Pakistan: Zardari Curbs His Own Presidential Power
Today, marked an historic positive step for Pakistan in moving away from a political system amounting to dictatorship towards what could be a real parliamentary democracy. President Zardari signed into law a bill, the 18 TH constitutional amendment, which has wide implications into turning the clock back and restoring democracy in Pakistan after more than […]
BBC News Worldwide Poll: Global Views Of US Improve
The annual BBC worldwide poll started in 2005. Nearly 30,000 people were polled between November 2009 and February 2010 in 28 countries. The poll surveyed if people had a positive view or a negative view of a country without asking for a reason or justification for the answers collected by the pollsters. As in 2009, […]
Dow Chemical Pretends To Care About Water Scarcity
In what amounts to an incredible hypocrisy, the Dow Chemical Company is sponsoring “Run For Water” events across the globe. The events, organized by environmental organization Live Earth, are taking place tomorrow, April 18, and are supposed to raise global awareness about water scarcity. “The Dow Chemical Company cannot run from its responsibility for the […]
Iceland: Volcano’s Wrath Matches The 2008 Financial Collapse
It is as if Mother Nature on April 14 in Iceland illustrated what will surely be Icelanders’ eruption of anger once they have the time to look into what is called Iceland’s Black Report. The ashes of Eyjafjallajokull volcano are likely to dissipate long before the ones still smoldering from Iceland’s financial collapse, created in […]
UN Report: Pakistani Government “Failed Profoundly” To Prevent Bhutto’s Killing
According to a United Nations report released on Thursday, the Pakistani government could have prevented the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The UN report also accused Pakistani officials of failing to properly investigate Bhutto’s murder. The United Nations appointed independent panel concluded that security measures on the day that a suicide bomber blew-up Bhutto’s vehicle […]
