Today if one hears the name “Khmer Rouge”, it may no longer mean any thing to most people. Yet to read this morning of the arrest of Cambodia’s’ most senior surviving Khmer Rouge ideologist Nuon Chea, or "Brother No 2" brought back memories. Nuon Chea was arrested and charged with crimes against humanity yesterday – […]
Jena Bears Strange Fruit
Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then […]
Inside story of Nawaz’s cooked-up return to Pakistan
Saeed Minhas argues Is it EU vs US: To counter the European Union, especially the Britain, United States had to intervene at the highest levels of Pakistan and Saudi governments to ensure that Nawaz Sharif does not disrupt the negotiated power deal between Benazir Bhutto and Gen. Musharraf, reveales the knolwedgable sources. Highly placed diplomatic […]
Inhuman traditions
“In certain distant areas of India to remove bad omen from village a girl is wedded to a dog,” a high ranking bureaucrat who served in India as Press Minister has said. “Women are burnt alive along with their dead husbands in certain parts of India, this custom is known as Sati,” a source […]
The impact that Princess Diana left on the world 10 years later
Diana, Princess of Wales was someone the entire world looked at and had their eyes on since she emerged on the scene when she was the shy 19 year old as Lady Diana Spencer, but upon her July 1981 marriage to Prince Charles she came away with the title(s) HRH, The Princess of Wales, Countess […]
Hugo Chavez and Alvaro Uribe Meet in Bogota to Discuss Humanitarian Agreement
The meeting between the two Latin American heads of state has been coined by Colombia’s newspaper El Tiempo as “decisive.” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, in the hopes of facilitating a humanitarian exchange between the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) rebels and the Colombian government.The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional has […]
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