Have you read about the wikipedia? If you did, you must have appreciated with interest the information posted on its website, especially its wikinews section. But have you ever wondered how its contributors and writers were paid for their hardwork? You may not have the slightest idea, but they are not, of course. And […]
Doha goes down, again
The “Doha round” of WTO negotiations to increase free commerce in the world was a very difficult task from the beginning, almost impossible in some ways. To find a common denominator between developing countries with strong industry and agriculture, rich countries with even stronger industries and heavily subsidized agriculture and countries with nothing at all […]
Democracy, Turkey’s Double Edged Sword.
By Nicole Dweck While the Bush administration touts its agenda of "democracy building" as the way forward for nations of the world, we’ve seen time and time again, fledgling democratic systems high-jacked by political groups whose agendas seem less than "democratic." Today, many secularists fear that Turkey’s Islamic-rooted AKP party , though publicly endorsing secularism, […]
Conservative Backlash Against Immigration Bill
Yesterday evening, members of the U.S. Senate declared they had reached a compromise on a sweping immigration bill that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to become citizens over time while strengthening attempts to control the border. But it wasn’t long until the backlash started among conservatives, and to a certain extent that backlash has been […]
No permanent friends
In this world, there are no permanent friends, but only permanent interests. That is how other people treat the art of friendship. Of course, friendship is such an important topic to discuss about because without it the world will be in a chaos. Although, there are those who say that you can select a few […]
Iraq FM denies Saudi king rejects Maliki’s visit to kingdom
A high ranking government official of Iraq today denied reports that the Saudi government has rejected the planned visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Jawad Al-Maliki to the Saudi kingdom. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari confirmed this in the international media as issues affecting the scheduled conference on Iraq’s security situation is being ironed out […]