Gaza, Israel and the New Year

During the siege of Acre in 1799, Bonaparte prepared a proclamation announcing a Jewish state in Palestine. He did not issue it since the siege was lost to the Ottoman Empire and the plan was never carried out....

Security Sector Reform in Nepal:With reference to UNSCR 1325

Krishna Hari Pushkar 1.      Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, on women, peace and security was passed unanimously on 31 October 2000. Resolution (S/RES/1325) is the first resolution ever passed by the Security Council that specifically...

Nepal: Polity for Peace

Nepal: Polity for Peace   Krishna Hari Pushkar   The article deals with the political dilemmas of ongoing peace and constitution building process of Nepal and it provides possible ways out of the topsy-turvydom. It...

A "Necessary War" -- for a Gas Pipeline?

What if the the war in Afghanistan was not a war on terror, but a war to protect the European and United States Strategic Interests?   In 1998, Dick Cheney, former US vice-president but then chief...

1/12/2009 World HIV/AIDS Day

Today is 1. December. The World HIV/AIDS day by the UN. The day when it needed/must to remember to those who died in AIDS caused illnesses. But for me beside the memories of a lost love, it's the day to look around...

'Softcore' Europe

 The  European Union’s leaders yesterday has made a decision. They formally elected the first president of the EU and its ‘secretary of state’ too.Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, an unknown Christian...

Worldfocus: State of Gay Marriage in Greece

Special Correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson examine the state of gay marriage in Greece. "Homosexuality dates back thousands of years in Ancient Greece, where same-sex relationships were well...

The return of wild oysters!

'Extinct' oysters return to ForthDeclared extinct in 1957, wild oysters are back in the Firth of ForthDr Ashton said: "The Firth of Forth was once the major oyster fishery in Scotland and at its peak produced over...

Intel Inside.......an anti-trust embargo

After facing lawsuits in Asia and Europe, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker. In May this year the...

Miliband gives Blair the strong backing in contest for European p

"Tony Blair won strong backing from Britain to become the first president of the European council when David Miliband declared that the EU needed a big hitter who could stop the traffic in world capitals. Amid...

Repression of potential whistleblowers in the post-democratic age

Brussels Underground The governed have a right to know what their governments are capable of and serious abuses of power should not remain unreported or be condoned, as has been the case with the cover up in the trawler Gaul public inquiry. For, if ignored, such acts will...

Ireland has passed the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty

Ireland has passed the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty with an overwhelming majority of 67 per cent in favor.Ireland was the only EU member state to hold a referendum on Lisbon, though there have been calls...

The underbelly of "progressive conservatism"

There is a backlash in the UK - and though many on the right are descending into raptures of glee because there will be a Tory government after the next election they forget - as usual, that New Labour are as far from a left-wing party as they are, maybe even a little more to...

EU Police State: Orwellian and scary Big Brother plan

This should outrage and terrify anyone who values civil liberties and personal privacy.  This plan is invasive and is open to such abuse and misuse it boggles the mind: "A five-year research programme, called...

Beazley, Nelson appointed ambassadors to US and Europe

While I believe Kim Beazley is a man of high integrity, I haven't followed Dr. Nelson's career."Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced Kim Beazley as Australia's ambassador to the United States and Brendan Nelson as the nation's envoy to the European Union.The top...

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