The appeals process has stalled and there seems to be little political will to ensure a fair outcome. By Hafizullah Gardesh and Noorrahman Rahmani in Kabul All over Afghanistan, journalists, writers and activists gathered on July 8 to press their government to release Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh. Kambakhsh, who has been in prison since last October, […]
Stolac: A Town Deeply Divided
A decade after the war, this once prosperous town in Hercegovina still fights demons from its not-so-distant past. By Simon Jennings and Denis Dzidic in Stolac Nearly 13 years after the Dayton peace agreement put an end to the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina, non-government groups in the municipality of Stolac are struggling to combat […]
RARE DARWIN PAPERS ONLINE
RARE DARWIN PAPERS ONLINE For the first time, the first draft of Charles Darwin’s path breaking Theory of Evolution has been made available online for free. The draft is among thousands of his private papers made accessible online. For decades these papers were only available to scholars at Cambridge University Library. But they can […]
A Death Of A Body Not Of A Soul
Nazrul was restless — a defining trait in his character. He had been granted permission to come down from heaven to his beloved country to see for himself how his devotees were celebrating his 109th birthday. While the angels draped him in his favourite ‘gerua khadder panjabi’, he put on his black military boots that […]
Fixing the Assessment Roll – Revised – May 1, 2008
Fixing the Assessment Roll: Revised The recent Ground Report article on fixing the assessment roll in Dobbs Ferry got a lot of attention and comment. Paul Feiner took up the offer to form a task force to look into the issue and report its finding and recommendations to the Town of Greenburgh. Some of […]
13,000 Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants Get Date to Vote on Union
by May Silverstein, Mar 31, 2008 The National Mediation Board (NMB) set April 23–June 3, 2008, for the mail/telephone ballot elections in which 13,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants will vote on whether to join a union, and more from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research […]
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