Developing countries with the problem of terrorism can learn several lessons from the recent military victory in Sri Lanka. The three decades of conflict in Sri Lanka ended with the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) by Sri Lankan military. Sri Lankan political leadership and new strategy led to the military success. […]
Fighting for Farmworkers’ Rights for More Than 40 Years
By Ronit Ridberg This is the first of three parts of an interview with Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. In Part One, Mr. Velasquez describes the biggest challenges and abuses farm workers face in the U.S., and what it was like for his family to work in America’s agricultural […]
Pakistan: Fighting The Taliban
The Pakistan government has long been criticized at home and abroad for not taking a tough stand against the Taliban insurgencies, which has been growing like a plague in Pakistan. The Taliban rebels had been active especially in the North-West Frontier Province and have consolidated their position in the Swat valley region. After fierce fighting […]
Mufti In power, demanded troops for fighting militancy in Kashmir: Congress
Anantnag (Kashmir) , April 26 – If Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was sincere, why he remained silent about demilitarisation, revocation of AFSPA, Pak currency and the so-called formula of Self-rule when he was Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said former Minister for Social Welfare and Senior Congress leader Abdul Gani Vakil. He said this while […]
We are not fighting America’s war says Pakistan
The Parliament of the Pakistan passed a resolution saying that they in cooperation with the United States are on the war on terror. This resolution not only calls for the dialogue with the extremist groups but it also puts an end to the military action in light of what Pakistan sees as an un acceptable […]
Fighting Back In Argentina
Fighting Back in Argentina By Nick Stern La Plata, Argentina — The incident, like an open wound, still rubs raw on the memories of many Argentines. On the morning of September 28, 2004, a 15-year-old assailant, known only as “Junior”, unloaded the full magazine of his father’s 9mm pistol, killing three fellow students and wounding […]
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