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A beautiful Khmer baby named Ann Marie

A beautiful Khmer baby named Ann Marie

Twenty days after Ann Marie was born, her mother passed away from AIDS-related complications. There is a high probability that Ann Marie is HIV positive. It is hoped that she…

Is Karzai Heading For The End Game?

Is Karzai Heading For The End Game?

During the last few weeks a barrage of criticism for the West, NATO, and the United Nations has poured out of Kabul. The man roaring in anger and giving vent…

Earth Day in Israel: Apartheid Showing Through the Greenwash

Earth Day in Israel: Apartheid Showing Through the Greenwash

On April 22, as part of the global Earth Day celebrations, homes, offices and public buildings in 14 Israeli cities turned out the lights for one hour in an effort…

Reconciling the Af-Pak Conundrum

Reconciling the Af-Pak Conundrum

The meeting in Washington DC on nuclear security indicates the concern with the fallout of Bush’s Global War on Terror. It can reasonably have been expected that such a threat…

Radical Historian George Barnsby, 1919- 2010

Radical Historian George Barnsby, 1919- 2010

Dr George Barnsby, who died on April 11 at the age of 91 in Wolverhampton, was a leading radical activist and historian of the working class movement in the Black…

Is Europe Losing Ukraine?

Is Europe Losing Ukraine?

Ukraine’s decision makers have to understand that semi-formal observance of democratic rules and merely rhetorical acceptance of political pluralism will be insufficient to keep the country on track to eventual…

Chechnya: Land of the Wolves – Part 2

The two wars in Chechnya have brought unprecedented loss of lives on the Chechens with their economy in tatters. There is not a single family in Chechnya that has not…

The United States takes the matter of three-headed babies very seriously

The United States takes the matter of three-headed babies very seriously

The BBC reported last month that doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are reporting a high level of birth defects, with some blaming weapons used by the United States…

Chechnya: Land of the Wolves – Part 1

The two wars in Chechnya have brought unprecedented loss of lives on the Chechens with their economy in tatters. There is not a single family in Chechnya that has not…

Burma’s largest opposition party to boycott 2010 election

The National League for Democracy (NLD) has announced that they will not register for Burma’s elections to be held in 2010. The declaration follows a series of recent changes to…

Why Insurgency in Balochistan Cannot Succeed

Why Insurgency in Balochistan Cannot Succeed

Balochistan, Pakistan’s south western province, has evoked much interest among players of regional politics. The US, India, former Soviet Union and even Afghanistan have toyed with the idea of Balochistan…

Does Yanukovich’s Coalition Government Have a Popular Mandate?

Does Yanukovich’s Coalition Government Have a Popular Mandate?

“Tushka” is the Russian word for the dead body of a small animal. During the last weeks, its plural form “tushki” has come into wide use, in Ukraine, as a…

Getting Pakistan on the Bandwagon

Getting Pakistan on the Bandwagon

The current impasse in South Asia testifies that strategies as containment, coercion and deterrence have not worked as well as intended and have carried unrecognised dangers. A change of tack…

The Real Attack on Canadian Free Speech

The Real Attack on Canadian Free Speech

An event at the University of Ottawa in Canada headlining the vitriolic American right-wing pundit Ann Coulter on Tuesday was cancelled by organizers due to boisterous demonstrations outside the venue.…

Nowrouz means being Iranian

Nowrouz means being Iranian

A set of ancient rituals and traditional customs to mark the commencement of Iranian New Year, "Nowrouz" was officially recognized as an international holiday by the UN General Assembly last…

US citizen arrives home after release from Burmese prison

An American prisoner jailed in Burma has arrived back in the United States after being released by Burmese authorities on Thursday.…

Anti-Semitism: Zionism’s Indispensable Alibi

Anti-Semitism: Zionism’s Indispensable Alibi

If Zionist extremists can’t provoke the desired level of anti-Semitism to advance their goals, they are even prepared to fake it.…

Burmese Junta to NLD: Expel Aung San Suu Kyi or you’re banned from election

Burmese Junta to NLD: Expel Aung San Suu Kyi or you’re banned from election

Burma’s military leaders have declared that the National League for Democracy (NLD) will be banned from elections scheduled for this year unless the party expels its leader, Aung San Suu…

Néjàd Vu, All Over Again: The Media, ‘Pretext’, Context, & 9/11

Néjàd Vu, All Over Again: The Media, ‘Pretext’, Context, & 9/11

By misrepresenting the country of Iran, its people, its system of government, its culture, its religion, its elected and unelected leaders, the Western press has already set the stage for…

Yemen in focus

Yemen in focus

Though the only republic in a monarchist Arabian peninsula, Yemen has never seen proper functioning of democratic institutions and has always faced foreign interference that lead to civil strife and…