WASHINGTON: The spokesman to U.S. Defense Ministry lashed out at Indian media reports on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and said that Pakistani nukes are in safe hands. He also added in a press statement that Pakistani nukes are protected and in safe hands, responding to another question he said U.S. does not believe in doubtful […]
China Suffers Worst Drought in 5 decades
In China, 8 major winter wheat growing provinces suffer a once-in-half-a-century drought; provinces like Shan Dong and He Bei have not received any rainfall since autumn. Despite growing optimism brought by the forecast of rain soon, the area affected by the drought has increased to over 20 million hectares. Office of State […]
Water-Powered Car Invention Ignored For Decades by RP Government
Before Honda could unveil its water-powered car last June 2008, the same idea or know-how was already developed by a Filipino inventor in the 80’s. It was Mr. Daniel Dingle who was probably the first man to make an antidote programmed to reduce the world’s “addiction to oil” the popular Bush quotation referring to America’s […]
Iranians Count Cost of War, Two Decades On
Disabled veterans say they get little recognition or reward for their role in the Iran-Iraq conflict. By Fariba Pajooh in Tehran Twenty-two years ago, Keyvan lost both legs below the knee in an Iraqi mortar attack near the southern Iranian city of Abadan. Under-age when he signed up to fight in the Iran-Iraq war, he […]
APATHY of ADMINISTRATION towards AGONY of 95 year old Born Fighter
APATHY OF ADMINISTRATION TOWARDS AGONY OF A 95 YEAR OLD BORN FIGHTER The 95 year old fighter of Khokhran village in Punjab, India has suddenly found a new identity. From being the old caretaker of the Gurdwara, Bachan Singh has become the much revered World War II veteran – a gunner in the Royal […]
Obama’s Education In Chicago’s ‘Trenches’
Way before becoming a lawyer, member of the Illinois State Senate, member of the United States Senate from Illinois, to United States Democratic presidential hopeful and frontrunner, Barack Obama was a twenty-three years old. Many mothers in the city had given Obama the title of “Baby Face.” As a community organizer, Obama had attempted to […]