Al Qaeda’s Toughest Task 0

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Post Views: 3 Slain jihadi leaders like Ilyas Kashmiri and Osama bin Laden aren’t so easily replaced.  The reported death last week of Ilyas Kashmiri, the notorious jihadi leader — if true — is merely the latest in a long line

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E coli: European commissioner suggests £135m payout for farmers 0

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Post Views: 4 Agriculture commissioner says farmers could get 30% of the cost of their unsold vegetables in compensation The European agriculture commissioner has proposed spending €150m (£135m) to compensate farmers affected by the E coli outbreak by paying them a

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Humala’s Big Win 0

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Post Views: 3 Game Change in Peru? The victory of left-populist candidate Ollanta Humala in Peru’s election is a “big f*ng deal,” as Vice President Joe Biden famously whispered to Obama on national TV in another context. With respect to

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How Not to Withdraw From Iraq 0

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Post Views: 2 A Frat House With Guns in Baghdad Way out on the edge of Forward Operating Base Hammer, where I lived for much of my year in Iraq as a Provincial Reconstruction Team leader for the U.S. Department

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Cuando hay que explicar lo obvio 0

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Post Views: 11 Las propuestas sociales y promesas de cambio de Ollanta Humala en Perú Durante el pasado domingo, día de votación de la segunda vuelta presidencial peruana, el excandidato conservador Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, más conocido en el país como

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Who cares in the Middle East what Obama says? 0

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Post Views: 4   EPA President Obama at Middle East peace talks in Washington last year with Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Hosni Mubarak, and King Abdullah   President Obama has shown himself to be weak in his dealings with the Middle East, says

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WikiLeaks Haiti: The PetroCaribe Files 0

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Post Views: 2 When René Préval took the oath of Haiti’s presidential office in a ceremony at Haiti’s National Palace on May 14, 2006, he was anxious to allay fears in Washington that he would not be a reliable partner.

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Le pallottole spuntate del Pd 0

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Post Views: 3 NOTAV.Se pensavamo di esserci abituati al punto più basso di questo partito ecco che i prodi democratici ci stupiscono ancora una volta sulla vicenda Valsusa Mentre il popolo notav difende il territorio alla Maddalena (giorno 13 della

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Arundhati Roy: ‘They are trying to keep me destabilised’ 0

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Post Views: 8 From The Guardian – The Booker prize-winning novelist on her political activism in India, why she no longer condemns violent resistance – and why it doesn’t matter if she never writes a second novelStephen Moss Arundhati Roy.

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Parties attract large crowds at rallies as excitement soars 0

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Post Views: 5 TODAY’S ZAMAN ?STANBUL Turkey will have its general elections next Sunday, with almost all polls indicating that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), which is currently in power, will emerge as the winner. However, this year’s

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