Written by Oiwan Lam The past week has seen a real-life version of film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” reenacted in China. The Chinese protagonist, Xu Wu, has been detained in a psychiatric hospital for four years over a labour dispute against a state-run enterprise in Wuhan, Hubei province. He escaped from the […]
Over 40 Vessels and Almost 700 Hostages Held in Somalia by Pirates
STATUS OF SEIZED VESSELS AND CREWS IN SOMALIA, THE GULF OF ADEN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN (ecoterra – 22. December 2010) Please note a new additional EMERGENCY HELPLINE number: +254-719-603-176 STATUS-SUMMARY: Albert Einstein: Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. No matter what the navies say: […]
Status of Vessels and Crews Seized by Pirates in Somali, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean
At least 25 foreign vessels plus one barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 448 hostages – including an elderly British yachting couple and the 5 new hostages from Somaliland – suffer to be released. Request the Somali Marine & Coastal Monitor from ECOTERRA Intl. for background […]
RELIGION, MARXISME AND SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Why such a film Slumdog Millionaire, which displays a very negative image about India – slums settlement, exploitation, poverty, corruption, anti-Muslim pogrom – create so much ripple in the Western world, pre-and post-Oscar?. India and why the government does not protest, as will be done by the Chinese government, for a depiction of the reality […]
Low Cost Technology Saves Poor
Most Zimbabweans – about 70 per cent of the population – live in rural areas and are engaged in smallholder agriculture. These smallholder farmers, particularly in the country’s low rainfall areas, are extremely food insecure and have little or no access to new technology. They suffer from low incomes and a generally low standard of living, […]