the best change we can get is a common presidency with people’s power. thomas jefferson said, people should vote every 20 years on constitutional issues. new york state is doing so. today we see the wonder of saving passengers of an airplane accident, happened in hudson river. two other reasons for attention to new york: […]
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International Red Cross Head and Staff Kidnapped
Inquireer.net: The Swiss representative of the International Red Cross (ICRC) in the Philippines and two other workers of the said organization were seized at gunpoint by still unidentified men near the Sulo capitol building in Paticul town, Thursday morning, authorities said. 1st Lt. Esteffani Cacho, community information officer of the Western Mindanao Command said, […]
Hamas leaders killed in Gaza
Said Siyam is the most senior leader of the Islamist militant organisation Hamas to have been killed since the beginning of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Hamas television said Mr Siyam, his son, brother Iyad and his brother’s family, had died when an Israeli missile struck his brother’s home in Gaza City on […]
The resolution of Kashmir may help to eliminate extremism: David Miliband
London: The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, told the media that if the issue of Kashmir were resolved, that would help to eliminate the extremism from the region. A similar statement came from the US-elect President, Barack Hussain Obama, in past, for the resolution of Kashmir but stubborn Indian side, always resisted the mediation […]
Israel has turned the Gaza into a cemetery of mass graves
Gaza: The three weeks of Israeli offensive have killed some 1000 Palestinians, half of them are civilians more than 4000 are wounded. There is not enough space in Gaza to bury the people killed by the Israeli air and ground strikes, just six miles wide and 25 miles long Gaza, has been suffering shortage of […]
Obama’s 3-D Foreign Policy Needs Intent
Saeed Minhas writes from Islamabad: Diplomacy, development and defense (3-Ds) will remain the main pillars of the foreign policy under the new Obama administration, as narrated by the new US secretary of state Hilary Clinton during her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate’s foreign relation committee. Was there anything new which Mrs. Clinton or […]