Simmering With Greece
“Pass this Bill,” urged President Barack Obama, warning that the alternative to his jobs plan was a crisis that would resemble Europe’s. In Sarah Palin’s letter to her Political Action Committee, she stressed the...
November 11, 2011 11:09 pm / no comments
Four members of the Italian cabinet have resigned, following a wake of scandals related to Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister. The four members are supporters of Gianfranco Fini, who was the speaker of the Parliament before he resigned...
November 15, 2010 1:41 pm / no comments
Karachi, Pakistan’s commercial capital, is recovering from a bomb and gun attack that has left 20 dead and over a 100 injured. The operation targeted the Criminial Investigation Department (CID) building, and is the latest in a series...
November 11, 2010 12:42 pm / no comments
The two-day G20 conference is set to start today in Seoul, South Korea. President Obama arrived in the city a day ahead and addressed a press conference about the possible talking points.
China’s trade surplus, one of the more controversial...
November 10, 2010 12:31 pm / no comments
In a rare television interview since leaving the White House in 2009, former President George W. Bush defended some of his more controversial decisions during his time in office. Speaking to NBC, he said that he believed that the use of Waterboarding...
November 9, 2010 12:35 pm / no comments
President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he would support India’s attempt to get on the United Nations’ Security Council. Speaking in Mumbai, on the first leg of his ten-day tour of South Asia, he emphasized India’s...
November 8, 2010 12:34 pm / no comments
The Pakistan floods have affected over 21 million people
Pakistan In Crisis
The last three years have been tumultuous for Pakistan. In 2006, a coalition between exiled former presidents Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto promised to bring democracy...
September 28, 2010 4:57 pm / 4 comments
Plans by a small Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks have drawn a strong response across the world. Pastor Terry Jones of the non-denominational Dove World Outreach Center, the man behind the idea,...
September 7, 2010 4:35 pm / 1 comment
After days of cancellations, about half of Europe’s 27,500 flights are expected to be airborne today. The delays come after the Eyjafjallajökull volcano is Iceland erupted on March 29th this year, spewing an ash cloud into the atmosphere...
April 20, 2010 11:57 am / no comments
An American Hindu priest. Some Hindu communities in rural India have faced strange troubles lately.
The changing face of elections
U.S presidential elections are known, among other things, for elaborate campaigns. Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign...
April 18, 2010 5:00 am / no comments