Shifting Sands: Iraq Power Vacuum, Winner Iran

     NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation IraqiFreedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actualexperience.    ...

Russian experts to visit missile defense base in Alaska

" Russia Russian experts to visit missile defense base in Alaska 19:52 | 01/ 08/ 2007 Print version MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian-U.S. talks on missile defense in Europe have ended in Washington...

Russia issues new missile threat

"Russia has raised the idea of moving new missile forces to Kaliningrad, close to Poland and Lithuania. First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov linked the possible move to US plans for a missile defence system...

Celebrating the world's women: A NowPublic roundup

UPDATE: Take a look at our great photo slideshow of IWD activities all over the world. Today is International Women's Day, and all over the world women (and the men and women who love them) are celebrating...

Iran plans men-free island to boost tourism

Under Iran's strict Islamic law, mixing with men in public is forbidden for women. So the government has decided to create and island  -- in hopes of promoting tourism -- accessible to women only. In public,...

FACTBOX-Bird flu's spread around the globe

"Feb 19 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that bird flu killed a 37-year-old Egyptian woman. The new case brings to 21 the number of people known to have been infected with bird flu in Egypt, which has the largest known cluster of human cases...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

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Background on Tanzania

"Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led...

Bird Flu News - H5N1 News

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14 Years of Massacre Brings no End to Armenian Occupation

Turks.US There are commemoration services to remember the 1992 Armenian massacre of Azerbaijanis in the city of Hocali. A wreath-laying ceremony was hosted in Baku by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, who made his way yesterday (on Saturday) to the Statue of Hocali...

Police in Baku, Azerbaijan breaks up 15,000 strong opposition protest in down...

Police in Baku, Azerbaijan, broke up an opposition protest of about 15,000 people Nov. 26 after the protesters said they were establishing a permanent presence in the downtown area.

Riot Police Break Up Azerbaijan Protest (ABC News)

Riot Police Break Up Opposition Protest in Azerbaijani Capital, Beat Protesters

The Baku Jazz Festival: Reviving a Tradition in Azerbaijan

THE BAKU JAZZ FESTIVAL: REVIVING A TRADITION IN AZERBAIJAN Ishhad Duncan 4/28/05 A EurasiaNet Photo Story Text by Ishhad Duncan Photos by Rena Effendi Jazz has always held a special place in Azerbaijan. Under Soviet rule, jazz%u2019s syncopated beats were banned. Today,...

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