The Mirarr People in Australia’s Northern territory have renewed their opposition to the multibillion-dollar Jabiluka uranium deposit, declaring their wish, in solidarity with the people of Japan, to include the deposit as part of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. In a recent letter to UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon (PDF), Mirarr Elder Yvonne Margarula […]
Indus Treaty coming in way of tapping full hydel, irrigation potential: Taj
Jammu, March 14 (Scoop News) – Minister for PHE, Irrigation& Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din today informed the House that the relevant provisions of Indus Water Treaty are coming in the way of State in utilizing its full hydel and irrigation potential. Replying to the discussion on the demands of grants of his Ministry, […]
Is Duvalier’s Haiti Visit a Political Red Herring?
By Janine Mendes-Franco A little more than a year after a debilitating earthquake practically leveled the Haitian capital and destroyed innumerable surrounding towns, killing thousands and leaving survivors homeless (tent cities are still full, despite millions of dollars in relief aid pledged), exiled dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier returned to his homeland. Many bloggers are still stunned at this latest political development […]
Peace Keepers or Biological Warfare Agents ?
PEACE-KEEPERS OR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS ? By Venatrix Fulmen A Call to End the Deadly Impact of Foreign Troopers on Innocent Civilians OUTBREAK +++Cholera+++RiftValleyFever+++MarburgFever+++DengueFever+ ++YellowFever+++HIV/AIDS+++Malaria+++AvianFlu+++SwineFlu++ +++HantaVirus+++ and so on – these lines run through the news tickers of media agencies every day. In well-off societies, at least the pharmaceutical industries are interested in upping […]
The Scramble for Somalia
How the Sick Games are Played By Venatrix Fulmen Ethiopia Not Enthusiastic About Kenya’s Jubaland Initiative in Somalia – Nairobi – In a cable sent by and from the U.S.American embassy (YATES) in Addis Ababa concerning U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OTERO’S MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ZENAWI on JANUARY 31, 2010, it was reported that […]
Egypt: On Street Activists and Citizen Journalists
Between online activists, citizen journalists, and street demonstrators, the cause lost it’s purpose and the internet turned into a soundproof room for cursing and cussing. Sami Ben Gharbia was among the first to cover Egypt’s Facebook activism Banners from Egyptian Facebook groups calling for Strikes. After little less than a month following the April 6 strike in […]
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