Gas Row Highlights Tajik-Uzbek Tensions
Region: TajikistanDispute over fuel supply resolved for now, but angry rhetoric reflects longstanding mistrust. By Yulia Goryaynova, Galim Faskhutdinov, Saule Mukhametrakhimova Just when relatio... more
Views: 1022Hummer Deal Goes Down
Region: China
General Motors stated today that a deal to sell the Hummer brand to China has fallen apart. Allegedly, the Chinese government refused to grant permission to the prospective buyer, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machine... more
Views: 1357Hummer Sold to Chinese Maker
Region: ChinaThe great American brand hummer is now being sold to a Chinese heavy equipment maker. Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corp has signed a deal and the brand will be sold to them on Friday. GM has now finalized the deal... more
Views: 1546Scandals in Ghana Telecom and Vodaphone deal
Region: GhanaThere is confusion among members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) members of parliament over an alleged bribe they took to ratify the sale of the then Ghana Telecom to Vodaphone last year. It is being alleged b... more
Views: 1962Arab leader exposed torturing civilian on tape
Region: United Arab EmiratesAccording to a US state department official, a member of the royal family in Abu Dhabi has been arrested after he was exposed on video performing bizarre acts of torture on an Afghan grain dealer. The official has confirme... more
Views: 1481Mr. Obama, It’s Time To Embrace Mr. Mugabe
Region: Zimbabwe
Last November Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe congratulated Barack Obama after his election as the 44th President of the United States. He assured Mr. Obama that he was ready to engage the US (and the international commun... more
Views: 1479The Sins of Chester City
Region: Pennsylvania
By Desire Grover *Transcript of A Ghetto Print Minute Podcast (((PLAY PODCAST))) On December 30th a final proposal was put in around 7 am asking for the Chester Upland School District to sign over 40 ... more
Views: 1594Afghanistan Occupation Resurrects Taliban--South Asia Explosive
Region: Afghanistan
South Asia has become a more explosive region than ever before. The Mumbai attacks by terrorists have once again become successful in fueling Indo-Pak conflict, augmenting the level of mutual suspicion and misunderstanding... more
Views: 2024President Zardari arrives in China
Region: China
Beijing: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari arrives in Beijing today, on four days’ official visit and it is the first official visit of President Zardari after assuming the office of the president. ... more
Views: 1486Democrats and Republicans Support Indo-US Deal in Unison in Senate
Region: IndiaIn a historic and epoch making event on 2nd October’08, the 100 member US senate passed the Indo-US nuclear deal by 86 to13 votes (with senator Edward Kennedy abstaining) after more than three years of its initiation... more
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