It has been and still is a very thorny issue in Uganda. It is not yet resolved. It is an issue that is going to greatly run in the Ugandan media next year. 2010 is...

Given the asymmetry in power between the U.S.-backed Israel and the stateless Palestinians, it is not surprising that when one analyzes the water situation in the Holy...

Every X-Mas takes my heart to hundreds who died in Dabwali fire. It was December 23rd. This was a day not too good to be brought to memory but for the losses that all...

What is perhaps the most potent restriction on an aspiring entrepreneur is a barrier to entry to the marketplace. A barrier to entry can acquire many forms and...

Nearly a year ago, Israel launched a military offensive against the Gaza Strip summarized by a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report as follows: “The...

The Great Mosque of Paris A lot has been written about France’s difficulties in assimilating its large North African community - especially after the 2005...

The All Assam Koch Rajbongshi Yuva Chatra Sanmiloni has strongly opposed the demand of a separate Bodo state. A press note released by Mahesh Deka, joint secretary of...

Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of...

A court Friday gave police 10 more days to interrogate five detained Americans on suspicion they were planning attacks on military installations in Pakistan. Police...

I often mock the Israeli mossad - and rightly - for being in reality a clumsy and unskilled agency as opposed to its fabricated image of being an Alpha in the...

On July 26th, 2009, Colombia officials stated that they had found and captured three anti-tank rocket launchers sold to the Venezuelan army by Sweden, but were in a...

A lot has been written about France’s difficulties in assimilating its large North African community - especially after the 2005 suburban riots. The literature often...

Christmas is a period when the streets of Kampala, capital city of Uganda, fill up to the brim with people from all corners of the country. A time when pickpockets...

A Chinese court sentenced Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent dissident, to 11 years in prison for criticizing the government, an unusually long sentence that...

This is an old photo taken of Bush either during the 2000 or 2004 election: It was taken by Mark Peterson - a freelance photographer. None of the news agency wanted...

A woman jumped a barrier at the start of Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica and knocked down the pope, briefly disrupting ceremonies. Screams erupted from...

Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the premiere of 3 Idiots in Mumbai on Wednesday was nearly as loud as the buzz of appreciation for Aamir Khan’s latest turn. SRK’s bête...

It was perhaps their first press conference — or anyway, their first public words since they helped rescue the Thanksgiving turkey from his customary fate as...

A Christmas party in Goa for two Russian women turned out to be a horrifying ordeal when a taxi driver they had engaged tried to rape them at Anjuna.

You will say stupid you, the silly girl took her own life. Or who cares, rape, molestation & suicide cases ARE UMPTEEN. Ki farak painda hai, apun ko kya , wok kya...