Investment Politics 2008: What's (left) In Your Wallet?
The parade of promises is marching down Main Street. For too many months to come, politicians of all descriptions, parties, and ideologies will be courting our votes... they have the cure for all that is wrong in the world, they tell us. With crystal
Washington, DC's Former Mayor Marion Barry Robbed at Gunpoint
Source: AskBlax.com http://www.askblax.com Date: January 3, 2006 Word to the wise: Take your own groceries in the house. DC Councilman and former Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry told reporters that he was robbed at gunpoint yesterday by two youngst
Military Media Relations Kargil War
There have been media reports that the military has been talking out of turn, and counter views have also been expressed on the topic by some supposed thinkers. It is not by individual perceptions that policies are made and the subject, in todays con
Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir - PART II
Operations Other Than War Operations Other than War (OOW), relate to activities devolving around the strategy of Winning the Hearts and Minds. It focuses on people as the Centre of Gravity, it believes in Conflict Prevention. For in the strategy of
Undoing the Dubai deal
The announcement by a Dubai based company, DP World, of abandoning plans to assume control of six US sea ports as part of its acquisition of the P&O company, have left a big question mark. Two days after it had said that it will still go ahead with t
Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
This has made Bhutan one of the highest per capita refugee generators in the world due to the implementation of the Driglam Namzha (Cultural Code of the Ruling Elite) with a "One Nation, One People" policy which imposed the language, dress code, and
Prodi Won the Elections in Italy
Two exit polls indicated today that challenger Romano Prodi`s centre-left coalition was set to beat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi`s forces in parliamentary elections. Two Nexus polls indicated that Romano Prodi`s coalition received between 50 and
A POSITIVE CHANGE IN NWFP (PAKISTAN)
Recently President Pervez Musharraf appointed Lt General (Retired) Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai as the new Governor of Pakistans North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The move was not a surprise; as the previous governor Khalilur Rehman was unable to cop
Immigration in America - Not Everyone is Dying to Get Here
Not everyone in America views people from Mexico and Pan America as our little brown brothers to the south. With a deep culture and a rich heritage older than our own these people have much to be proud of. Economically and politically they are suffer
Bostons Big Dig or Bostons Big Mistake?
Who decided that the best way to ventilate a ceiling was to suspend the basement floor over our heads? On a simmering Tuesday morning I learned of the death of a Jamaica Plain woman. A 3-ton concrete section of the Central Artery Tunnel connector cei
