Christian-Muslim Clashes in Egypt Kill 11

" Muslim-Christian clashes in the Egyptian capital Cairo have killed 11 people and wounded more than 90, security and hospital officials said on Wednesday. The clashes broke out Tuesday night when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting against the burning...

India should be overtake China in 2020

New Delhi: India should be overtake China in 2020 according to many analysts of India. In the past decades, India has been world number one in starvation deaths, foreign aid and bribery. In the 2000s, it was...

Israeli and Turkish officials meet to ease tensions over Gaza op

"Israeli and Turkish officials are engaged in behind-the-scenes discussions aimed at easing tensions between the two countries in the wake of Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip. Shalom Turjeman, an adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is said to be holding talks with...

Testing Obama?North Korea says all agreements with South are void

This could be a plan byKim Jong-Il  to test the new president, to see if he will respond."North Korea sharpened its hostility toward South Korea on Friday by abruptly declaring that it was scrapping a...

French Worry About Mideast Violence's Domestic Impact

Police patrolling "bullet proofed" in the streets to avoid conflicts, during holday season 7000 army securites with machine guns. Well it is time to stop the violence for a Peace broker. We have to live and...

Paranoid Pranab: India’s Two Faced Foreign Minister

"By AHMED QURAISHI Tuesday, 6 January 2008. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—During the entire Pak-India crisis, India’s foreign minister Pranab ‘Paranoid’ Mukherjee has shown himself to be a four-legged clown. Since early December, Mr. Mukherjee has changed more positions...

The Gathering Storm?

Most such discussions start with a broad survey of the environment followed by criticism of the policies being implemented and finally the conclusion is reached that either the government or external forces or both acting in collusion are responsible. The questions that are...

Tensions mount as Pakistan shifts troops to Indian border

This is becoming a serioussituation.  A wrong move could start a war betweenIndia and Pakistan withdisasterous consequences. "Pakistan has redeployed thousands of troops to the border with India, officials...

India asks Pakistan for 20 fugitives

Same story of  handing  over fugitive terrorist to India is being repeated again.Last time it was just after the attack on parliament Indian goverment handed over list of terrorist to Pakistan , but Pakistan...

So close and yet so far: From Pooneryn to peace in Sri Lanka

"While the government’s military project has effectively weakened the military strength of the LTTE, it has admittedly grossly neglected nurturing and developing parallel political structures. Indeed, despite the much vaunted provincial administration in the East, that...

McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'

"(CNN) -- With 10 days to go until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense they are spilling out in public, sources say. ...

Turkey set for mass terror trial

On the charges of  armed insurrection, aiding terror group and illegal possession of explosives, a group of 86 people are to be tried at a Turkish court. The massive trial held near Istanbul is organised agaisnt Ergenekon group for about 30 charges, including membership...

Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Joint Patrol of Border

RELATIONS between Thailand and Cambodia remained tense today as Thailand denied that Cambodian troops had killed several of their soldiers in a border flare-up of ongoing hostilities.  The two...

Close friend believes Steve Fossett 'had death wish because of guilt over mar...

Here we go the guys reported dead and now we have a nasty assumption from the gutter press. Lets milk the story before he is put into the grave.   " Adventurer Steve Fossett crashed his plane into a remote Californian mountainside in a ‘subconscious death wish’,...

Thailand lifts emergency

After several thousand anti-government protestors from the People's Alliance for Democracy besieged the grounds of Government House — the prime minister's office demanding his resignation in Thailand. The...

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