improve American democracy.
No One’s World
Charles Kupchan maps out the twenty-first-century world, providing a detailed strategy for reconciling the West with the “rise of the rest.”
Dead men walking look to Champions League boost
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas and Inter Milan coach Claudio Ranieri, himself a former Stamford Bridge manager, will be looking to the Champions League this week to boost their chances of keeping their jobs. Villas-Boas has been described as a ‘dead man walking’ by Ranieri and …
Remarks by Defense Secretary Panetta and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping gave these remarks on February 14, 2012 in Washington, DC.
North threatens ‘merciless’ attack
South Korea conducted live-fire military exercises near its disputed sea border with North Korea yesterday despite Pyongyang’s threat to respond with a “merciless” attack.
Dozens killed in Mexico prison violence
At least 44 people were killed on Sunday after a fight broke out between rival gangs in a Monterrey prison in northern Mexico. Authorities suspect the violence may have been started as a diversion to allow certain prisoners to escape.
DARFUR: UN denies peacekeepers being held hostage in Darfur
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) on Monday refuted a Darfur rebel group’s claim from earlier in the day that it had kidnapped 49 peacekeepers. UNAMID said the solders were “blocked” not kidnapped.
Death toll in Tibet protest rises to 21
A young Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire to protest against Chinese rule – the 21st to do so in the past year.
South Sudan: The Devils in Khartoum Vowed to Use Plan B Against Nation, What Does That Mean?
[Citizen] The statement that they will use Plan B against South Sudan was uttered in Khartoum by more than two senior officials of the terrorist gang who are ruling in Sudan.
Burma: How real are new press freedoms?
RANGOON — “In the past, they would scrutinize every sentence in every piece,” U Ko Ko, publisher of the Yangon Times, said of Burma’s censors. “Now they change less than 10 percent.” read more
Somalia: Says 30 People Were Killed By Al Shabaab
[Garowe Online] Mogadishu – Authorities in Kenya say that at least 30 civilians were killed by Al Shabaab since the Kenyan intervention in October, Radio Garowe reports.
38 killed in Mexican prison riot
At least 38 people died during a prison riot in northern Mexico on Sunday, a security official said.
Whitney Houston goes home for the last time
At the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, where a teenage Whitney Houston trained her extraordinary voice in the gospel choir, they call a funeral service a “homegoing”.
Bomb Explodes Outside Church in Central Nigeria
Several people were reported wounded in the central Nigerian town of Sulega when a bomb exploded outside a church. A police spokesman said the explosion came from a parked car. He described it as …
Violence Breaks Out at Protest Against Senegal’s President
The western African nation of Senegal was the scene of more protests Sunday against plans by President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a third term in office in an election one week away. Police in the capital Dakar fired tear gas and rubber bullets against rock-throwing demonstrators. Several …
Egyptian riots go beyond football
The deaths of 73 football fans shortly after a match between Cairo ‘s Al Ahly and Al Masry in Port Said, Egypt, has shocked the world.
Chinese men arrested on animal cruelty charges
Four Chinese men face deportation from Zimbabwe after they were arrested on charges of cruelty to tortoises, according to local media.
World leaders plan crackdown on Somali pirates
Special courtrooms in the Seychelles and Mauritius and purpose-built “pirate prisons” are among measures to be outlined this week as world leaders gather to plan a crackdown on Somali pirates.
Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: Study
Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death
Economist: Tax and Build
The Economist comments on Obama’s recently released federal budget: as a fiscal document, it is optimistic though not unreasonable; as a political move, it is an early campaign promise towards reelection.
India Ink: India Allows Request to Charge U.S. Citizen in 2008 Attacks
The decision is the first step in seeking an extradition for David Coleman Headley in connection with the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Ghana, Africa and the World Powers Part II
In Part I of this series, I pointed out that economic and military strength are the two wings with which the Dragon (China) and the Eagle (US) fly
I Scream , I Am Hetero and Normal
Does the “Lesbian Continuum” Exist?: Choices, Single Women and Social Sexuality. For women who justify patriarchy on the grounds of heterosexuality it is time they realised that being “normal” should ideally mean something more than just being sexual. It is time that they …
Making SA great is a far better way to honour Madiba
WHEN I heard that the Reserve Bank had put out an announcement about a Saturday press conference, my heart sank.
Judge Constitutional Court in its context
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma is clearly sceptical of the judiciary; that is not unexpected – in many democracies the executive is sceptical of the judiciary and ours is no exception.
Nepalese woman accused of witchcraft, burned alive
A 40-year-old mother of two was burned alive in central Nepal after she was accused of being a witch, police said Saturday.
How bright lights of Pattaya seduced Iran’s bungling Bangkok bombers
It was the week when rumours of a new war with Iran became unstoppable, when all the talk was of red lines being crossed and options narrowing. But it was to culminate in a bloody farce.
The film director, the ex-lovers’ tiff, and a brush with the law that came straight out of Kafka
A British film director arrested in Los Angeles over a dispute with his ex-boyfriend has revealed how a night in the cells turned into three unpleasant months
