Michael Jackson Hoax: Video was an "Experiment" of Germany's RTL

Michael Jackson is still dead as far as we know. The Youtube video of Michael Jackson getting out of a coroner's van that spread like wildfire over the week was actually a footage produced by a German TV station as...

Germany Doubles aid budget to Niger.

By, Uwe Paschen. The German Government has announced that it is now doubling its aid budget for the Republic of Niger as APA reported in Niamey, Niger....

Niger, State revenue up by 26% and poverty up by 32%?

By, Uwe Paschen.Reuters did report today that Niger's state revenue will be up by 26% for 2009 thanks to the Oil income and deals made with China, this in it self is great news for any country and government, and...

Israel bans foreign journalists in Gaza

As the Israeli government readies for an economic recession, it has also breached press freedom again. This time, it has banned foreign journalists from covering the Gaza strip. They would have reported on the...

Niger, Freedom of the Press, only an illusion!

By, Uwe Paschen.Well, as I opened the news channel this morning I fund out that Niger's Higher court had given another independent Journalist a suspended sentence this time and not the usual prison terms of 3...

The Bureaucratic nightmare!

By, Uwe Paschen.Ever since the Roman Empire and of Course the Chinese one as well we seem to have been unable to live with out Bureaucrats of all sorts and in all domains.Now, Bureaucracy does have its advantages...

The Sarah Palin Speech at the RNC.

By, Uwe Paschen.Now, I am certainly not a friend of the Republicain lately, especially after a decade of deceit, Wars, and Manipulations by the Bush Administration.However, All animosities aside, I followed...

Freedom/Liberty, The Abused Ideal!

Freedom/Liberty,  The abused Ideal. By, Uwe Paschen.  How often have we heard those words and used them our self? They can be traced back to the antiquity and yet many do not know their origine even less...

Tribute to a Hero! Kazuya Ito, NGO Aid Worker in Afghanistan. (Up

By, Uwe Paschen. Kazuya Ito, a 31 year old Japanese Agricultural Aid worker with an NGO in Afghanistan was kidnapped earlier and as I reported initially he was supposed to be released Yesterday after locales...

The next OIL Crisis has started! (Oil Prise will go up again!) Ne

By Uwe Paschen. Now that Oil prises are slowly going down, after some massive spending in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for a wile the speculator calmed down as news  came of a more stable Iraq and maybe...

The Olympic Genocide! H5N1. (News-Opinion)

By Uwe Paschen.As we approach the Great Olympic games of 2008 in China many question have come to once mind, such as ethics, Human rights and Freedom of expression, terrorism and security as well though!What did...

Tuareg! Hope in Mali! Despair in Niger!

By, Uwe Paschen.Bamako, Mali! The Government in Mali has agreed to a peace accord and meeting the Tuaregs demand under the mediation of Algeria. Niger has always refused mediation or OUA Peace keeper since unlike...