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Global Trend: The Rich Are Getting Richer

Global Trend: The Rich Are Getting Richer

According to a report published by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, in 2009 the wealthy got wealthier worldwide despite the global economic downturn. Globally, the number of millionaires rose by 17 percent in 2009. Meanwhile, the middle class and the poor are getting increasingly squeezed as the result of the 2008 global financial meltdown, which translated […]

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Pakistan: ISI Ties With The Taliban Are Nothing New

Pakistan: ISI Ties With The Taliban Are Nothing New

A new report, released today, is creating a stir and will make an already complex relationship between the United States and Pakistan even more problematic. According to a British researcher, Matt Waldman, who is a former Oxfam official, Pakistan’s all powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) “appears to be playing a double game of astonishing magnitude” says […]

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Photo Essay: Iran Election One Year Later

The Iranian people took to the polls on 12 June last year. When they woke up the following morning, the Iranian State Media declared that incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had taken two thirds of the votes. The Islamic Republic’s deception had gone too far this time, and protests erupted across the country on 13 June.

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Kyrgyzstan: Deadly Ethnic Clashes Between Uzbeks And Kyrgyz

Kyrgyzstan: Deadly Ethnic Clashes Between Uzbeks And Kyrgyz

UPDATES:  6/13/2010 AT 10:30 AM US (PST) Both the BBC and AFP report that the death toll is now more than 100, and that thousands of Uzbecks are leaving the region of Osh and trying to pass the border with Uzbekistan. The interim government of Kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency but do not […]

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40,000 Year Old Rock Art Site Depicts Extinct Bird

An archaeological team recently visited a site containing a pictograph (not to be confused with a petroglyph) at Arnhem Land plateau in north Australia. They were investigating a large, flightless bird depicted here, which was originally thought to be an Emu. Upon closer examination, it was not an Emu at all, but rather a species of bird extinct for 40,000 years.

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