| Sat 28 Jan 2012 |
No end to trafficking of women
Gulf News | New Delhi: There seems to be no end to a woman's miseries, especially if she is uneducated and poor. | The conclusion was drawn after a study undertaken by the Delhi-based Centre for Social Research (CSR) revealed that Indian women below 30 we... |
Write, wrong
Indian Express | Here is a fundamental question to friends and supporters of Salman Rushdie: Is the right to speech and expression absolute, without any restrictions, in any democratic society? The right to freedom of expression is recognised as a human right under... |
Syria killings spike as diplomacy heats up
Jakarta Globe Syrian security forces stepped up a crackdown on Friday as activists said almost 110 people were killed in a two-day spike in violence ahead of a bid to condemn Damascus at the UN Security Council. | The head of the Arab League monitoring mission in ... |
Violence Rises Sharply in Syria, Flustering Arab League Monitors
The New York Times | DAMASCUS, Syria — Violence in Syria has escalated sharply over the past two days, with heavy bloodshed reported Friday in at least three flashpoint areas, as Arab League monitors expressed exasperation and the United Nations Security Council ... |
Syria ramps up brutal crackdown
The Daily Telegraph Australia | SYRIA has stepped up a deadly crackdown on dissent, as activists said almost 100 people died in two days of violence. | The brutal crackdown came ahead of a bid to condemn Damascus at the UN Security Council. | The head of the Arab League monitorin... |
Wounds in village of the damned are slowly healing
NZ Herald | The shantytown called Vingerkraal seems trapped in South Africa's apartheid past. | Tin shacks resemble those hurriedly built by black people evicted from white territory. Women and children are left on their own for most of the year by men working... |
Syria violence kills 37, U.N. Security Council to meet
The Star | AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a revolt against Presiden... |
Reclaiming a voice in their future
Gulf News | A year ago, Egyptians of all ages and religions took to the streets and, in just 18 days of relatively peaceful protests, removed a regime that had ruled over them with an iron fist for 30 years. Empowered by an impressive yet leaderless movement &... |
Resistance movements are unlikely to die down soon
Gulf News | When people took to Egypt's streets in January last year, they were bound together by a deep hatred of Hosni Mubarak's regime rather than a common vision of what demands for "bread, freedom and social justice" would mean in policy and pra... |
Libya grappling with discontent
Gulf News | The perceived inability of Libya's transitional government to address serious economic and security problems is causing a groundswell of discontent that threatens national stability, officials and diplomats warn. | Buoyed by the defeat of Muammar G... |
Putting a halt to sectarian attacks
Gulf News | The foundation that binds Pakistani society together cannot be torn apart by elements seeking to stoke sectarian tensions. The recent senseless killings of lawyers in Karachi serves as a case in point — they belonged to a particular sect and ... |
Islamists poised to redefine society in the Arab world
Gulf News | The success at the polls of Islamists (as political activists who draw on the Quran as inspiration for their social ideology have come, willy-nilly, to be known) tells us little about Islam and much about Arab society today. | In the wake of the Ar... |
Syrians must work towards ending violence
Gulf News | The recent developments in Syria as well as the positions adopted by various parties call for an immediate rethink of where the country is heading. Moving forward means that all the parties concerned are involved and that all the angles are address... |
Making iconic plans a reality
Gulf News | After a temporary delay of some months, the cultural projects intended for Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi are back on track. The iconic Louvre, Zayed National Museum and the Guggenheim will now open in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively. | When a large... |
The wonder of being young
Gulf News | The eyes and ears of the reading public were focused on the Jaipur Literature Festival that was held between January 20 and 24 this year. Big names from all over the world attended, controversies were generated both before and after the event and e... |
Syria violence spikes as diplomacy heats up
The Australian | SYRIAN forces yesterday stepped up their deadly crackdown on dissent, with activists reporting almost 100 dead in two days, as violence spiked ahead of a bid to condemn Damascus at the UN Security Council. | The head of the Arab League monitoring m... |
Syria violence spikes as diplomacy heats up
The Daily Telegraph Australia | SYRIAN forces yesterday stepped up their deadly crackdown on dissent, with activists reporting almost 100 dead in two days, as violence spiked ahead of a bid to condemn Damascus at the UN Security Council. | The head of the Arab League monitoring m... |
Rebuilding Yemen
Gulf News | Former Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh left the country after winning immunity from prosecution. I think the immunity law did not only award Saleh a safe exit but it also definitely rescued Yemen from civil war. | There are a lot of people in ... |
Bangladesh coup bid or conspiracy?
Gulf News | As the dust over an attempted coup or conspiracy in Bangladesh settles, it is confirmed that the Indian intelligence agencies warned army top brass in Dhaka about the conspiracy hatched against the Shaikh Hasina government. On this occasion, the Ba... |
Turkey's recurring nightmares
Gulf News | One recent night in Ankara Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, woke up drenched in sweat. "I had a nightmare about a crisis in Libya," he recalls, speaking on his way to Brussels. "The real crisis was in Syria, though, and I ... |
Suicide Bomber Attacks Funeral Procession in Iraq
The New York Times | BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber in a car packed with explosives attacked a funeral procession in a Shiite neighborhood on Friday, the latest in a wave of attacks on Shiites across Iraq since the withdrawal of American troops last month. Connect Wi... |
| Fri 27 Jan 2012 |
No Celebration of New Year, Instead International Solidarity and a Voice for Tibet: Tibetan PM
WorldNews.com Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - Dr. Lobsang Sangay, elected political leader of the Tibetan government in exile, called for Tibetans around the world to forego Losar (Tibetan New Year) this year "to pay tribu... |
U.S. to deport Taiwan envoy who abused Filipina maids
Yahoo Daily News | (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ordered the deportation on Friday of a high-ranking official from Taiwan who pleaded guilty last year to human trafficking charges for abusing her two Filipina maids, the U.S. attorney's office said. | Hsien-Hsien L... |
Discrimination Seems to Harm Health Regardless of Race
Yahoo Daily News | FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Discrimination can be a threat to health, according to a new study that included both blacks and whites. | The analysis of 2004 data from the ongoing U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System project found ... |
Catholics warn HHS ruling threatens freedom and the economy
The Examiner | Catholics are expressing their serious concerns about the Department of Health and Human Services’ implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will force business owners to fund employee birth control, abortion drugs... |
UN Security Council discusses Syrian crisis
STL Today | The U.N. Security Council on Friday was discussing an Arab League-backed plan to respond to the crisis in Syria, diplomats said as they headed into the closed-door consultations. | French Ambassador Gerard Araud said council members expected a pres... |
Baloch Could Divide Administration and Congress on Pakistan Policy
Huffington Post | According to Western diplomats and policy experts, the State Department's recent remarks on human rights violations in the Baloch region of Pakistan are as far as the U.S. Government and Obama Administration are willing to go in support of Baloch s... |
New U.N. draft resolution gives Syria 15 days to comply
Foreign Policy Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE | The Cable has obtained a copy of on Syria currently being discussed inside the U.N. Security Council. It calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and says additional m... |
UN Security Council discusses Syrian crisis
Austin American Statesman | UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Friday was discussing an Arab League-backed plan to respond to the crisis in Syria, diplomats said as they headed into the closed-door consultations. | French Ambassador Gerard Araud said council ... |
Join our global charter to stop world hunger now
The Guardian | This week, with the world's business, political and economic leaders meeting in Davos, we should not be seeing tens of thousands of people dying of starvation and 13 million at risk of losing everything they have in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, bec... |
Crew begins deep tunnel video inspection
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel An eight-wheeled vehicle began slowly cruising the cross-town segment of the deep tunnel Friday at a top speed of 30 feet per minute as its three-person crew videotapes the inside of the underground wastewater storage cavern for a once-a-decade inspe... |
Bogut timeline: Out 8 to 12 weeks
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bucks center Andrew Bogut underwent additional testing in Milwaukee Friday and the examination confirmed a left ankle fracture. | The Bucks said Bogut is expected to be out 8 to 12 weeks. | That would leave a possibility for the 7-foot center to retu... |
Skeletal remains appear to be those of suicide victim
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has identified the skeletal remains found in a vacant West Allis house on Monday as a man who apparently committed suicide. | According to a release from the West Allis Police Department, the man had bee... |
Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil
Yahoo Daily News | BEIRUT (AP) — Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists sai... |
Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil
The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) -- Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said F... |
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