Profile: Muammar Gaddafi

" Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world, having ruled Libya since he toppled King Idris I in a bloodless coup at the age of 27. Known for his flamboyant...

Americans and Russians co-located in unrestland

 At the heart of the unrest, the story says, “As many as 1 million Uzbeks live in Kyrgyzstan, many of them recent migrants who have taken over farms abandoned by an equally large number of Kyrgyz who have...

US to exploit Iran unrest for sanctions

New Delhi: US President Barack Obama plans to focus fresh sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the military force that oversees its pursuit of nuclear weapons. The Revolutionary Guard has also been...

Iran Opposition leader Mousavi Is Ready for Martyrdom

New Delhi: In his first public comments since the recent protests, Mir-Hossein Mousavi calls for a restoration of civil liberties and said threats against his life would not deter him. Defying demands for his...

Police clashed with thousands of protesters in IRAN

Thousands of Iranian gathered in streets of IRAN's big cities such as Shiraz, Tehran, Mashad, Ahwaz, Tabriz, Isfahan, Zahedan, ... to participate in Anti Regime demonstration They were chanting "Death to...

Iranian Cleric Urges Harsh Punishment - Where is Obama?

"EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of...

Timeline: unrest in Tehran

Key events in Iran which has been rocked by deadly protests since the June 12 presidential election:   - Friday, June 12:   Over 46 million eligible voters choose between four candidates, with incumbent...

A Dead-Man's Revolution

This is the opinion of Marcus Cleaver and is copied with his express permission from his blog for the purposes of nowpublic.com "A Dead-Man's Revolution For all intents and purposes, Guatemala is a failed state and this is of no surprise given its chequered past. Until...

Sharif verdict sparks unrest in Pakistan

" Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif (R) and his brother Shahbaz Sharif surrounded by supporters Pakistan puts its troops on high alert in its Punjab province after a court ruling triggered political unrest in the violence-wracked country. Paramilitary forces were...

Sarkozy offers package to end Guadeloupe unrest

French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed new measures to end the violence on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe yesterday, including aid to poor families, measures to bring down fuel costs and a break from paying...

Iceland protests turn violent

Protests and confrontation in Iceland's capital Reykjavik escalated today when riots police and demonstrators clashed in the early hours of the morning. As a result two police officers were seriously injured and...

Connecting the dots

A report filed by AFP on December 22 had incumbent and future US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, pledging to forge a stronger partnership with Pakistan for its economic development, as well as its fight against extremism and insurgency. "Connecting the dots"

Policeman shot in Athens

A police officer on patrol outside the Ministry of Culture, Athens was shot twice early this morning by unknown gunmen. Diamantis Mantzounis, aged 21 was hit in the chest and the thigh during the incident which...

Update: Violence in Pakistan's commercial capital leaves 14 dead; Has India s...

As the death toll in Karachi riots has climbed to 17, the Pakistan prime minister has directed the concerned officials to submit a report to him. In what apparently seems India's covert war against Pakistan, 14 persons were killed and over 80 injured in various parts of...

Pakistani journalists protest killing of colleague

Condemning the killing of their colleague by the security forces in Swat, journalists staged protest demonstrations in Peshawar and other parts of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Monday,...

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