Chemical Plant Protest Censored in China
Written by Abby Residents of China’s southwestern Kunming city took to the streets on May 4, 2013 to protest against the potential production of a toxic chemical at a nearby factory. According to state media, the China National Petroleum Corporation plans to build a chemical plant in the nearby town of Anning to produce 500,000 tonnes of paraxylene (PX) used to make fabric. Close to 3,000 people [1] gathered in the city center to protest against the dangers of a possible PX [2] sp... more
Views: 349Did the US win the Iraq War?
Region: DC
It’s been over a decade since the beginning of the Iraq War and over a year since US combat forces pulled out of the country. And though the war is technically over, a recent poll from the Media and Public Opinion Research Group finds that half of the American public doesn’t think the US won the war. When asked if the United States won the war, half of the country says no, a quarter says yes and another quarter doesn’t know. One possible reason that only a quarte... more
Views: 311PDP established its Credibility throught Performance, Consistency” Mehbooba
Region: India
Srinagar, May 5 (Scoop News) –Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has said PDP has a positive agenda which is backed by its performance in the government and in the opposition. Addressing the party workers convention at Bandipora today she said the party has introduced real competition into the democratic structure of the state without which the democracy lacked credibility and substance. On this occasion senior party leader and MLA Nizam ud din Bhat, Chief Spokesper... more
Views: 304Public Sector Pensions and The Fall of the Western World
Region: United States
Pensions are a boring subject. If I write about war, my articles get thousands of views and dozens of comments. If I write about public sector pensions bankrupting the United States, a few hundred people might look at the article and no one, except the occasional irate first responder, ever comments. Pensions might be boring because we are all conflicted on the subject. I want my pension. I just don’t want to pay for someone else’s. Somewhere deep do... more
Views: 524Power-hungry NC could again tie up with BJP: Mehbooba
Region: India
Srinagar, May 4 (Scoop News) –Peoples Democratic party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said the only objective of the NC is to grab power and would not hesitate to enter into an alliance even with the BJP once again. Addressing a workers’ convention at Pulwama today, she said the lust for power has deprived the NC of any ideological identity. “It would align itself even with the devil not to speak of the BJP with which it had been an alliance partner for six long years,&... more
Views: 324World Press Freedom Day: Professionalism and Moral Responsibility Stressed in Nepal
Region: Nepal
An academic seminar jointly organized on Friday by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Kantipur City in Kathmandu emphasized on the moral standard and professionalism in media work. The seminar under the banner entitled Press Freedom for Better Nepal: Dynamize the Nepali Minds also shed light on the need to address the overall transformation agenda of the Nepali society. Addressing about 50 participants, most of them mas... more
Views: 715Security Continues As a High Risk for Iraqi Journalists
Despite ongoing violence, some argue that excessive security checks stop them getting the story. By Laith Hammoudi Jinan Hussein decided to miss the United Nations conference rather than have her brand new iPhone confiscated by a sentry outside the Green Zone in central Baghdad. “I wanted to make a call to the UN official who’d invited me to attend a United Nations conference, because the soldier on the gate wouldn... more
Views: 319PLEASE SPARE US THE SYMPATHY!
Region: IndiaPLEASE SPARE US THE SYMPATHY! Though I try not to delve too much into the murky realm of politics, I nevertheless anxiously await election times- although for a very selfish reason. For this is the only time when one sees politicians, like court jesters of yore, providing good entertainment by making a spectacle of themselves- and in such depressing times this actually works like an elixir! My favourite is when politicians after riding roughshod over our hopes and aspirations for four ... more
Views: 361Syrian Conflict and Iraq
Uncertain allegiances and fears of spillover. By Laith Hammoudi With no resolution in sight, the conflict in Syria is causing all sorts of headaches in neighbouring Iraq, where a Shia-led government is concerned at the prospect of regime change while its Sunni Arab opponents back the rebels. Caught between the Iran to the east and Tehran’s ally Bashar al-Assad to the west, the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is finding its loyalties ... more
Views: 440PDP achieved positive land marks : Mehbooba
Region: IndiaSrinagar, May 1 (Scoop News) –Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said while the NC led government has failed to save the interests of the state it has antagonized all sections of people. Addressing a convention of village level committee members of the party from Sonawari constituency she said whether it is the youth, government employees, women or even children this government has hurt every section of the society. Speaking on this occasion the... more
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