May 12th Date for Pakistani Judges' Return

All senior judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf during the unrest last year will be reinstated on May 12.A former Pakistani PM made the announcement earlier today, when he led his PML-N party in two days of talks with the largest party in the new coalotion, the PPP, to...

Pakistan likely to reinstate sacked Supreme Court judges

There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...

Coalition Treats Afghans in Medical Outreach Effort

" BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 28, 2008 – Several hundred citizens from a village near Tag Ab Valley in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province swarmed a makeshift hospital April 19 during a village medical outreach hosted by Task Force Gladiator servicemembers....

Afghan Leader Criticizes U.S. on Conduct of War

"KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai strongly criticized the British and American conduct of the war here on Friday, insisting in an interview that his government be given the lead in policy...

ASC: Watching the Watchers

Another term for "behavioral profiling software" is "spyware", and the Anti-Spyware Coalition is having none of it: There is a gap between the promises of adware firms and the real-world behavior of their...

Germany: New Debate Over Car Taxation

Tax hikes at the expense of the German middle class continue. This time, the car drivers are hit... again. An audio comment.

Ex-bishop wins Paraguayan election; 6-decade rulers dumped

The decades-long rule of the right-wing Colorado party has been ended in Paraguay. This has important ramifications for the region as Latin American politics tends to be linked and cyclical."The world's...

Odinga sworn in as Kenyan premier

Raila Odinga has officialy became the premier of Kenya. This was disclosed at the minister sworning ceremony held in Kenya. The BBC article has the detailed story of this phenominal move in Kenya."Kenya's...

Battle Rages in Baghdad, Coalition Airstrikes Continue

Violent conflict continues in Iraq: a landmark hotel in Baghdad was hit by a mortar attack earlier Friday, US and coalition forces continue to conduct airstrikes on 'insurgent targets' in Baghdad and Basra, and...

'Ambush' that left SAS trooper dead. - A look at the Dangers facing Special F...

"A British soldier killed in Iraq two weeks ago turned out to be an SAS man. What does it say about British special forces in Iraq, and the Anglo-American coalition's chances of defeating insurgency?The press release said simply: "It is with deep regret that the Ministry of...

Charges Referred Against Detainee Mohammed Kamin

"Charges Referred Against Detainee Mohammed Kamin                  The Defense Department announced today that charges have been referred against Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Kamin of...

Finnish Minister Fired for Erotic Texts to 'Scandinavian Doll'

Perhaps fearful, secretive politicians with scandalous personal lives to hide should consider staying away from the very technologies (mobile phones, the internet) that are inevitably used to track them down and...

Malaysia mulls law to stop defection among lawmakers - report

""It's high time that we have the Anti-Hopping Law to stop such acts," Zaid, who is a minister in the Prime Minister's Office tasked with judicial oversight, told Bernama.Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's race-based Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition suffered its worst ever...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Kenya: Government 'Clarification' Raises Fears Deal Could Unravel

After weeks of tricky negotiations and riots and protests that claimed over 1,000 lives in racially-fuelled violence, Kenya finally looked poised to form a government between the two parties.However, after the deal was signed, the structure for the new government was...
 

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