Hugo Frias Chavez and Ahmadinejad have been challenging the U.S every chance they get. Each leader is trying to exert influence in the region in various ways and are bound by their strong opposition to Washington. Ahmadinejad was born on October 28, 1956. He was the fourth child of a poor family who lived in […]
Cops and Robbers in Tajikistan
Showdown with alleged drug gang revives memories of civil war, but does not herald renewed violence. By Lola Olimova in Dushanbe This was no ordinary arrest – the police officers sent in to capture Suhrob Langariev and his group of alleged drug smugglers in southern Tajikistan were armed to the teeth and backed up by […]
Gas Prices Affecting Travel at Record Numbers
At a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Americans have curtailed their driving at a historic rate. The Department of Transportation released figures from March that show the steepest decrease in driving ever recorded. Compared with March a year earlier, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less — that’s 11 billion fewer […]
Its time to change OIL
Despite efforts to develop alternate sources of energy, oil consumption is still rising rapidly and so is the price. According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, crude may climb to $150 to $200 a barrel within two years as growth in supply fails to keep pace with increased demand from developing nations. This by itself should […]
On Oil, Politics, and Hating Me Because I Tell the Truth
With oil prices flowing relentlessly upward–at least for the time being–and gasoline prices naturally, inevitably following suit, it should be clear to all educated adults, regardless of whether or not they are economists or day-traders, why these prices are going up. We are all taught in school, well before our college-age years, of the law […]
The British Novelist Doris Lessing Considers Winning Nobel Prize as a Disaster
The British Novelist Doris Lessing won the highest literary award, the Nobel Prize in the year 2007, at the age of 88.She considers that winning the award has been, ‘a bloody disaster’ After winning the prize, the increased media attention and diversion, has meant that writing a full novel is next impossible. Lessing told BBC […]
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