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Time To Face The Facts On Afghanistan : Information Clearing House - ICH
from Dr. KhalsaPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, October 13, 2008
NYT (4): International News
Attacks on Christians are on the rise in India and Iraq; attacks on immigrants are on the rise in Italy; and Russia's "stock slump" may imperil Putin's plans.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, October 13, 2008
NYT: Global Anxiety Catches Up to Japan’s Economy
Immune until now, Japan gets hit.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 11, 2008
AlterNet: Obama Talks Tough About Afghanistan; Here’s What He’s Really in For
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 10, 2008Tomgram: Anand Gopal, Who Rules Afghanistan?
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 10, 2008Poem from Tibet to China :)
Posted by Barbara DiSalvia, Thursday, October 9, 2008t r u t h o u t | Pakistan Facing Bankruptcy
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 9, 2008NYT (3): International
Biofuel subsidies may be increasing hunger; European legislators weaken some laws re greenhouse gases; and protests in Thailand get bigger - and uglier.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
McCain’s Kremlin Ties
go to storyThese days you're on one side of the oligopoly one year (Montenegro) and the other side the next (Georgia) ... from Mark Ames & Ari Berman in The Nation - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
NYT (3): International News
Georgia's "culture of censorship"; the indigenous Yanomamis claim that religion was doing better than politics in helping them; and Muslims gain power in Indonesia.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
BBC NEWS | UK | Afghan victory hopes played down
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, October 5, 2008t r u t h o u t | Talking to the Taliban?
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, October 4, 2008NYT Op-Eds (4)
"The next president will likely have to deal with some major financial emergencies. Barack Obama seems well informed. John McCain, on the other hand, scares me" (Krugman); "The only chance John McCain has to win the presidential election is if he overrules those of his aides who are trapped by conventional wisdom" (Kristol); "If Pakistan is the most dangerous country on earth, then Asif Ali Zardari has taken one of the world’s least enviable posts as president" (Cohen); "Sanctions have not kept Iran from developing its nuclear program. The next U.S. president must do better to convince the mullahs that they are better off without it" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 29, 2008
NYT (5): International News
Violent clashes between U.S. and Pakistani forces at Afghan border; honoring Solzhenitsyn - in Moscow; West Bank settlers escalate their defiance against ouster; Europe toughens its auto emissions plan; and extraordinary pledges to the U.N. may be affected by economic reality.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 26, 2008
AlterNet: What Makes Obama and McCain Think They Can “Win” Afghanistan?
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, September 25, 2008NYT (3): International News (Energy/Environment)
A climate program to help poor nations gets a new home - and funds; North Korea is up to its old (nuclear) tricks again; and a French nuclear power company buys a British one.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 25, 2008
NYT (3): International News
As occurred in Spain, terrorism may affect elections in India; Myanmar frees thousands of political and other prisoners; and some areas of Paris are becoming mini-religious-war zones.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Imagine “A poem for Tibet” :)
Posted by Barbara DiSalvia, Tuesday, September 23, 2008NYT (2): International News
The number of infants affected by the Chinese milk scandal jumps by a factor of almost ten (from 6,000 to 50,000); and Royal Dutch Shell opens an office in Baghdad (which means the oil companies got what they wanted in this war for energy resources).Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 23, 2008
NYT Editorials (2)
On the bailout: "The fifth major federal bailout this year — after Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the American International Group — is now in the works. Taxpayers have every right to be alarmed and angry. The latest plan is not necessarily a bad one, and officials had to move quickly to prevent credit markets from seizing up. But make no mistake, this crisis could have been avoided if regulators had enforced rules and officials had dared to question risky lending and other dubious practices; and on the Chinese baby formula scandal: "We had been assured by Chinese authorities that their regulators and manufacturers were cracking down on the negligent procedures and criminal acts that have produced lead-laced toys and poisoned pet food, toothpaste and other dangerous goods. But a new scandal involving contaminated baby formula is a frightening reminder that China still is not doing enough to ensure the safety of its products — and a reminder that American importers and regulators cannot let down their guard."Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 20, 2008
NYT (5): International News
One of the worst-ever acts of terrorism in Pakistan kills 40 and injures 150, including Americans; Sarkozy fears France is next in global economic meltdown; Chavez expels Human Rights Watch workers; a Sunni group hacks and defaces an important Shiite website in Iraq; and Mbeki may be out in political coup.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 20, 2008
Tomgram: Tariq Ali, Has the U.S. Invasion of Pakistan Begun?
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, September 17, 2008NYT (4): International News
All non-essential personnel are evacuated from Bolivia as tensions worsen; possible narco-terrorism in Mexico; the opposition in Malaysia seeks a peaceful transition; and the Chinese poisoned baby formula crisis grows.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 17, 2008
NYT (2): International News
Myanmar's junta eases some restrictions on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; and Mugabe and Tsvangirai sign a power-sharing deal that will make the latter prime minister.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 16, 2008
NYT: Afghanistan Is in Its Worst Shape Since 2001, European Diplomat Says
"One of the most experienced Western envoys in Afghanistan said Sunday that conditions there had become the worst since 2001. He urged a concerted American and foreign response, even before a new American administration took office, to avoid 'a very hot winter for all of us.'"Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 15, 2008
