Though the war in Sri Lanka got over by May 2009, it is still buying arms in large scale. After Mahinda Rajapakse got reelected as president, he visited Russia to sign a loan for 300 million dollars to buy arms. " Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa left on Saturday...
The business entities, from single proprietorships to giant corporations, are made accountable to the public through the mechanism of competition from other companies, as well as through scrutiny by media and law. The government entities are made accountable to the public...
opinion by ishambat | 4 days ago | updated 4 days ago 48 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
The Second Amendment does not simply postulate people having guns. The Second Amendment postulates this: "A well-regulated militia necessary for the defense of the free state." It occurs to me that none of the people who have guns in America, except the military, come close...
opinion by ishambat | 6 days ago 39 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
There are 246 Tamil asylum seekers including 30 children suffering in a boat at Merak, Indonesia as they were denied asylum in Australia, their original destination. They are in poor health...
High profile Chicago attorney, politician, human rights advocate gives New York mother and gay teen a helping hand in ongoing New York legal battle In an ongoing legal battle in Niagara County,...
Canada's Supreme Court has ruled that Omar Khadr's rights were violated. It stopped short of telling the Canadian Government that it must try to return Khadr to Canada. In it's decision the Court left it to...
"The Cambodian national newspaper, the Phnom Penh Post, reported today that the 62 years old Swedish pedophile was found guilty on the charges of sexually molesting multiple boys for the past two years. He, based on the report, was sentenced 6 and a half years in jail and...
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The execution in China in December 2009 of a man said to be seriously mentally ill, Akmal Shaikh, 53, who ran a taxi cab firm in north London, caused a serious diplomatic rift between the UK and China, with Prime...
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Chevron has a new boss man, and in an ironic kick in the pants Chevron’s new CEO John Watson is the very man that orchestrated Chevron’s takeover of Texaco, and with it the 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water and 17 million gallons of crude oil deliberately dumped in...
opinion by njmagel | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 85 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"Highly developed IT industry, nuclear weapon, and fast developing economy with rich culture and resources are what one think of, when he or she thinks of India in 21 century. Also, when reading articles on Bollywood stars traveling to Africa to fight against human...
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" A few days ago, a news article reported a story on MTV documentary to raise awareness of human trafficking in Myanmar. The documentary was produced in support of USAIDS and was reported to be broadcast through several channels in Myanmar TV stations. The Myanmar...
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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...
opinion by mrpushkar | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 62 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
2008- Fresno, California USA. Shows the Honorable former Mayor Autry of Fresno, (also actor on Heat of The Night Series) apologizing to their homeless for years of failure and neglect. He empowers them by accepting...
"The Iranian government’s investigations into allegations of torture, rape and unlawful killings in the country “seemed to have been more concerned with covering up abuses than getting at the truth”, Amnesty International said today." Well, there's nothing too...