By, Uwe Paschen. Vive la France. (14 Juillet Fete National) or should that be Vive Paris? Today as in 1680 under the war hungry King Louis the XIV of France, who once said that “Paris is France but France will...
opinion by Paschen | 17 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 781 views | 75 recommendations | 27 comments
By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...
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By, Uwe Paschen. Niger is once again in trouble and this time it is of the highest concern to all involved. Causing all alarm bells to ring laud and clear with the OUA, the UN and the EU. This seems to be...
created by Paschen | 18 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 818 views | 71 recommendations | 10 comments
BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE [this story was originally published by Reuters on April 29, 2007, and ran in dozens of news outlets around the world, including Washingtonpost.com, Boston.com and NYTimes.com] to the companion story "'I have to do this.' Moroccan...
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By, Uwe Paschen. The virtual Family reunion. Yesterday was my Mothers Birthday and with only my Brother, Sister in law and nephews leaving with her nowadays due to the fact that most of us are scattered around...
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Niger Hostage release, One out of three. Last December 14th 2008 Robert Fowler, Louis Guay and Soumana Mounkaila disappeared in Niger about 40 Km from Niamey the Capital City of that country. Many conflicting...
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An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...
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History was made last night - and, sadly, much of the Western media was either oblivious or under pressure to turn a blind eye. Algérie Presse Service has reported that the Viva Palestina convoy - a remarkable...
opinion by ectomorfo | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 406 views | 22 recommendations | 9 comments
The Viva Palestina aid convoy, a 110-strong convoy of vehicles packed with practical aid and driven by self-financed British volunteers has departed London en route to Gaza. This remarkable convoy, born of an...
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On October 13, 2008, the National Library of Algeria invited renowned liberal Syrian poet and philosopher Dr. 'Ali Ahmad Sa'id Asbar, known as Adonis, who resides in Paris, to give a lecture. In it, Adonis discussed, inter alia, the separation of state and religion, and...
By, Uwe Paschen. The Global recession could have been avoided even with the latest financial scandals and the US mortgage crisis would we have had a common global currency. Some of the hard ship that companies do...
opinion by Paschen | 42 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 2423 views | 58 recommendations | 48 comments
Algeria will be sending a second package of medical aid and a doctor's team to the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to fierce Israeli air strikes for the past days. Algeria's Minister of...
After months of negotiations, main gas producing countries agreed to form an Organisation to protect their common energy interests. The initiative has been criticised by those fearing the formation of a...
By, Uwe Paschen. Christmas Eve in Niger. I do have some good memories of what Christmas was when I was a Child and even as our Children where still Young, yet the last time we managed to have our whole family...
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