I happened across an interesting article while visiting enemy websites, in this case the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service – SVR ( Служба Внешней Разведки Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki). The SVR is responsible for most intelligence gathering and espionage related activities happening outside the Russian Federation against Russia’s enemies, including those activities specifically directed against the United […]
Resignations Only For Party’s Image : Sharad Pawar
The ‘shock treatment’ of collecting resignations from all 20 ministers of his party in the Maharashtra was connected more with the cleaning the party’s image and not with the enhancing of the state government’s image, according to Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Minister for Agriculture, Sharad Pawar. Talking to presspersons at Rajgurunagar, about 70 […]
Governance in Gujarat Under Modi – A Critique
Narendra Modi’s has been trying to portray himself as a development specialist since quite a long time. His ‘Sadbhavna Mission’ was the first open intimation of his larger national dreams. Modi’s supporters have lambasted at whom they call ‘pseudo-secularists’ for ignoring the model governance provided by Modi in the state of Gujarat. They’ve alleged that […]
Nepal: Trivialization of Republic and Future Direction
Nepal on Wednesday has entered the sixth anniversary of the declaration of republic. But the power remains in the same hands as before. Only faces have changed. Intentions have not. The inherited undemocratic culture prevails. The deep-rooted undemocratic behavior continues as before. More tragically, no whereabouts of the disappeared Nepalis (estimated around 1,500) have been […]
Eco-Blogger Attacked in Russia After Investigating Waste Dumping
Environmental protection has become a dangerous area of public activism in Russia—at least where industrial pollution is concerned. This is because eco-activists often directly oppose regional business interests, who sometimes react with force. A case in point: on May 9, 2013, unknown assailants attacked and severely beat an eco-blogger from the mid-sized industrial town of […]
Bosnia’s Child Soldiers Fade into Obscurity
Exploited in war, ignored in peace, former combatants who served as minors in three warring armies want recognition more than anything else. By Aida Mia Alic – In February 1992, 17-year-old Mirsad Geko played his last hockey game in the brightly-lit Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo. In May that year, the war in Bosnia started […]
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