I recently read this article about architect Ruan Yisan trying to save architectural heritage in China. Whenever I read something like this, either about someone trying to save an old building or demolishing of...
created by rumana husain | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 270 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
Zaveri Bazar and Gateway of India were the places, where the explosion occurred on August 25, 2003 killing 54 people and leaving 244 injured. i am happy that all three got the death penalty. It is a...
created by archita | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 224 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
First time ever Sri Lanka had set up a specific area for foreign companies, and China's Huichen gets it. "Sri Lanka's investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment, said it signed a deal with China's...
created by sivakaran | 2 years ago 398 views | 15 recommendations | 7 comments
This war is finally over and the rebel leader is dead. Now is the time for Sri Lanka to unite. " The last inch of land under the control of LTTE was liberated by the valiant Security Forces. This totally...
Civilians in Sri Lanka's no-fire zone are in grave danger. One witness describes an attack thatkilled 13 people who were waiting on line at a food distribution center earlier this week. Eye witness of a shelling at a food distribution center....
created by B12N | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 147 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
Around 24,000 refugees have fled Sri Lanka's Wanni region so far this year, as clashes continue in the north of the island nation, where some 250,000 civilians are trapped by fighting between Government forces and the LTTE, United Nations said. " Hundreds more Tamil...
"Shireen M Mazari The writer is a defence analystLack of formal education and sheer ignorance does not by definition imply an innate sense of stupidity. On the other hand, formal education in itself is no guarantee of an intelligent and rational human...
created by pakalert | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 221 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The bombing in the streets of Iraq is normal phenomena, but this incident is bit different because most of the victims are women.The US troops withdrawal deal is hanging in air and there is no concensus building...
created by Amitjha | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 95 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's army chief fired three colonels on Friday in the case of 11 men who disappeared from a Bogota suburb and were found dead months later in a war zone hundreds of miles away. It...
created by rahul | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 104 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" ILOILO CITY - “It’s not for me. It’s for the mangroves.” As always, Jurgenne Primavera thought about her advocacy first before her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured...
created by danesller0127 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 187 views | 1 recommendation | 3 comments
They've said it before, but maybe this time they mean it. Russia has said today that its troops have begun withdrawing from the buffer zone around South Ossetia that is within Georgian territory."Russia says its...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 115 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Two bomb blasts are reported to have struck outside Iraq's foreign ministry tuesday as visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte prepared to hold a press conference in the Green Zone compound nearby. " Two powerful bombs exploded just...
created by Sanjay Jha | 3 years ago 121 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"September 23, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by Metrolink accident attorneys, the National Transportation Safety Board the audio recordings between the Metrolink engineer and the conductor showed they...
created by panzerlawyer | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 196 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:26:05 GMT Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he expects the next US administration to improve the two countries' strained relations. "I wait for the relations to improve. They (the US)...
created by rahul | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 143 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The latest battle between Georgia and Russia will be fought in a courtroom. A case has begun at the World Court in the Hague in the Netherlands to rule on who should control South Ossetia. Any ruling the court makes, however, would not be binding on Russia."Georgia accused...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 232 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments