Nov 23 2006
Sectarian tensions are running high in Beirut in the wake of assassination of Lebanon’s Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, hailing from the minority Christian community. Gemayel, 34, was the son of Amin Gemayel, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon....
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Nov 20 2006
Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf has added one more commendation certificate to his portfolio as British Prime Minister Tony Blair described him as an example of enlightened leadership for the entire Muslim world. No discerning eyes...
Nov 19 2006
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, who shot into limelight during the post 9/11, has said that President Bush and India’s Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh did not invent the Indo-American alliance; they discovered it. He was commenting...
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Nov 6 2006
A former United States of America soldier was indicted by a federal grand jury in Louisville (US) on November 02 on charges that include the rape of an Iraqi girl and deaths of the victim- teenaged girl and members of her family (Her father, mother, and...
Nov 5 2006
In search of abundant supplies of hydrocarbons, iron ore, copper and cotton at the lowest possible prices, required to maintain as well accelerate its economic growth Beijing, once considered as the sleeping tiger, is out desperately to court Africa,...
Nov 5 2006
Pakistan’s powerful army brats would make you believe that the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, died recently of typhoid in a cave in Afghanistan and it was only on account of political expediency to suit US President Bush that the...
Nov 3 2006
North Korea has emerged to be the ninth nuclear-armed state. This development could spur other states in Asia and the Middle East to join the club. As per an analytical study, made by the Carnegie Endowment for Peace in the U.S., the frontrunners...
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Nov 2 2006
Fiji, an island country in the South Pacific faces a possible army coup. Fiji ’s military commander Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama goes on warning that the county’s prime minister Laisenia Qarase’s refusal to resign may lead to bloodshed...
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Nov 1 2006
The Americans have recently invented this word. The word is ‘Bangalored’. The Americans have been using it quite frequently. In the wake of globalization, many multinationals with their headquarters in the U.S., in order to cut cost, are...
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Nov 1 2006
Pakistan, considered to be a rogue country, continues to emit intriguing signals. Known as a haven of terrorists, in particular Islamist ones, Pakistan occasionally cracks whips on terrorists’ hide-outs and training centers, dotting the porous...
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