Everyone likes to complain about taxes. It is one of the great underrated spectator sports. But few people do anything about taxes. Very, very few people take the time to study a budget. Budgets are dull, confusing and require a couple of hours to understand. Those who read a budget figure out pretty quickly that there is not much discretionary […]
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Does A Politician’s Eyes Look At Women?
Bangkok, Thailand – Throughout the ages, the process of birthing has always been a cause of intrigue and celebration among human beings. But for <a href="http://www.stevechadwick.co.nz">Steve Chadwick</a>, an MP in New Zealand’s Labour-led government and former midwife, there’s nothing that mirrors politics as much as the process of giving birth. Chadwick bemoaned the growing risk of […]
Dodgy neighbour
A recent interview in the Financial Times had South Africa’s president Thabo Mbeki reiterating his much maligned policy of quiet diplomacy on the ever thornier subject of his country’s troubled neighbour, Zimbabwe. With Robert Mugabe, who at 83 has now led Zimbabwe for 27 years, having convinced his party to select him as their candidate […]
Pushto folk singers to migrate to Lahore, Karachi
By Shaheen Buneri PESHAWAR: In wake of the MMA government’s ban on music in public places, most of the Pakhto folk singers have decided to migrate to the capitals of the Punjab and Sindh provinces. "We are the representatives of the rich and glorious cultural history of the Pakhtuns. There is no vulgarity and obscenity […]
Nigerians go to ‘do-or-die’ election
By Amaechi Nwosu The stage appears set for Nigeria to get into the second test of democracy, expected to consolidate transition to civil rule which was achieved in 1999 after a hard struggle from military government which had held sway in the country for 15 years uninterrupted. The elections ushering in the country’s 5th republic […]
YouTube Banned, Again
Chiang Mai, Thailand – The Communication Authority of Thailand has ordered the closure of access to the YouTube website because the video-uploading site featured content critical of the country’s highly revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 79. When this citizen reporter tried to access the You Tube website in Thailand’s Northern city of Chiang Mai, the following […]