The Nobel Peace Prize's Most Famous Omission

According to an article in Foreign Policy Magazine Premature Nobelization? 7 People Who Should Have Won, But Didn't, topping The Nobel Peace Prize's most famous ommission was Mahatma Gandhi, a pacifist and...

These are Christians, right?

I oft wonder about the US religious right - from the heady days when they helped the Hollywood actor into power to watching them on TV today crying because one of their member has been caught out as being something horrid, like being gay, having sex or covering up that one of...

Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim: Powerful Iraqi Shiite Leader Dies in Iran

Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim  was a kings-maker in Iraqi politics who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim died August 26, 2009 after a battle with lung cancer....

Next Democratic Senate leader to get booted: Harry Reid?

Those who follow politics know that the mid-term election following a Presidents first term produce big changes in the balance of government.  It happened in 1994 during President Clinton's First term. ...

El Shaddai leader mulls presidency - Souless Conman

" MANILA -- With only nine months before the 2010 elections, El Shaddai leader Mariano “Bro. Mike” Velarde said Wednesday that he is thinking of running for the presidential race next year. The El Shaddai...

The 2009 North American Leaders' Summit launches in Guadalajara

The US President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet August 9-10 in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the fifth annual North American Leaders' Summit. One of...

Iran poll critics shun ceremony

" Senior Iranian political figures appear to have snubbed the formal endorsement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Influential former President Akbar Hashemi...

Arroyo-Obama meeting ‘a triumph for Filipinos’

" MANILA (3rd Update) -- Malacañang said Friday that the historic meeting between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and United States President Barack Obama is a triumph for all Filipinos. "It's a historic...

School uses kids as props for stunt

how can the school authorities be so ignorant and stupid..they cannot put the children into dangerous situation like these...and IF the parents have agreed to let them do so....i wonder what they were thinking....there should be some action taken so that this does not...

Russian leader condemns killing of Natalia Estemirova.

" Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed "outrage" at the murder of a prominent human rights activist, Natalia Estemirova. He has ordered an inquiry into the killing of Ms Estemirova, who was investigating...

Honduran interim leader: I'm willing to step down

This could be a good, temporary solution to the current situation. With only 5 months left on the term it may be best to bring in a third person to be president until after the elections. " The interim president...

Rites of Passage, Time to Pass the Torch On

There are many times that we find ourselves on a whole different path. Our life is never the same ever again. There is no going back. It is important to acknowledge these significant times. As many cultures do...

Ministry defame lawyers defending a defamation case

On July 10th, the Ministry of Defence website posted an article defaming lawyers defending Leader Publication (Pvt.) Ltd, the publisher of The Sunday Leader newspaper.The Ministry of Defence website branded the...

Niger Crisis escalating after EU suspends all aid to the Country.

By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...

Hey, Do 'Commoners' Have Any Say In Political Party Candidates?

     LOOK, the news is abuzz about Sarah Palin, again!  (Screeams! -- joy, -- rage...it depends on who is screaming.)  Yep, Sarah, you've set the headlines and political world...

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