Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton caused a stir with recent promises to rust belt voters that the United States would unilaterally withdraw from NAFTA unless certain environmental and labor concessions are addressed. In taking a closer look at the structuring of NAFTA and the history of the agreement, full withdrawal from NAFTA may […]
Education officials call for respect for Philippine flag
GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, LEYTE—Education officials in Eastern Visayas vowed to implement in all its offices a memorandum strengthening respect and allegiance to the Philippine flag. Dr. Rebecca L. Ragrag, DepEd’s spokesperson said that all school officials in the region were already directed to ensure that students know by heart the country’s National Anthem. […]
effort to get new US trade bill passed
Scholars Bangladesh organized a seminar on ‘The state and status of trade between Bangladesh and the United States and on pending bills in the US Congress’ in 28 December, the second day of NRB conference. In this seminar speakers told that, the government and private sector should launch a concerted effort for the passage of […]
Indian Goverment counting its days
Days are numbered for the Indian coalition Government led by the Congress ( I ) as the scheduled meeting of the International Atomic Energy Commission ( IAEA) draws nearer. With the Government deciding in favor of sending its representative to the IAEA meeting taking place in Vienna from September 10 to 14, the […]
Democracy, Turkey’s Double Edged Sword.
By Nicole Dweck While the Bush administration touts its agenda of "democracy building" as the way forward for nations of the world, we’ve seen time and time again, fledgling democratic systems high-jacked by political groups whose agendas seem less than "democratic." Today, many secularists fear that Turkey’s Islamic-rooted AKP party , though publicly endorsing secularism, […]
The End of FUD Revisited
Recent actions by Microsoft prompted us to re-issue this position paper and add a section on intellectual property. This position paper will address the question, “Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt?” By requiring that source code is freely available to all, the open […]