New low-tech theory on space travel

"A spacecraft made of folded paper may sound far-fetched, but Japanese scientists believe it could be possible for a paper plane launched from space to reach Earth intact. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have tested small, origami planes made of special paper for 30...

Chomsky on World Ownership

"Chomsky on World Ownership Michael Shank | January 23, 2008 Editor: John Feffer Email this page to a friend Comment on this article Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...

India struggles with bird flu

"Laboratory workers on Saturday analysed new samples from dead chickens amid fears that India's worst-ever bird flu outbreak may have spread in eastern India as locals resisted a massive cull. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the outbreak of avian flu among...

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...

Lara Logan Checks Back In With The 24 Boys Discovered Neglected Last Week

" (CBS) It was a welcome Capt. Ben Morales could not resist. He walked into the room and a little boy reached out his arms to him, CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan reports. "

On Patriotism by Rep. Ron Paul

"May 24, 2007 On Patriotism by Rep. Ron Paul For some, patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. For others, it means dissent against a government's abuse of the people's rights. I have never met a politician in Washington or any American, for that matter, who chose to be...

Arabic under fire by Brian Whitaker

"http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/brian_whitaker/2007/05/arabic_under_fire.html Memri, the "research institute" which specialises in translating portions of the Arabic media into English, has issued a video clip from a children's programme on Hamas TV in which it claims...

What the moderate Arab world is

"In the second of two pieces examining Iran's rising regional role, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb* argues that attempts by "moderate" Arab leaders to whip up popular fear of Iran are US-orchestrated and aimed to keep in-check regional resistance to US-Israeli plans Not only does the...

Call for Street Protests in Nigeria over Election Results

Remember in Lord of the Rings, when that big red demon falls into the pit, and Gandalf is clinging to the edge of the chasm? Then the demon's whip whips up and grabs Gandalf's ankle, pulling  him down? ... Yeah. The election fiasco in Nigeria is not over yet, regardless...

Obama Outlines His Foreign Policy Views

"CHICAGO, April 23 — Senator Barack Obama said today that even though the global image of the United States has been sullied by the war in Iraq and a “foreign policy based on a flawed ideology,” America must repair its standing in the world and resist the temptation to...

"Bad Job Review" Motivated NASA Gunman, Say Police

"The gunman who killed a hostage and himself in a stand-off at a Nasa centre in Texas blamed his victim for a poor work performance review, police said. William Phillips, 60, took a revolver to work at the Johnson Space Center on Friday and shot dead fellow employee David...