Gulf States Woo Iraq
Region: Iraq
They hope their backing for Baghdad will help stabilise the country and curb Tehran. By Jennifer Koons in London Improved security, a grudging belief in the credibility of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and a desire to co... more
Views: 1227UN Proposal Provokes Iraqi Anger
Region: Iraq
Kurds, Turkomans and Arabs criticise recommendations on how to resolve territorial disputes in north. By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad Rival political factions have slammed a United Nations proposal to settle disputes over cont... more
Views: 1360Iraq: Stop the massacre in Sadr City…
Region: Iraq
- by Salam Adil … so says Al-Ghad. In the weeks following the high profile attack on Basra by the Iraqi army and its high profile failure something of a low-level war has been ... more
Views: 1221Tell Us What You Think: The 2008 Working Woman Survey
Region: United States
by James Parks If you are a working woman, are you worried about finding a job that pays your bills and provides benefits? Or concerned about the rising cost of health care? Maybe you’re fr... more
Views: 1687Hoax or Not? Women Growing on Trees
Region: Bangladesh
This is amazing tree named Nareepol in Thai. Naree means girl/woman and pol means plant/tree or buah in Malay. It means women tree. It is amazing what God create the World in many forms that amused human bei... more
Views: 3056Sense of Injustice Drives Women Bombers
Region: Iraq
By an IWPR reporter in Baghdad A head and pieces of flesh were all that were left of a woman who blew herself up near a security checkpoint in central Baghdad’s Al-Karrada neighbourhood in February. The wom... more
Views: 1133Blame the Little Miss
Region: United States
This is a cross-post from the Firedoglakeblog. - by Tula Connell If you’re a U.S. woman and aren’t getting paid for doing the same work as men, it’s your fault. If you’re ... more
Views: 2557Portraying Woman in Dhakai Cinema
Region: BangladeshA Glimpse into History: Film exhibition began is Bangladesh (the then East Pakistan) at the end of 1890s. Before 1950s was the era of silent film production. After the partition of India the general pace of film blew here,... more
Views: 3386Armenia: April 24 — Genocide Memorial Day
Region: Armenia
- by Onnik Krikorian Yesterday marked the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocideand the deaths of approximately 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Often described as the first Genocide of the 20... more
Views: 1460India's Lonely Honeymooners
Region: India
It kind of sounds crazy that a Bollywood film should inspire thoughts on alternate sexuality. But it happens. While watching the film, Honeymoon Travels late at night on a DVD, some thing resonated. Watching Vikram C... more
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