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Symbol of Global Excess in Dubai
The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifah or Khalifah Tower, was unveiled in Dubai on Monday. AP has video Dubai is a finance hub, the bubble […]
Afghans supported Personal Freedoms, Women’s Education in Asia Society Poll
Surprises in the Asia Society poll done in June, 2009, of attitudes of Afghans. It was a big poll, with some 6400 respondents from all […]
Serial Catastrophes in Afghanistan threaten Obama Policy
You probably won’t see it in most US news outlets, but on Monday morning in Kabul and Jalalabad, hundreds of university students demonstrated against US […]
Who are the climate change skeptics?
The Lippard Blog: Who are the climate change skeptics? Follow the money End/ (Not Continued)
Bush, Rumsfeld responses to Shoe Bomber & Bin Laden Video: Bin Laden ‘Not Escaping us’; ‘We’ve Stopped Chasing’; Government ‘Responding Accordingly’
The WSJ headlines that Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano “has become “a target” for the GOP in the wake of the attempted Christmas day bombing […]
Taleban deputy leader warns of more attacks in Afghanistan in 2010
The USG Open Source Center translates an interview with the “Old Taliban’s” number 2 man, Mullah “Baradar” Abdul Ghani, on Taliban tactics against the US. […]
DETNEWS | WebVideo | Detroit 2009, The Movie
DETNEWS | WebVideo | Detroit 2009, The Movie Tbe main hope I see for Detroit is that rising petroleum prices may hurt commuting and suburbs, […]
Death toll climbs to 93 in Lakki Marwat blast
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Death toll climbs to 93 in Lakki Marwat blast Only a few days after Monday’s horrific bombing of a Shiite procession […]
Top Ten Good News Stories from the Muslim World in 2009 that You Never Heard About
10. Saudi Arabia opened its first coeducational college campus, the King Abdullah Science and Technology University. In a country where the sexes have been so […]