On 2-3 august, Colombo was an honored City as eight head of the state or government was engaged in a summit to examine, analyze and decide on issues related to the betterment of the people resides in SAARC member countries. There must be debates on the process, programs and methods of development of the region, […]
Shundoor festival from July 7 to 9
Sghunder will be celebrated uniformity DCO Chitral. CHITRAL: Shunder is our national festival and it will be celebrated jointly irrespectively of our political affiliation these views were expressed by District Coordination Officer Chitral Mutasim Billah Shah during a high level meeting at his office regarding preparation and celebration of Shundoor festival. In this connection a […]
What Africa Expects from Barack Obama
The premise of a Barack Obama presidency brings great expectations from Africa. Kenyan journalist Fred Obera explores why. "Africa is hurt by factors unique to the continent and our place in the world. There is our distance from viable markets and problems with trade. And Senator Barack Obama is aware of this," says a Kenyan […]
On Threespine Sticklebacks and Other Reversals
The threespine stickleback, a tiny freshwater fish native to Lake Washington, has gone retro. In what researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are labeling a case of “reverse evolution,” the species has reinstated a bony plated armor it once utilized to survive attacks from predators – and it has accomplished this reversal in an […]
‘US Qaeda strategy fatally flawed’
In its ideological struggle against al-Qaeda, American anti-terrorist strategy too often overlooks the basic tenets of the infamous Chinese warlord Sun Tzu, namely: know your enemy. That is the fixed view of leading analysts, who conclude that through ignorance of the enemy it faces, ignorance of its nature, its goals, its strengths and its weaknesses, […]
Relativity in Evolutionary Biology
Part 1: The Classical Theory of Relativity Classical Relativity beginsi with Galileo’s description of how a person below deck on a boat moving uniformly would not be able to tell whether the boat was in motionii. Without an outside perspective, we cannot tell if we are moving with respect to some object, usually […]