The Central Bank of Venezuela has announced that the Consumer Price Index for the Caracas Metropolitan Area (CPI-CMA) grew by 2.1% in June, the same as in May, bringing...

As the US sends more troops to Afghanistan to try to reverse the growing violence, they are relying on the “clear, hold, build” model of counterinsurgency....

A massive army surge has failed to calm raging drug gang violence in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city on the U.S. border that is at the heart of President Felipe...

A top adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used an odd turn of phrase to explain what some see as a puzzling demand put to Palestinians by the...

China has vowed to execute protesters responsible for the deaths of 156 people in violent protests in Xingjiang province. Li Zhi, the Communist Party’s highest...

South African construction workers began an indefinite strike yesterday, halting work at stadiums for the 2010 World Cup in the biggest industrial action since...

I wonder why despite Ajanta, ellora, khajuraho & kamsutra, babaji thinks that legalizing gay sex is against Indian culture I wonder what role gandharvs &...

Anyone who has ever worked at the States Department will tell you that by just inviting them to the White House, some African leaders will hand over to you the key to...

Five Sri Lankan doctors have recanted their allegations that thousands of civilians were killed in the final days of the government’s war with the Tamil Tiger...

Whether it was deliberate or a genuine mishap, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi the host of G8 Summit in L’Aquilla Italy was left empty handed when he attempted...

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardarihas admitted militants and and terrorists were willfully created by past Pakistan government and nurtured as policy to achieve...

“I just wanted to say, Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine, And I just wanted to say I love him so much”. A...

Revolution in Iran seems to happen only in western dreams and media. Protests took place only in Tehran and a few large cities and are now nearly disappeared. Smaller...

I don’t like Arthur Mutambara - for any number of reasons. He reminds me of a younger Mugabe is his speech pattern and I do note that somehow his faction of the MDC -...

Before I jump into the core of this article let me explain a little bit about Indian laws. Section 2 (f) of THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT 1956...

News headlines reported a new law in Iraq banning all organised visits to the grave of the former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussain. The new set ban was released after a...

It was about 10 years back when I first started learning the basics of email; when one day I got a chat message from a stranger. I responded out of curiosity. That...

Sreeja, Mumbai The Sessions court in Mumbai has rejected the bail application moved by the well known Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja who was charged with raping his...

I hope Kenyans are keeping a closer look at the wavering political temperatures and making credible judgments. Yesterday president Kibaki together with his one and only...

Cholche cholbe are the magic words one hears as soon one enters Bengal. The proposal to set up a campus of Amu in Murshidabad is another instance of religious...