Marvel Comics is featuring president-elect Barack Obama in a story about the inauguration, and ending with a fist-bump, and it's set to hit stands on January 14th. ""When we heard that President-elect Obama is a...
By, Uwe Paschen.In Japan we do have an environmental dilemma of sorts.We have laws and regulation in place here that are suppose to help the environment and some of those Laws are rather harsh and other are very good...
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Truckers in India continued their strike on the third day demanding for lower diesel prices. More than 4 million truckers have gone on strike from Monday for their long pending demands. More than 70 per cent of...
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Is anyone
surprised? Give the government something to manage and they will manage to mess it up. Hey, why don't we have the government fix our economy that had been sent into a tailspin through the...
" The federal government today collects payroll taxes from approximately 163 million white- and blue-collar workers, which is used to finance the retirement benefits of 50 million Americans. In fiscal 2008, Washington collected $785 billion in taxes and paid out approximately...
The Mumbai carnage has been a topic of debate in Pakistan and has produced a flurry of reactions. The initial reactions, during the first and second day were extremely sympathetic. "Mumbai Attacks: How do the Pakistanis see?"
The impromptu reactions of Indian leaders to the recent terrorist attack in Mumbai have necessarily been based on revulsion and impulse. Indian Prime Minister repeatedly mentioned the need for co-operation from the International community' and kept Washington informed of the...
"No permission is required - just open fire on anything that moves," came the order from Maj Gen Tarik Khan, commander of Pakistan's Frontier Corps. "Pakistan pledges fight to the death "
Politics aside, India must be confronted now. The National Security Conference is a welcome step but the government must shun its apologetic attitude when it clearly knows that the nation stands united. We should be prepared for the worst. Pakistani military should be...
Lord Malloch-Brown a minister of the British government has delivered his verdict. The Bajrang Dal and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of India are not terrorist organizations and are therefore ‘kosher’ for travel and interaction in Britain. Their inhuman anti...
Pakistan got an elected government, and the Army declared its retreat from politics and governance, there has been a discernible trend to create and sustain the perception that there is a serious divide between the military and the civilian government. Every misstep is blamed...
Most such discussions start with a broad survey of the environment followed by criticism of the policies being implemented and finally the conclusion is reached that either the government or external forces or both acting in collusion are responsible. The questions that are...
BORN amidst bloodshed and raised in turmoil, it appears that this country’s has been marked out for unceasing pain and suffering. In fact, the year just ended has had more than its usual share of disappointments — though also the occasional triumph. "Our winter of...
The India-Pakistan confrontation following the Mumbai attacks is the fourth such crisis in the last two decades. While India says it has provided enough evidence to Pakistan, Islamabad says what it has been given cannot be taken to a court of law for prosecution. Also, there...
The Transition website Change.gov is requesting questions be submitted to the President Elect regarding the new administration's future agenda. These questions are then archived at the site so citizens can view them and vote their preferences.I'm posting this...
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