Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Australia’s first U.S.-style national security adviser on Thursday as part of a major revamp of counterterrorism and national safety strategies. But Rudd dropped previously announced plans to create a department of homeland security, saying that dragging several existing branches of government into one larger one would just add to red […]
EA’s Spore Keeps Darwinism Mainstream
Every few years a video game or video game console is introduced and broadens our comprehension of the industry’s entertainment proposition. These introductions are welcome adaptations – as the new titles and hardware delight wider populations on broad scales and bring forward ingenuities that allow for further creative expression and expansion. For example, while […]
To Japanese Women, WaiWai Was Sexual Harassment
Since it exploded on the Japanese Internet less than two months ago, the scandal at Mainichi surrounding the newspaper’s former weekly English-language column “WaiWai” has taken on epic proportions in the Japanese media industry. Published for many years on the English version of their website (Mainichi Daily News), WaiWai featured some of the most scandalous […]
Combination HIV Meds Could Save 12 Million by 2015
Combination HIV prevention, if thoroughly implemented by governments and communities, can avert 12 million infections by 2015, according to experts. Right now, some 7,000 people are infected daily around the world. A report authored by Peter Piot and Michael Bartos of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva said a quarter century of AIDS […]
Zimbabwe Talks: Compromise but no Solution?
By Mike Nyoni in Harare (ZCR No. 157, 29-Jul-08) After the euphoria which accompanied last week’s agreement by Zimbabwe’s parties to discuss a peaceful end to the political crisis, some analysts are warning that the negotiating process may be less productive than is hoped. Some fear that President Robert Mugabe – re-elected on June 27 […]
US said that we don’t have any problem with Pakistan govt
US said: – I don’t think we have had any problem dealing with the Pakistani government over the past several years, no matter who is sitting in what chair. We continue to have contact with President Musharraf, as we do with other members of the government, including the prime minister, as is evidenced by […]
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