Politics

US President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Is he a worthy winner? The Nobel Committee hailed Obama’s extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples. Citing his work to rid the…

Mexico’s Attorney General’s office recently announced a historical seizure of a jaw dropping amount of chemicals which were primed for the elaboration of an estimated 25 tons of crystal Meth.

The seized chemicals, which were actually from 2…

Just recently we were treated to shocking revelations on the effects of some Chinese contraceptives which a good number of Kenyan women had started using due to the perception that they are herbal.

The revelation caused a lot of ripples in the…

A new advertisement program is launched in UK. This program is aimed at turning young people away from knife crime. In this campaign, posters showing youngsters behind bars alongside the slogan ‘Carry a Knife and Lose Your Life’ will be displayed.

The IDF, proud of its dirty work.

I recently wrote about the double standards and hypocrisy when it comes to U.S. words against Iran’s solely uranium enrichment program all the while it turns a blind eye to Israel’s nuclear arsenal:

The…

Meet the world’s youngest prisoner. His name is Yusuf az-Ziq and he is twenty months old. A Palestinian from Gaza he was born inside an Israeli jail cell. He was accused of terrorism upon birth. Clearly, you can see he is a public menace.

I am happy..

In the recent past there has been talk about enforcing a dress code for college girls. In fact, some colleges in Kanpur, Hyderabad and Lucknow have already done so. The college authorities banned jeans, sleeveless blouses and even high heels after…

I believe that the adhering to the following dozen thoughts could change our lives in Mumbai for good:

1. Motorists stopped behind white lines, allowing pedestrians to cross roads at Zebra Crossings

2. Motorists stopped jumping signals…

In a recent post I wrote I described how sexually charged Arab society is:

Ammianus Marcellinus, the fourth-century Roman history, observed while traveling in Arabia about the Arabs “it is unbelievable with what ardour both sexes give themselves up..

There may not be a nation with a more delusion and grotesque form of nationalism than Lebanese nationalism. When ever I think of Lebanese flag-waving I am reminded of de Tocqueville’s observation that “all free people appear glorious to themselves…