Source: CNN (CNN) — If a full-fledged war erupts, Ukraine’s military would be dwarfed by its neighbor to the north. In 2012, Russian active armed forces numbered 845,000 versus 130,000 for Ukraine, according to Europa World, an online reference source. And Russia’s defense budget — $78 billion in 2012 — […]
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As shocked relatives come to terms with the killings, Beijing is certain to argue that the scale and shocking brutality of this attack shows that the threat is real and serious Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories China media: Kunming attack Security tight after China attack Shock […]
Latest Edward Snowden revelation is that Yahoo webcam videos have been scooped up. program codenamed Optic Nerve gathered millions of stills Dreamstime image By: Heather Mallick Columnist, Published on Mon Toronto star, Mar 03 2014 Whenever British journalist Luke Harding, working on his new book about spying whistle-blower Edward Snowden, […]
Peter Oliver, Politics, Protest, Rory Suchet, Ukraine Source: RT.com http://rt.com/news/ukraine-oligarch-rule-governors-512/ The self-proclaimed government in Kiev has appointed two of Ukraine’s richest men to govern large industrial regions in the defiant east. One of the reasons for the Maidan protest was the influence the rich have on politics in the […]
Credit: Dawn.com AFP ISLAMABAD: At least 11 people, including additional sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed and 29 others wounded on Monday during a gun and bomb attack in a […]
Epigraph: They ask thee (Muhammad) what they shall spend. Say: ‘Whatever of good and abundant wealth you spend should be for parents and near relatives and orphans and the needy […]
Daily Times: Sharia to these two extremes is what the Taliban propose: beheadings, harsh punishments, closing up of women behind closed doors and a rebellion against reason and rationality. Secularism to both these groups is a complete and total negation of religion. Maulana Abdul Aziz represents that very vocal section […]
Guardian: A lawyer representing the man who accused a Pakistani Christian girl of blasphemy has said that if she is not convicted, Muslims could “take the law into their own hands”. Rao Abdur Raheem cited the example of Mumtaz Qadri, the man who last year shot dead a politician who had […]
Huff Post: by S. Brent Plate — Movies make worlds unto themselves and then let viewers peek in, audio-visually participating from our own darkened rooms. We sit in one world and access another, primarily through our eyes and ears but also through our entire bodies: we sit on the edge […]
Source: China Daily China will severely punish suspects responsible for a terrorist attack that left at least 29 civilians dead and over 140 injured in the southwestern city of Kunming, a spokesman told reporters on Sunday. “This serious violent terrorist attack was planned and organized by terrorist elements from Xinjiang and this […]
By Saeed Qureshi The statement of the Chief of Jamaat-I Islami Syed Munawar Hassan in favor of Taliban is unpatriotic and tantamount to endorsing the terrorism against the people and armed forces of Pakistan. This is not the only time that JI has acted as duplicitous about its loyalty Pakistan. […]
(Ismael Mohamad / United Press International) Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 02/26/2014 – 21:04 UN report says Israel’s systematic abuses of Palestinian rights may amount to the crime of “apartheid.” (Issam Rimawi / APA images) In his final report before completing his role as UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the […]
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By Robert D. Kaplan and Matt Gertken Arguably the greatest book on political realism in the 20th century was University of Chicago Professor Hans J. Morgenthau’s Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, published in 1948. In that seminal work, Morgenthau defines the status quo as “the maintenance […]
For Black History Month, NewsOne honors GAME CHANGERS: Everyday heroes whose actions make life better for the people around them. SEE ALL OUR GAME CHANGERS HERE Nzinga Knight Place of Residence: New York City Why She’s a Game Changer: Knight, a fashion designer, is also a […]
Despite being a tiny minority in this country of 24 million, the community has always felt at home and valued by the government By Omar Shariff, Deputy Editor, Weekend Review Published: 21:30 February 27, 2014 “I learnt to cook while doing my compulsory service in the Taiwanese army,” […]
02/03/2014 | 11:39 PM | Gulf News JEDDAH, March 2 (KUNA) — Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz said Sunday the Muslim world faces critical situations characterized by bitter struggles and sedition. “The recurrence of crises that result in loss of scores of lives at many hotspots in the Muslim world […]
By Yolande Knell Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Religious protest over Israel draft Should Israel’s Haredi Jews enlist?Watch Jerusalem: Communities up close Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews have held a mass prayer in Jerusalem against plans to conscript more of their young men into the […]