United Nations Mission in Liberia March 19, 2008 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1777 (2007) of 20 September 2007, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2008 and requested me to monitor and report on the core benchmarks outlined in my report of […]
Taiwan: Racial Commercials Everywhere
by Portnoy On Taiwan’s TV screens there is a commercial about drawing lots of cars. In this commercial, a woman with south-east Asia look is driving a car, and the subtitle says:”How can she own a car?” Is this a question? How cannot a south-east Asia woman own a car in Taiwan? When you see […]
A Glimpse into War Journalism
A few days ago, I asked a journalist “how would you cover a war on the perspective of global journalism?” First, he surprised than he answered me that he is a crime reporter not a war reporter. I told him just to guess. This time he was a bit specific and answered, “it is difficult […]
Reinstate All illegally Dismissed Justices of Pakistan: ICJ, ALRC and
Mirpur. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in its February 2008 statement for the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan (2nd Session 5-16 May 2008), to be conducted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has demanded that the new federal coalition government of PPP, PML-N, ANP, MMA, Independent MNAs, FATA MNAs and other democratic […]
Central Intelligence Agency says hackers pulled plug on power grid
A Group Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst said this week. Speaking at a conference of security professionals on Wednesday, CIA analyst Tom Donahue disclosed the recently declassified attacks while offering few specifics on what actually […]
More than 80 reputed mobsters were today in jail or on the run in New York and Sicily after what was
Russia and the EU were today embroiled in another major row after the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) said that it would not monitor next month’s presidential elections in Russia because of "severe restrictions" placed on it by Moscow. The OSCE said it was boycotting the March 2 poll. Neither the OSCE’s […]
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