Members of the opposition have expressed hope that attempts to break Syria’s international isolation could give them an opportunity to push for reforms to government policy. Damascus has recently engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity that many see as a concerted effort to improve relations with the international community. President Bashar al-Assad visited the […]
Burma Cyclone Reveals Selfishness of Junta
The cyclone that devastated Burma incurably left an indelible grief among all victims and their acquaintances. The cyclone didn’t only obliterate the houses of millions of people, but had also annihilated as many as a hundred-thousand people, and the number may still continue to rise for the days to come. Amid the cry for […]
China quake death toll could hit 50,000
LUOSHUI TOWN, China – China warned the death toll from this week’s earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors. More than […]
Armenia: April 24 – Genocide Memorial Day
– by Onnik Krikorian Yesterday marked the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocideand the deaths of approximately 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Often described as the first Genocide of the 20th Century, the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin invented the term in the 1940s with the Armenian and Jewish Holocausts in mind. Every year on 24 April, a date marking […]
China Unblocks Controversial Websites, Despite Uncertainty over Tibet, Torch Relay
When mobile technology consultant, Benjamin Joffe arrived at his Beijing office last week, he was informed by a colleague that the "Great Firewall" was down. Joffe was incredulous. "We thought, ‘come on. it’s April 1st, it must be a joke." However, Joffe and others around China found Youtube, Flickr, Blogger, WordPress, Wikipedia, and, even the […]
The New Media Moguls Talk Politics
On March 28, 2008 at New York University, digital media trailblazers met to talk about how the web is changing American politics. With Jeff Jarvis moderating, Arianna Huffington, Jay Rosen, Micah Sifry and Lisa Tozzi talked about how the 2008 presidential elections have evolved, and what will come next. GroundReport.com produced the event and the […]
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