Remote Afghan province is home to major trading post for heroin destined for Europe and arms for Taleban and other militants. By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Badakhshan The bazaar sits on a small island in the river Panj, a narrow expanse of shallow but fast-flowing water that is all that separates the Badakhshan region of […]
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE !
—– Original Message —– From: Max Watts To: WATTS MAX Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 1:19 PM Subject: RN3280ND 14 ISRAEL – With Friends Like These. 1/ please note: I have been corrected by RH, a Leichhardt expert: Ludwig Leichhardt – the (East) German explorer of Queensland and the Northern Territories – in […]
Syria: The Arab Summit
– by Yazan Badran So, another Arab summit comes and goes. This time it was the all awaited Damascus summit. As you can see, this roundup is almost a week late, simply because I couldn’t find anyone who’s actually writing about the summit – which tells you exactly how little people have come to expect from […]
Middle East and North Africa: Client Number Nine
by Amira Al Hussaini Eliot Spitzer’s fall from grace grabbed the headlines as soon as newsmen caught wind of the scandal. Bloggers followed closely on their heel, including those from the Middle East and North Africa, whose attention was turned to the humiliation his wife must have suffered from and indignation of having her […]
China and the ABC Theory
A journalist friend of mine told me about a theory some years ago, born during the Civil Rights movement in America or the Algerian War in France, which turned out to be very useful at the time. Then, as theories often do, it completed its cycle of influence and was forgotten. But as I was […]
Iraq at Five: The World Reacts
by Jillian York Today, March 19, marks five years of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Initially a plan to oust Saddam Hussein and “end the war before it started,” the war in Iraq continues to this day, much to the dismay of many ordinary citizens around the globe. In that vein, Global Voices Online will post reactions […]
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