That portion of the public that follows the process of high-profile criminal trials has been gripped in recent months by the capital murder trial of 32-year-old Jodi Arias. Arias, who killed her lover, Travis Alexander, in June 2008, was convicted in May of first degree premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances, a conviction that “qualified” her […]
Agriculture: The Unlikely Earth Day Hero
Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. For over 40 years, Earth Day has served as a call to action, mobilizing individuals and organizations around the world to address these challenges. This year Nourishing the Planet highlights agriculture—often blamed as a driver of environmental problems—as an emerging solution. Agriculture is a source of food and income […]
Only democracy can stabilise Pakistan
The former Pakistan minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms Sherry Rehman, said that only a democratic Pakistan can be a stable Pakistan. Ms Rehman attributed most of the current problems of Pakistan to long periods of military rule. Ms Rehman said this while delivering the Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial lecture at The Hague. The lecture was […]
Iranian president to speak to US
As President Obama said in his inaugural address, our economic strength is derived from ‘the doers, the makers of things.’ The innovators who create and expand enterprises; the workers who provide life to companies; this is what drives economic growth. The financial system is central to this process. Banks and the credit markets transform […]
Pakistan On The Long Road To Freedom
Two events in the last three months have radically changed the course of Indo-Pak relations, and have the potential to radically alter the future direction of South Asian history. The first of these events took place on November 24, 2007. On this day, a suicide bomber detonated himself beside a bus at the entrance of Camp […]
Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off Carrying Europe’s Space Hopes
It looks like a hollow metal canister the size of a single-decker bus. But to the European Space Agency, the precious cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral today aboard the shuttle Atlantis represents an historic turning point in more than 50 years of space dominance by Russia and the US. Almost five years after […]