Afghans: Obama wasting time talking to terrorists
A group of senior Afghan lawmakers says the Obama administration is wasting its time in trying to make peace with the Haqqani Network, aPakistan-based terrorist group that U.S. officials have accused of killing Americans and attacking the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan.
Pakistan schools teach Hindu hatred
“Teaching discrimination increases the likelihood that violent religious extremism in Pakistan will continue to grow, weakening religious freedom, national and regional stability, and global security,”
Defiant Berlusconi taken down by markets
Accusations grew that he was in politics not for Italy’s sake but for his own – to boost his business interests and change laws to shield himself from prosecution. As pressure for his resignation grew, he remained defiant, labeling opponents “communists” to be kept at bay and prosecutors as “terrorists” defying the will of the people who elected him.
No resolution on Greek power-sharing talks
In return for its bailout cash, Greece has endured 20 months of punishing austerity measures. The efforts by Papandreou’s government to keep the country solvent have prompted violent protests, crippling strikes and a sharp decline in living standards for most Greeks.
Nicaragua’s Ortega: No Dramatic Changes in Store
“Why change if we’re doing a good job,” said the onetime firebrand Marxist who in recent years has espoused a politics of personality based on Christianity, socialism and free enterprise.
Iran worked on nuclear bomb design: U.N. watchdog
Tehran’s history of hiding sensitive nuclear activity from the IAEA, continued restrictions on IAEA access and its refusal to suspend enrichment, which can yield fuel for atom bombs, have drawn four rounds of U.N. sanctions and separate punitive steps by the United States and European Union.
The report detailed evidence apparently showing concerted, covert efforts to acquire the capability to make atomic bombs.
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Holder: ‘Fast and Furious’ tactics will not be tolerated
On Monday, Leahy tried to lower the heat on Holder by raising it on the Bush administration…
Holy cities face threat from polluting pilgrims
“Unfortunately, the issues of climate change and conservation are not a high priority for many Muslims, particularly those struggling with poverty in the developing world — for whom simply getting through the day is the main consideration,”
Your Questions: Kenya’s Campaign Against Al-Shabab
Kenya also has never gone to war in another country (though they have been involved in African peacekeeping missions). The next closest military power is Uganda, which is already contributing the bulk of troops to the African Union peacekeeping mission in and around Mogadishu.
Supreme Court Considers GPS Cases and the Future of Privacy
The cold, hard truth is that we can maximize privacy at some cost to national and individual security or we can maximize security at some cost to privacy. We can not simultaneously maximize both.
World Bank Avails U.S.$6.4 Billion to Avert Food Crisis
A statement issued by the World Bank office in Kampala revealed that last week global food prices remain high and volatile which has affected the poorest countries including member states of the East African Community (EAC) most.
Russia will be the only side to benefit from renewed Karabakh war
Renewed war in Karabakh will be disastrous to all parties involved, with Russia, in an attempt to bring its imperialistic ideas into fruition, as the only side to benefit
“Five grim and essential lessons for world leaders”
programme announcements that are vague and try to purchase stability on the cheap are more likely to exacerbate problems than to resolve them.
Iran ‘to integrate power grid with Europe’
Homayun Ha’eri, the head of the Iranian power generation, transmission and distribution management firm (TAVANIR) has said the country’s power grid will integrate with Europe’s
Kenya’s Military Operation in Somalia
Kenyans have gotten increasingly alarmed about Somalia’s chronic instability, which has spilled over its borders. One manifestation of this instability is Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya, which receives Somalis fleeing the humanitarian crisis in their own country. Numbers at this camp have swelled to almost 450,000 because of the famine conditions in parts of Southern Somalia. The Kenyan authorities were dismayed in October when two Spanish aid workers were kidnapped from the camp and taken into Somalia, prompting relief operations to be scaled back. But probably the final straw was the series of raids on coastal resorts by Somali criminals that preceded the attack in Dadaab.
