Nepal’s House Restoration Proved a Golden Opportunity for Feudal Warlords

Mohan Nepali, Kathmandu:  In Nepal, the reinstitution of the House of Representatives dissolved by the elected minister and approved by the Supreme Court was a regressive move itself. Had people demanded the restoration of the House, they could approve it through their...

Ethiopia Accused of Genocide in Somalia

The Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia's transitional government today accused Ethiopia of genocide through its intervention in Somalia."The accusations came from Hussein Aideed - a former Somali warlord who is the deputy prime minister of the transitional government. Ethiopia...

Afghan warlord 'aided Bin Laden'

"Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar says his fighters helped al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden escape a US offensive five years ago. Bin Laden was moved to "a safe place" when the US assault on the Tora Bora mountains began in late 2001, the Hezb-e-Islami leader told Pakistani...

The Ethiopian Confusion

"Former warlord Mohammed Dheere, who ruled Jowhar before it was captured by the Council of Islamic Courts in June, led the Somali government troops as they drove into the city, said resident Abshir Ali Gabre."Somalia's Islamic Courts rose to power in part because people were...

Lobster [news]

British news site denounced in the House of Commons.

Bin Laden is Alive, Says Musharraf

"PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF, dismissing a French intelligence report that Osama bin Laden had died of typhoid, said yesterday that he believed the al-Qa'ida leader to be hiding in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, possibly with the help of an Afghan warlord."

CIA Blows It, Again

"Rarely has any CIA plot backfired so comprehensively. The White House horns in again Hamilton Spectator By Gwynne Dyer. Not so, there was also the leak of nuclear bomb designs to the Iranians. Which is how the US knows that Iran can build nukes."