Palin disclosures raise questions with few Answers

"ST. PAUL - A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket. On Monday morning, Ms....

Good bye Team GB ?

The dust is settling on the sporting glories of the rather irritatingly entitled British Olympic sports team - 'Team GB' and politicians and celebrities have jumped on board the few moments of fleeting fame to be had on the return of the successful sports men and women to...

EU considers sanctions on Russia

French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said today that the EU is considering sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Georgia. As Russia faces growing isolation from the West, Russian president Dmitri...

Undesired Apprehension in Neighborly Relations

It is very unfortunate that Nepal's democratically elected Prime Minister Prachanda had to give a piece of shameful explanation to media as soon as he landed at the airport after a four-day visit to China. Due to Nepal's internal political dilemma, neither the head of the...

Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels

"Russia's parliament has backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both houses voted unanimously in favour of the non-binding motion, which analysts say could help President Dmitry Medvedev...

Bhadraj Mandir Tourism Fair held amidst piety & pomp

"MUSSOORIE: 17 Aug: The Bhadraj Temple Tourism Fair, an annual festival held every year immediately after Independence Day was celebrated with great devotion and gaiety today. It is a festival organised every year...

Students march for freedom in Indian Kashmir

Kashmir saw thousands of protesters hit the streets today to voice their demands for independence from India. "The students waved pro-independence signs as they marched through the main business district of...

Russia Will Pay a Price: Rice

After 19 years of the division of the former Soviet Union into 15 independent states, the relationships between the US Administration and the Russian government are worsening for the first time now due to the Russian invasion of Georgia. Tensions are building up between the...

Rob Wilson Joins Indian and Pakistani Celebrations in Reading

Sees promise in Musharraf’s resignationSixty-one years on from the partition of India and the creation of the sovereign states of India and Pakistan, Reading East MP, Rob Wilson, joined with celebrations across...

Why breakaway Georgian Territories South Ossetia and Abkhazia do not deserve ...

Independence is not only dependant on the dependence of other independent nations recognizing its independence dependably, but also depends on the criteria the United Nations rules to be in accordance for a nation...

Muslims protest in Kashmir on India's independence day

Today marks India's Independence Day from British rule, and thousands of Muslims protested today about New Delhi's rule in Kashmir, with some even burning the national flag."Srinagar and other parts of the...

Blast Mars Pakistan Independence Day Celebrations

Will Pakistan's Independence Day bring a rash of suicide bombings? Many long-time Now Public readers will recall that I provided extensive coverage of the assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a...

Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the Georgia Crisis?

"Did McCain Plagiarize His Speech on the Georgia Crisis?"

Georgia reports new air attack near capital

" Fighting raged in South Ossetia for a second day Saturday as Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province and dropped bombs on Georgia that left scores of civilians dead or...

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

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