It seems natural gas isn’t the only WMD employed in Russia’s new war on the Western world, in light of the Estonian government’s comments following the recent electronic war on state-run websites.
After ordering the removal of a Soviet memorial in Tallin city center, the Estonian government faced riots by ethnic Russians living in the Eastern […]
After two days of fighting between Hamas and Fatah, claiming the lives of eight people, the two rival Palestinian groups have agreed on a truce. Egyptian mediators helped negotiate the truce late into Monday night, when representatives of the two organizations finalized the truce.
Independent politician Interior Minister Hani Qawasmi - who supervises the Palestinian government’s […]
Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland, recently said he wants to “change a whole mindset that has gone on for 700 or 800 years”, referring to once tense relations with Britain. Mr. Ahern, who worked on the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement with Tony Blair, has ruled Ireland as the Prime Minister or Taoiseach for […]
On Friday I had the pleasure of interviewing an Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, identifying himself as “John”, on the subject of Hamas, an Islamist group seeking an independent Palestinian state. Classified as terrorists by the United States and European Union, their landslide elections in the Palestinian National Authority’s (PNA) […]
Recently CIA trained Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles was released from US custody after the judge dismissed the immigration charges brought against him after his now legal entry to the United States in May 2005. In 1976 Carriles blew up a Cuban plane killing 73 people and attempted to blow up a stadium in Panama […]
While ethanol may be the answer to global warming for developed nations, poorer countries should look elsewhere when choosing alternative energy sources.
On Wednesday the United Nations (UN) issued a statement regarding the possible side effects of a full conversion to biofuels. Some of these side effects include: a rise in food prices, destruction of carbon […]
Today Russia defeated the European Union (EU), United States and China with a pipeline deal sending Turkmenistan’s natural gas through Kazakhstan. Once reaching Kazakhstan, the pipeline will continue through Russia, in route to the EU.
This proposed deal will further increase EU dependency on Russian state-owned gas giant - the one the only - Gazprom. As […]
On May 9th, 2007 the Chicago chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions brought DePaul students and informed Chicagoans alike an enlightening lecture on by Georgetown Law Professor David Cole on the subject of post-911 civil liberties. Expecting a short talk, I was greeted with a well-researched and provocative talk on the repressive political climate, which […]
I had the pleasure of reading this wonderfully written Tribune article on the Dalai Lama’s new shift away from politics and back into religion, leaving his people at the mercy of the Chinese government.
While he is a Tibetan Buddhist monk - big surprise there - if he is truly to “share their burdens” the Dalai […]
Looking at the rebellions in Chechnya and Chiapas is like comparing one’s cousins: some live in the city, reading The Nation over a cup of tea, while the other lives in the sticks, illiterate and eating squirrels. While Chechnya is not resource rich region, unlike Chiapas, and its strategic location near Kazahkstan and Azjerbianin made […]