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In response to the economic problems that have colored much of Europe for many years, unrest has taken on a more vocal and at times, violent, dimension in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. Spain’s strikes, which began Wednesday, were sparked by the country’s consistently low unemployment rate culminating in Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s recent … Continue reading
According to an New York Times article, on 31 August 2012, three female university students in Beijing shaved their heads in order to protest against gender discrimination that made it harder for female students to enter universities. Some of their male peers also shaved their heads to join their cause. In fact, four female students in … Continue reading
BBC recently published an article a few days ago titled “Next generation military robots have minds of their own,” a title that brings to mind a world rampant with the Terminator-esque, red-eyed assassin robots. Robots have increasingly become an important component of military operations, and have recently become even more autonomous from human control. Using … Continue reading
Factuals of the Libyan revolution Following the death of Moammar Al-Qaddafi, the man who called the U.N. charter bogus, the Libyans today aspire to end the instability and elect a government that best represents the democracy demanded by the revolt and heals the wound of the martyrs who died for the quest for rights. The … Continue reading
“Ghost wars,” a phrase coined by journalist Steve Coll in his novel “Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001,” refers to foreign countries contributing weapons or other means of assistance to rebel causes in another country. A current application of the term … Continue reading
The much-discussed cover of next week’s Asian edition of Time magazine caps a season of increasingly negative coverage of India’s beleaguered prime minister. On the cover, a dour photograph of Manmohan Singh appears with a headline: “The Underachiever.” Is Mr. Singh’s biggest flaw actually the opposite – is he an “overachiever?” Rather than under-performing as … Continue reading
