More than 330 million abortions and almost 200 million sterilizations have been performed in China since family-planning policies to limit the population were introduced 40 years ago, the country’s Health Ministry has revealed. Measures to encourage fewer children in China were introduced in the 1970s, including the one-child rule. The goal behind the policies was [...]
China Ministry Admits Over 330 Million Abortions In 40 Years Of One-Child Policy
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U.S. Anti-Missile Reshuffle Aimed At Control Over Arctic Resources, Claims Former MI5 Officer
The primary goal of the US plans to bolster missile defense in Alaska isn’t about tackling a North Korean threat, but putting a claim on the natural resources of the Arctic, former MI5 intelligence officer, Annie Machon, explained in an interview RT. The Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, said that development and funding problems have [...]
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Foreign Ministry ‘Shocked’ By India Gang-Rape Of Swiss Tourist
The Swiss foreign ministry has said it is “profoundly shocked” after a Swiss tourist was gang-raped in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Friday, calling it a “tragic incident”. The woman and her husband, who were on a bicycle tour in the state, were attacked by a group of seven or eight men, [...]
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Swiss Woman’s Gang-Rape Highlights India’s Need For Serious Soul-Searching
Expressing shock at the reported gang-rape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh on March 15 after the recent death of Delhi bus gang-rape victim, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged India to do serious soul searching on the treatment of women. India could not even provide safer environment for the guests and her own [...]
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Russian Energy Minister Against LNG Supplies To Europe
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday that he is opposed to liquefied natural gas supplies to Gazprom-dominated European market, citing Asia-Pacific as a priority market for LNG exports. “My position is that Russian LNG should not be supplied to the European market” to avoid competition with Gazprom’s natural gas supplies, the minister said [...]
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India’s Request For Haj Quota Increase Rejected
By Fouzia Khan India’s request for an additional 10,000 Haj pilgrims has not been accepted. The Kingdom has decided to maintain the earlier quota of 170,000 pilgrims for India. The request was made during the visit of Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, who spoke to journalists after his meeting with Saudi [...]
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Delhi Still Not Within Striking Distance – OpEd
By Aijaz Zaka Syed It’s almost funny. The more desperate and impatient Narendra Modi and his friends in high places become for his leap to Delhi, the more complicated it seems to become. As the year of reckoning 2014 approaches, the cacophonous media-middle class chorus for the messiah is touching ear-bursting decibel levels. Their frothing-at-mouth [...]
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Yemen: Possible Military Role In Journalist’s Killing, Says HRW
Yemeni authorities should ensure that an investigation into the killing of a journalist and another man in Aden fully and impartially examines the military’s possible role and brings those responsible to justice. On February 22, 2013, at 12:30 a.m., two men wearing military vests shot to death Wagdy al-Shabi, a 28-year-old journalist, in his home [...]
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Nepal: Education Denied – OpEd
Education is broadly the means by which one generation passes its aims and customs on to the next generation. It achieves this through experiences that have a formative effect on the way that people think, feel, and act. Education is essential for the development of human potential and for the enjoyment of the full range [...]
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Moroccan Shrine Unites Africans – OpEd
The 12-centuries-old city of Fez is known as Morocco’s spiritual capital, but it also has huge relevance for millions of West Africans. They come in droves – from Senegal, Mali, Niger and Nigeria – to worship at the tomb of a North African holy man, Sheikh Ahmed Tijani. Senegalese men in flowing twilight blue Boubous [...]
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Cameron Has Pledged An EU Referendum: Is It Unjust? – Analysis
When the crisis forces EU to unite, the referendum pledge of Cameron has been regarded as taking the easy way out. However, with this reaction, Cameron’s call for a reform has been oversimplified. By Fatma Yilmaz Elmas While discussions on the new structure of Europe in crisis have been going on, with the discourse of [...]
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Putin’s Rough Term: Deepening Divide Between Kremlin And The Street – Analysis
The demands put forth by a new middle class come to the fore in Putin’s third term. While the discrepancy between Kremlin’s priorities and Russian people’s expectations, Putin administration is becoming less capable of ignoring such expectations gradually. By Habibe Ozdal It was clearly expressed by experts that harder times are awaiting Putin during his [...]
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The 10th Anniversary Of Iraq Invasion – OpEd
During the first Gulf War I was surprised by the wild and obscene enthusiasm for the war displayed by a colleague of mine whom I considered to be one of the most liberal Americans. He was a brilliant engineer who after completing his Ph.D. had briefly worked at the MIT. In the late 1980s when [...]
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India: A Third-Rate Police Force Can’t Be A First-Rate Anti-Terror Force – Analysis
Among other things, the February 21 explosions in Hyderabad, claiming 17 lives and injuring 117 people, posed fresh questions on the country’s ability to secure its urban areas, where its economic and political powers reside. The claim that the country’s counter-terrorism ability has increased over the years too took a serious beating, which the future [...]
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Obama Hopes Charm Offensive Will Lead To Grand Bargain
By Kent Klein President Barack Obama is spending more time with Republicans in Congress, hoping the change in tactics will lead them to compromise on the budget, immigration, gun control and other issues. If you’ve come to Washington for a tour of the White House, you’re out of luck. Because President Obama and Republicans in [...]
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Karzai Gives US Week To Transfer Bagram Prison To Full Afghan Control
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has given the US a week to hand over the Bagram detention facility to full Afghan control, a spokesman for Karzai’s administration said. US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel phoned Mr. Karzai earlier this week to ask him to postpone the transfer. The Afghan leader agreed, adding, however, that no further [...]
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NRA Vs UN: Arms Trade Treaty Stirs Frenzy In U.S. Gun Lobby
The National Rifle Association, America’s most powerful domestic lobby, is preparing for debate on the UN-sponsored Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that it fears could infringe upon Americans’ Second Amendment right to bear arms. UN ministers are hoping to convince the 193-member states to better regulate the import and export of particular weapons – for example, [...]
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The Free Syrian Army Doesn’t Exist – Analysis
By Aron Lund, for Syria Comment Is the FSA losing influence in Syria? How many people are in the FSA? Is the FSA receiving enough guns from the West, or too many? Will the FSA participate in elections after the fall of Bahar el-Assad? What is the ideology of the FSA? What’s the FSA’s view [...]
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Iran ‘Indicts’ 18 Suspects Over Multiple Nuke Scientist Murders
The Iranian judiciary has indicted 18 suspects on charges of involvement in the assassination of the country’s nuclear researchers, Iranian media report. They are expected to stand trial in the coming months. The latest information on the case comes from the semi-official Mehr agency, which quoted Tehran chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari. “Eighteen suspects have been [...]
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Syrian Rebels Seize Arms Depots In Aleppo
Syrian rebels have seized several weapons depots in the village of Khan Toman in Aleppo province after days of fierce clashes, a military source told AFP on Sunday. “Opposition fighters gained control over weapons and ammunition stores in the village of Khan Toman in southern Aleppo province on Saturday after fierce fighting that went on [...]
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