Bulluts sped past President Hamid Karzai and black smoke and the snell of gunpowder filled the air when Taliban militants struck Afghanistan’s most important military parade on sunday. Karzai escaped unhurt from the venue near the presidential place, but three people people were killed. Karzai, government ministers, former warlords, diplomats and the military top drass […]
Passport Workers Caught Snooping In Obama Files
Three workers were revealed as having read the passport application file of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama. Two have been fired and one was disciplined administratively. Nothing was apparently divulged to others and the motive seems to have been "imprudent curiousity" according to the US State Department. What does this reveal though about today’s […]
14 die in S Lanka bombings on eve of independence
At least 14 people were killed in two roadside bombings in Sri Lanka on Monday, as the island’s president marked independence day by insisting he was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels. A bomb in the northeast of the ethnically-divided island killed 13 bus passengers and wounded 16 others, including children, the military said, […]
The Waning Image of the Indian Soldier
Many years ago, I began my working life with the Indian Air Force. At that time, the armed forces were the pride of the nation and people looked upon servicemen with a rare respect and honor. It was the dream of many young mean to be part of the Armed Forces as officers or as […]
Are you now or have you ever been a Muslim?
Among the parade of unreasonable ideas that Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has put forth is that we should seal our borders and stop granting visas to anyone who is a Muslim. His press release says that he supports “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives […]
UN: in expectation of the wind of changes
World War II demonstrated the necessity of collective security development. Many years ago the League of Nations didn’t manage to prevent one of the most tragically page of modern history. Thus, the League of Nations was substituted by more advanced organization, such as the UN. But now, 60 years later, we see that history repeats […]
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