Month: May 2012

Iran wants all countries to give up WMD

Source: China Daily TEHERAN – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has never been after producing or using weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), the official IRNA news agency reported. In a message to a ceremony held in Iran’s western city of Boroujerd “to commemorate 8,000 martyears of chemical […]

China calls for universal healthcare

Source: China Daily GENEVA – Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said here on Monday that the international community is obliged to collaborate towards common goals to achieve universal coverage of necessary health services and to overcome present difficulties together. Chen made the remarks at the general discussion of the 65th […]

10 mental traits of truly innovative leaders

Source: Geekwire By Neil Patel  Ever since I was young I’ve always loved thinking of ways to fix things, build products and make money. And, over the years, I’ve been fortunate to have worked with so many creative and innovative people. I’m talking about people like Whitepages’ Alex Algard, Cheezburger’s […]

Wilders again fails to postpone ESM debate

A broad majority in parliament has rejected a third request from Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders to postpone Wednesday’s debate on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a permanent bail-out fund which is part of a EU fiscal pact to reinforce economic supervision. Mr Wilders’ request won the support of just […]

When to use a Comma

Source: NY Times. By BEN YAGODA As I noted in my earlier article, rules and conventions about when to use and not to use commas are legion. But certain errors keep popping up. Here are a few of them. If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it a thousand times. I’m […]

Official Hypocrisy in Indonesia

Editorial : Lying for the country The Jakarta Post The trouble with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is that he has probably spent too much of time traveling abroad to really understand what’s going on in his own country. On Monday he said the government has done enough to protect the […]

Indonesian Decree- to Protect or Prosecute Ahmadis

In June 2008, the Yudhoyono administration issued a decree requiring the Ahmadiyah sect to “stop spreading interpretations and activities that deviate from the principal teachings of Islam.” The government said the decree was necessary to prevent violence against the sect, but local governments used the decree to write even stricter […]