Pakistan: late journalist's keep tries to censor free speech

KARACHI -- A freelance writer and alleged keep of a late sports journalist tried to stop free speech at a conference on Baloch missing persons at the Karachi Press Club. Nargis Khanum could not tolerate the truth being told about Balochistan's forced occupation by Pakistan. ...

Facebook Connect::ing You Everywhere

"Facebook Connect::ing You Everywhere December 6th, 2008 Goto comments Leave a comment By Ed Penano One simple system. One simple login. That is the aim of Facebook’s freshest creation - Facebook Connect. Facebook...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

Investors Hit BofA Loan Modifications

Bank of America Corp.'s decision to embark on an $8.4 billion home-loan-modification program to settle charges brought by state attorneys general against Countrywide Financial Corp. was hailed as a milestone when the deal was announced this fall. But apparently nobody...

UK energy prices rise twice of EU average

The astonishing rise of gas and electricity prices in Britain have been a worrying trend to many British consumers. Those consumers may be distressed today to learn that gas prices in the UK have risen at twice the EU average. This may frustrate them considering that the UK...

A Standard for Leadership

"Jamie Lee Curtis, in a thank you letter to Barack Obama, sets a fantastic standard for what leaders should be, using the words of Rudyard Kipling’s If: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all...