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New Weapon Against Crime in the South

"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population,...

9o% employees in India do not have social security: OECD

Country of one billion, with 500 million young workforce and democratic government with said agenda of social welfare, but unfortunately 90% of the workforce do not have any social security plan.That is what OECD says about India.The need of social security plan specially in...

ING DIRECT Suspends Foreclosures

"Wilmington, Del.-based ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank, said Monday morning that effective immediately, it will suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties through the end of March 2009. The company also said it would suspend all evictions...

6 Year Old Hindraf Arrested

The Hindu Rights Action Force is an extremist group of minority Indians whose only concern is to disturb the generations of peace and harmony of Malaysia between the ethnic groups mainly the Malays, Chinese and...

EU Looks to Close Ranks with US after Bush, to Keep Global Influence

EU plans cooperation with US after Bush "The world is dangerous, the return of nationalism and micro-nationalism impose on (the EU and US) a common vision and common steps," Mr. Kouchner french foreign minister...

'Beasting' death soldiers cleared

Pte Williams dedication is worthless. He died after being punished for a misdemeanour. The verdicts makes the family shocked. Pte Williams mom will continue figthing for justice. " Three soldiers have...

Obama on policy: er, Hope! Change! A Triumph of Style over Substance

"May 29, 2008 by Ed MorrisseyThe Washington Post runs a front-page analysis of Barack Obama’s policy positions today, and they find … nothing much. In fact, what little work Obama had done on policy since entering the Senate in 2005 he abandoned in 2006 as he prepared for...

"Here's My Essay. :) Sorry It's Late. LOL."

A good friend of mine is a professor at the University of Toronto and he is absolutely perplexed by the level of informality in the academic writing submitted by his millenial students. According to him, not...

Raul Castro plans reforms for Cuba

Raul Castro has issued a decree that now enables Cubans to own the titles to the houses they live in, rather than just renting them from the state."The measure was the first legal decree formally published by the...

Foreign minister loses bags in T5

No one is immune to Heathrow T5 problems."An unnamed EU foreign minister has been caught up in the baggage backlog at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.Writing in his blog, Mr...

Top Ten Grammar Myths

"Grammar Girl here. March 4 is National Grammar Day. So I've created a special grammar-related top 10 show to celebrate the occasion. Organizer Martha Brockenbrough, who writes about grammar and language for Encarta, has fun suggestions for National Grammar Day, including...

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Israeli journalists under investigation

"Three Israeli journalists who traveled to Lebanon and Syria are under investigation by the Israeli police for travel to "enemy" countries. One of them, Lisa Goldman, has been part of the informal We Media community for some time. She participated in the 2006 We Media Global...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Indonesia hopes developed countries to lead efforts to anticipate climate change

""Since the developed countries have already done things in a faster way, it is logical that they should be in the lead in the world`s efforts to bring about a significant reduction in carbon emissions," Yudhoyono said in his address at the opening of an informal ministerial...

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