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Norway breaks silence, condemns war
Norway breaks silence, condemns war [TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 10:21 GMT] The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, in a statement issued on Tuesday said his government condemned the ongoing war... Troops enter Mullaittivu; LTTE main garrison town falls
Troops enter Mullaittivu; LTTE main garrison town falls[URL="http://defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090125_03"]http://defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090125_03[/URL]Sri Lanka Army 59 Division soldiers lead by Brigadier ... Bank of Japan cuts key interest rate
"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more... Pakistan among top ten countries facing severe food crisis
Pakistan, which faces shortages of oil, power, gas, irrigation water, etc, is said to be an agricultural country but currently it is facing severe food crisis and there seems no end in sight to the growing crises. "Countries suffering from food price soaring and...Pollution can make you fat
With obesity amongst children and adults at an all time high in the western world scientists are now looking beyond the obvious causes such as overeating and lack of exercise to other factors. This new report...Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis
"NEW YORK - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier...Website to trace Brits in crises
This is interesting, it's a new sevice launched by teh UK Foreign Office to track British citizens if they're abroad during an emergency, so friends and family can see if they're ok. The effort has been given new impetus as several British tourists went missing during the...Art of Improvisation in Jazz, Life and Crises: Japan Society, New York, May 20th
A good Jam session, a good Jazz show implies that every participant not only plays but also takes the time to listen to the others. You need to be fast on your feet, ready for changes and quick turns, in other words, flexible.Crisis and challenges on a personal or business...Terminal Fury Prepares PACOM to Confront Crisis, Threats
" CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, April 6, 2008 – The top U.S. officer in the Pacific declared a command post exercise that wrapped up here yesterday a big success in ensuring U.S. Pacific Command is ready to...Greenspan Speaks
If you haven't read "The Age of Turbulence," yet, I suggest you run out to the nearest bookstore and pick-up a copy. It's a great read. The highlighted article, written by Alan Greenspan, offers a quick look at the current housing market and at the use of statistical models... Susan Eisenhower: Backing Obama
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Forty-seven years ago, my grandfather Dwight D. Eisenhower bid farewell to a nation he had served for more than five decades. In his televised address, Ike famously coined the term "military-industrial... Over Five Million Dead in Congo? Fifteen Hundred People Daily?
"The International Rescue Committee in late January 2008 released a new report on the mortality in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The report caught the eye of some news agencies, who quickly whipped up trite little articles as supposed expressions of horror. "Indian Jones to the Rescue || Ancient Nomads Offer Insights to Modern Crises
"“Take Afghanistan, where politics are much more dispersed. I think some of our foreign policy complications derive from our inability to locate a nomadic dynamic within contemporary political structures.”Countries like Iraq and Afghanistan may take on the trappings... Power in Numbers: African Union Summit in Ghana
A vast continent rich in natural and intellectual resources, Africa is still an outsider on the world political stage, seen more as a tool and a market than as a viable player. The AU summit, underway in the...
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Mass Graves Unearthed in Colombia
Once again, the earth spits up proof of conflicts that most of us never hear about. Columbia has been involved in a complicated civil war (are any of them simple?) between the existing government and right- and left-wing rebel groups. As peace deals begin to emerge, stories...
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