Democracy Under Fire From Within. Niger Demonstration.

 By Uwe PaschenNiamey, the Capital City of Niger, has know a larger Uprising of people demonstrating by the Thousand's again their governments Plan to change the Constitutions allowing the President to remain in...

Sultan: No titles for politicians this year

In Malaysia, honorific titles are sought after. They come with prestige and, for many politicians and business people, they could be essential to make it big in life. But this year, nearly a year after Selangor had a...

Brazil Lula Offers Plans for Recovery From Rains

In this clear and concise article by The New Times, there is an analysis over public policies in Brazil. Confronted with the tragedy of Santa Catarina torrential rains, Brazilian leader Lula da Silva asked God...

B.C. education assistants subsidize schools with thousands of unpaid hours

Vancouver Sun education reporter Janet Steffenhagen writes about a report that documents how education workers who support the most vulnerable students are often forced to work for free. "Special-education assistants...

Dow Jones Heads Down Again

The Dow has plunged today by -679.95 or -7.70% - the Dow's fourth-worst drop ever in its history. In an interview on ABC's World News, President George W. Bush said:  "I'm sorry it's happening, of course."The...

Japan's environmental dilemma.

By, Uwe Paschen.In Japan we do have an environmental dilemma of sorts.We have laws and regulation in place here that are suppose to help the environment and some of those Laws are rather harsh and other are very good...

Who Owns the Rights to Your Privacy; Your Digital Trail?

Collective Intelligence is an emerging field that analyzes data gathered from the increasing number of sources that store and track information about people's movements and habits; cell phone calls, GPS units, credit...

Iraq intelligence failure my biggest regret: Bush

Most interesting perspective.. I would presume that George W. Bush, Jr., would have to take this stance publically... It would be interesting to see a story of what is in actuality, going on inside of him...  He...

Canada: Coalition set to topple present government

A Canadian political upset is brewing. A tentative agreement is reached late Sunday." TAWA (Reuters) - Canada's three opposition parties have reached a tentative deal to defeat the minority Conservative government and then put together a coalition to rule for 2-1/2 years,...

Kerala CM Foolish Statement...What are you Say ?

"If it had not been (Major) Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have glanced that way," said Achuthanandan, a day after being chased away by the father of the officer."This was how Kerala chief minister V S...

US prepares for "continuity of government"

Bruce Fein: Army to deal with potential domestic "civil unrest and crowd control"

Chinese president warns on economy

"BEIJING, China (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis as he told Communist Party leaders the challenge posed a test...

Allow Aid Groups to Help Cyclone Victims

"(New York) – The Sri Lankan government should immediately lift its September order barring humanitarian agencies from the Vanni conflict area in northern Sri Lanka so they can assist thousands of persons displaced...

Second costliest hurricane season ends

This year's hurricane season was pretty relentless, striking the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas.  As...

Stocks Biggest Week Ever Since 1974 and Auto Bailout Nearing

"U.S. stocks gained, capping the biggest weekly advance for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 34 years, on speculation that government bailouts will shore up the economy."The S&P 500 soared by more than...

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