Jun 24 2008
After all the brouhaha and breast beating about Iran’s uranium enrichment program, now it is time for the United States to open a diplomatic outpost in that country, on the lines of its Interest Section in communist Cuba, a de facto embassy.
Jun 24 2008
Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), has threatened to go on a fast-unto-death if the government did not take back its order transferring 100 acres of forest land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). Read...
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Jun 18 2008
The government of Bangladesh on Tuesday took an unprecedented step towards spreading the use of Internet in the country. It has made the use of broadband Internet services free for all the 40,000 state-run primary schools. Simultaneously, the...
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Jun 13 2008
As though the mythological unicorn has come back to life, a one-horned deer has been sighted and pictured in Italy. The animal has only one horn, growing between the ears on the top of its head. However, it does not appear to have divine powers as the...
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Jun 5 2008
Three Spanish speaking men have been ordered by a Pennsylvania judge to learn to read and write English if they have to stay on parole. The three Hispanic men, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Dominguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo needed translators when they pleaded...
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Feb 19 2008
Fidel Castro, the ruler of Cuba who captured power almost fifty years ago in an armed revolution to establish the first Communist state in the western hemisphere has finally decided to relinquish power. An ailing eighty one year old towering leader...
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Jul 2 2007
The not yet very successful European Union continues to be a stimulant for other regions of the world where countries want to establish some form of a union to bolster economy and deal more effectively with security issues. The African countries came...
Jun 22 2007
The ruthless manner in which the Palestinian militia Hamas launched an all out attack on its ruling alliance partner Fatah in Gaza and grabbed power in a bloody fratricidal struggle has sent shock waves across the region. Arab neighbors in the region...
Apr 23 2007
Water is considered the key ingredient for the existence of life forms. Astronomers looking for life on the other planets in the solar system and elsewhere in the universe always begin by checking for the availability of water. The presence of water...
Mar 31 2007
When China sent a missile into space last January and blasted off an old satellite it was a demonstration of its capability to attack and destroy a target in the space. But, it has also added a new dimension to the management of space around the...