Politics

The Philippine Nuclear Power Plant, the country’s most famous ‘white elephant,’ was a $155,000 a day lesson on not mixing politics with nuclear reactors.

For almost 32 years, Filipino taxpayers endured that daily due, in interest, until the.

The Republic of Chad, situated between Niger to the west and Sudan to the east, will be celebrating nearly half a century of independence in a month. But this central African country with its beautiful Saharan sandstones and wealth of wildlife does not…

Medical tourism has been in boom in the Philippines. Foreigners seeking organ transplants, especially kidneys, made the country their chosen destination. They still do. Middle Eastern nationals used to comprise 75 percent of the organ beneficiaries. Now,.

Guwahati, July 10,2008

Today the All Guwahati Students’ Union (AGSU), a unit of AASU demonstrate their anger over Union HR minister Arjun Singh on the seat cut off from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) of the Assamese or regional…

If you treat people badly you can’t expect them to come out of prison treating other people well. This is the idea behind the nearly constructed prison in Venezuela, that puts rehabilitation before punishment.

The first model prison of Venezuela,…

It all started in August 2007 when there was an agreement made between the U.S.President Bush and Indian Prime minister Manmohan Sing on civilian nuclear cooperation.
In a nut shell they call the agreement a peace keeper which prevents the spread of.

With Mandela’s 90th birthday coming up, a lot of South Africans out there will be getting more nervous by the day, all as a result of an urban legend that has been doing the rounds for ages, called ‘Nag van die lang messe’ (Night of the long…

The following is my partial translation of an article from the Russian newspaper Kommersant (“The Merchant”) which appeared on July 3, 2008.

In Chechnya, the first mass grave has been discovered of civilian victims of Russia’s Second War in the…