In 1983, as MP for Dunfermline East and Chair of the Labour Party’s Scottish Council, Mr Brown shared his first office in the House of Commons with Tony Blair and the two became friends. Mr Brown’s maiden speech was on the growing problem of unemployment, when he said: "The […]
Pro-Taliban Mosque vigilantes kidnap 7 Chinese, 6 are women
Saeed Minhas ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials have finally registered a criminal case against the administration of the Lal Mosque in Islamabad for kidnapping seven Chinese, six of whom are women and two male Pakistanis from a Chinese-owned massage centre in the heart of federal Capital on Friday night. Federal interior ministry is also planning to order […]
Free Media, Unless You’re Arab
Since 9/11, when the whole turned their faces to understanding — or criticizing, for some — the Middle East and its Islamic population, one channel managed to rise as a spokesman for the Arab population in the world, the voice of what the people in the Middle East, as well as in other Muslim nations, […]
Will He or Won’t He?
In what is becoming the most compelling story of a less than dry campaign cycle, new rumors have emerged that Al Gore may run for President in 2008. There have been claims that friends of the former Vice-President are secretly putting together a campaign team, or at least, putting a claim on two former members […]
New “Open Solutions Alliance” Formed by Leading Vendors to Drive Adoption of Open Source Busines
Fast-growing demand for affordable open source business solutions drives industry response to improve interoperability and lower integration costs OPEN SOLUTIONS SUMMIT, NEW YORK, February 14, 2007 — Ten leading companies today announced the formation of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a nonprofit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving adoption of comprehensive open source business solutions. […]