Reporters Without Borders said Friday it deplores the lack of progress in the investigation into the murders of husband-and-wife TV journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in their Dhaka apartment on 11 February. It also deplores the fact that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the special crime unit handling the investigation since April, has concentrated [...]
Bangladesh: Special Unit “Interrogates” Six-Year-Old Son Of Murdered Journalists
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Croatian Generals Greeted With Hero’s Welcome
By Boris Pavelic and Bojana Barlovac Tens of thousands of Croats gathered at the main square in the capital to greet army generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac after they were acquitted of war crimes charges in the Hague. Euphoric Croats waved national flags and held up photos of the generals along with banners reading [...]
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Why BP Isn’t A Criminal – OpEd
Justice Department just entered into the largest criminal settlement in U.S. history with the giant oil company BP. BP plead guilty to 14 criminal counts, including manslaughter, and agreed to pay $4 billion over the next five years. This is loony. Mind you, I’m appalled by the carelessness and indifference of the BP executives responsible [...]
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Libya Inaugurates New Government
By Essam Mohamed Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan and most of his government were sworn in on Wednesday (November 16th) at a ceremony in the great hall of the General National Congress (GNC). “This government will give its utmost best to the nation based on the rule of law, human rights, democracy, rights, and the [...]
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Israeli Ground Invasion Of Gaza Imminent – OpEd
IDF heavy weaponry, including tanks and armored personnel carriers are massing near the Gaza border, signalling Israel’s intent to launch a ground invasion of the enclave. 16,000 reservists have been summoned for military service, another sign of a planned assault. The AP has been speaking of tomorrow as the date for launching the new offensive. [...]
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Obama Gave Intel To Filmmaker That Threatens U.S. Security – OpEd
While many Americans were following the congressional hearings and news reports regarding the Benghazi massacre’s aftermath including the sex-scandal sidebar involving former CIA director and retired four-star general David Petraeus, an Inside-the-Beltway watchdog group released a report on Thursday that may be just as damaging as Benghazigate to the illusion of a transparent White House. [...]
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Israel Calls Up 16,000 Reservists, Tanks And Troops Massed Outside Gaza
The Israeli government announced Friday that it called up some 16,000 reservists. Observers fear the decision may be a sign of an imminent land invasion, report local media. According to Reuters, Israeli tanks and troops are already massed outside Gaza. The Israeli decision comes as the death toll of the Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza [...]
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Burma: Obama Visit Underscores Rights Challenges, Says HRW
United States President Barack Obama’s visit to Burma will be a success only if it generates concrete and lasting steps toward improving human rights in the country, Human Rights Watch said Friday. On November 19, 2012, Obama will visit Rangoon and hold meetings with President Thein Sein and the opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, [...]
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U.S. Eases Ban On Imports From Burma Ahead Of Obama Visit
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Burma, the U.S. State Department announced Friday that it is easing the import ban on Burmese goods. The State Department said the decision follows on a statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in September 26 that the U.S. would begin the process of easing restrictions on imports [...]
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China: Pragmatism Will Continue To Guide CPC – Analysis
Pragmatism will continue to guide the policies of the new leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) headed by Mr. Xi Jinping which took over from the outgoing leadership headed by Mr. Hu Jintao on November 15, 2012. The seven members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, who will lead the party and [...]
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Time To Avoid Romanticisation Of Aung San Suu Kyi – OpEd
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is presently on a visit to India where she grew up and studied as a teen-ager. Her widowed mother was posted as the Myanmar Ambassador to India. She delivered the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture at New Delhi on November 14, 2012. She was interviewed on November 15 by Barkha Dutt [...]
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Obama And The Indo-US Relationship: Old Issues, New Opportunities – Analysis
By PR Chari Informed opinion ascribes President Obama’s victory to his dedicated supporters among women, Hispanics, African Americans, young persons and working class Whites revealing the changed demographics in the most powerful country in the world. These constituencies will now seek their rewards, while the administration will wish to continue its on-going policies. Obama will [...]
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The Post-Election Economic Blues – OpEd
U.S. President Barack Obama won an extraordinary victory last week. Republicans have largely dominated the presidency over the last six decades. The Republicans have won most of the elections since World War II and they have won them by larger margins. In fact, only two Democrats have received a majority of the popular vote in [...]
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Al Qaeda Operative Gets Life Imprisonment For Role In NYC Terrorist Plot
An Al Qaeda operative was sentenced Friday to life imprisonment for his involvement in what has been described as one of the most serious terrorist threats to the United States since 9/11. Adis Medunjanin, age 34, a Queens resident who joined al Qaeda and then plotted and attempted to commit suicide terrorist attacks, was sentenced [...]
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Jude Law Confirms “Sherlock Holmes” Sequel In Development
Jude Law has offered an update on the status of Sherlock Holmes 3, Digital Spy said. The actor confirmed that a script is in development for a sequel to 2011′s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, but no production dates have yet been confirmed. There’s certainly talk of it, and I know there’s a script [...]
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The Real Petraeus Scandal – OpEd
Nothing titillates the nation’s capital like a sex scandal masquerading as a policy controversy. The American news media will use any excuse to get into public officials’ private lives so it can try to achieve the ratings of Entertainment Tonight–style celebrity gossip shows while maintaining a veneer of “responsible journalism.” In America’s unique celebrity-driven culture, [...]
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Gaza: Another Superfluous War – OpEd
How did it start? Stupid question. Conflagrations along the Gaza Strip don’t start. They are just a continuous chain of events, each claimed to be in “retaliation” for the previous one. Action is followed by reaction, which is followed by retaliation, which is followed by … This particular event “started” with the firing from Gaza [...]
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Egypt Tells Gazans They Aren’t Alone
Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi branded on an Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip in which more than 23 Palestinians have been killed as a “blatant aggression against humanity,” the official MENA news agency said. “Egypt will not leave Gaza on its own … What is happening is a blatant aggression against humanity,” he said, as [...]
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Nano Insights Could Lead To Improved Nuclear Reactors
To build the next generation of nuclear reactors, materials scientists are trying to unlock the secrets of certain materials that are radiation-damage tolerant. Now researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have brought new understanding to one of those secrets—how the interfaces between two carefully selected metals can absorb, or heal, radiation damage. “When [...]
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Paraguay: President Backs Transgenics
By Gustavo Torres The speed with which the government of President Federico Franco — appointed by Congress following a parliamentary coup that ousted President Fernando Lugo (2008-2012) on June 22 — approved the commercial release of five varieties of transgenic corn and two of cotton is causing mixed reactions in the country. In early July, [...]
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