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Yemen Unrest: Saudi, Allies on Offensive Mode
In a strong, offensive move to militarily back the US-backed Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi , Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf region have come out to the fore deploying troops and warplanes in Yemen to counter Iran allied forces who have beleaguered the southern city of Aden where the Yemani president had […]
Lee Kuan Yew: Legacies in Black and White
Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, died on Monday at Sinagapore General Hospital where he had been admitted in February due to pneumonia. A lawyer educated from Britain, Lee is believed to be a charismatic leader who led the nation into one of the world’s wealthiest nations and a global trade and […]
US Iran Nuke Talks Despite Israeli Miff
In an attempt to interdict Iran from becoming a nuclear power, John Kerry is making a desperate attempt to sit with the Iranian authorities to settle the issue diplomatically. So far, he has succeeded in reaching an agreement with the Iran that limits the latter’s nuclear production up to 20 years, while the US would […]
Ukraine: A Crucible of Imperial Muzzle Flexing
Addressing a rally held in Russia on March 18, President Vladimir Putin made it clear that Ukraine belonged to Russia. He was delivering a speech in the first anniversary of Russia’s takeover of Crimea from Ukraine. He said that Crimea is the source of Russia’s “historical origins”, its “spirituality and statehood”. He had said one […]
Netanyahu and Liquid: It’s Ultra Wave Again
After a successful hate campaign that lasted months, Netanyahu managed to reach a comprehensive win in Israel election on Wednesday. The Israeli media has it that Netanyahu’s Likud party won 30 seats in the 120 member Knesset, disrupting all hopes of Zionist Union winning the election. Having won the election, the Likud party now is […]
Censoring Cuss Words from your Favorite Novel? : A New App to Help
Are your favorite books so nettling with cuss words that however much you want them to read you toss them aside out of distaste? Or what if you don’t like profanity in your child’s books? Let “Clean Reader” make it easy for you. This new app censors e-books from cuss words. The app has been […]
Does Pharaoh’s ghost still haunt Egypt?
The much criticized authoritarianism of Egyptian president Abdul Fatah al-Sisi has picked up steam with the sentencing to death of Muhammed Badie, Muslim Brotherhood leader, in Cairo on Monday. Mohamed Badie, a senior leader of Muslim brotherhood, as well as 21 members of the movement has been awarded death penalty for allegedly preparing attacks against the Egyptian […]
US again in the Latino Quagmire
The United States has not stopped imagining an ideological enemy in the larger picture it made of a unilateral world order, a conception that has disrupted an array of democratic political processes in the world, especially that of the middle east. An African American president, whose enthroning of American presidency produced some books that claimed […]
America That Erdogan Saw
RecepTayyip Erdogan is in the news, this time too, as always, for stoking up shock waves with his trademark nonchalant statement. In the conference of Muslim leaders held in Istanbul, he suggested a correction to the known history of America. It was not Columbus, he said, who invented America, but Muslims. Hearing him, one might […]
Cancer Campaign: Stop Shaving this Month
No-Shave November is a web-based, non-profit organization devoted to growing cancer awareness and supportive funds which go towards preventing the disease, saving lives, funding research, educating, and aiding those fighting the battle. In the Fall of 2009, Rebecca Hill and her friend, Bret Ringdahl, brainstormed ways to raise money to fight cancer and have fun […]
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