According to reports from the Daily Mail, Britain's MI6 was involved in peace negotiations with the Taliban over the summer. This is a surprising report given the UK's tough non-negotiation policy against fundamentalist groups such as the Taliban. If...
Benazir Bhutto had degrees from Harvard and Oxford. She spoke fluent and unaccented English. Her looks were patrician and she came out as a liberal humanist in a rabidly anti-feminist Pakistan. In other words, Mrs. Bhutto was the only real challenge..
After writing numerous articles on Africa's growing problems and the effects of those seemingly endless conflicts on the civilian population, today I have got a rare pleasant opportunity to share a unique reconciliation fact in the African country of...
The US government is trumpeting the fact that violence is going down in Iraq; that Bush's 'surge' has worked. The Iraqi government is boasting that the situation in the country has improved so much that those Iraqis who had fled from Iraq are...
The Pakistani military claims it has re-captured a number of towns held by Islamic fighters of cleric Fazlullah, but the job is far from over. The Swat valley rebellion is the first open challenge against Islamabad's rule in the tribal areas. The...
Hardly a month has passed since the Annapolis conference between Israel, Palestine and Arab neighbors under the close guidance of the United States of America that was held at the end of last month, yet Israel has not made any effort to prove to its arch.
Palestinian hardline faction Hamas is feeling the pressure leading up to the holiday marking the Islamic feast of Eid-Al-Adha. Gaza's desperate economic and security situation has forced the violent anti-Israeli organisation to offer a hope of ceasefire..
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Somalia is easily one of the toughest places to live today. More than a decade of hard violence coupled with an irresponsible government playing to the arrogant tunes of the clan leaders lobbying for power and pride has left many millions lifeless....
China should respect Tibetans and their rights. Reuters quotes Anne Holmes, Acting Director of Free Tibet Campaign, as hollering this.She was referring to the case of a nun who was beaten on the chest by Chinese authorities for wearing a photo of the.
The more one reads about the status quo that is existing over the future of Kosovo presently, one tends to believe that the issue has somewhat been blown overboard by the high-profile presence of the United States and Russia with completely opposite...
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