By Andre Damon The typical US household lost 28 percent of its wealth during the economic crisis, with one third of these being totally wiped out, according to a recent analysis of Census Bureau data carried out by the Pew Research Center, “Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics”. While...
By Scott Stewart STRATFOR On the afternoon of July 22, a powerful explosion ripped through the streets of Oslo, Norway, as a large improvised explosive device (IED) in a rented van detonated between the government building housing the prime minister’s office and Norway’s Oil and Energy Department building. According to the diary of Anders...
Pratibha Patil has become the first President in the world to voluntarily declare the details of her assets and thus has set an example for the world,particularly to India’s neighbors.. Patil, who was elected President of the largest democracy four years back, has posted the details of her movable and immovable properties on her...
The Word of God And The Mind of Man By SURENDRA BHATNAGAR I am a biologist, committed to view things in their evolutionary perspective. I joined teaching in a college in 1958 and met Meher Baba a year later. I read His ‘God speaks’ number of times and compared the subject matter with the...
By Surender Kumar Sharma Columnist on South Asian affairs The US has given Pakistan time until July to capture Taliban supremo, Mullah Muhammad Omar and Operations Chief of the Haqqani Network, Sirajuddin Haqqani and has warned of military offensive in North Waziristan if the two are not captured. Besides the two, the list also...
Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland For the last few days, the British public has been told that parliament has reasserted authority over Rupert Murdoch’s media empire and finally called the multibillionaire to order. Some have gone so far as to exclaim that Murdoch’s appearance before a parliamentary select committee Tuesday, alongside his son James,...
By SADIA DEHLVI Centuries ago, the Qalandar mystics emerged as a separate movement of Sufism with a distinctive style of dress and behaviour. Shaykh Jamaluddin and Hasan al Jawaliqi of Iran rank among the celebrated Qalandars. Bu Ali Shah Qalandar of Panipat migrated from Iraq to India. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar of Sindh is another...
-By Malladi Rama Rao In the backdrop of rising tension at sea with China, the Philippines is all set to modernise its military, particularly its aged fleet. Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario was in Washington this week to enlist the US help in his country’s resolve to ‘stand up to any aggressive action’. His...
By Nathan Hughes STRATFOR Special U.S. President Barack Obama announced June 22 that the long process of drawing down forces in Afghanistan would begin on schedule in July. Though the initial phase of the drawdown appears limited, minimizing the tactical and operational impact on the ground in the immediate future, the United States and...
By Barry Grey A report released Friday by the US Labor Department on state and regional employment in May provides new evidence that the slump is accelerating and the jobs crisis in America is worsening. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 27 of the 50 states recorded a net decline in...
