Foreign Policy in Focus analyst Ian Williams looks at the standoff in Georgia and brings valid criticisms of all the involved parties to the discussion, as well as some possible courses of action that would allow for...
Supoprters of Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani Prime Minister, burned effigies today against a court ruling that bars Sharif from running in this weeks' parliamentary by-elections.Here is a link to a picture of the...
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If you cant do the time - Now you dont have to!"The Government has drawn up plans to release hundreds of criminals from jail early.About 550 non-violent and non-sexual offenders will be automatically freed halfway...
Oil supply fears have been exacerbated after an anti government group in Nigeria had threatned to stop Royal Dutch Shell pipeline. This threat will increaase the pressure on oil supply and likely...
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"The Niger is the third longest river in Africa and it is dying as a result of climate change and pollution, exacerbated by 3% per annum population growth. The river runs through 9 countries, which are banding together to implement a 20 year program of desilting and...
"Fire-fanning Santa Anas likely to worsen
High winds
Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times
"The strongest winds have not occurred yet. They're going to peak [on Monday]," said Ken Clark, a Rancho Cucamonga-based expert senior meteorologist for Accuweather.com.
Forecasters say the...
"Lincolnshire Police responded today to comments made in the media by Ms Julie Spence, Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire, a neighbouring force. Like, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire has been affected in recent years by the impact of migrant workers on the county’s population....
Yet one more politician blaming the other guy. The Dems blame the GOP, the GOP Blames the Dems and Mexico blames the US. Is there anyone willing to lead Latinos through this impotant step in history or will they...
"Great Satan sits down with the Axis of Evil
Deborah Haynes in Baghdad
Iran and the United States put aside their wider disputes yesterday in an attempt to agree on common ground to help the Iraqi Government to achieve an end to the daily bloodshed.
The rare show of public...
"Mexico's months-long political crisis took a precarious turn Saturday when President Vicente Fox sent special federal forces into the impoverished and violence-torn southern state of Oaxaca, after an American journalist and a local teacher were killed there on Friday.
As...