Los Angeles (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In our post-election blues, many pundits have started a post-mortem exploration of what went wrong with the […]
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Engaging the Muslim World Events & Review
Updated for Monday: Here are some media advisories for my book tour this week in New York City. Note that media is always a last-minute […]
Vet issues and Mesothelioma
I keep seeing those ads on television about victims of mesothelioma, caused by exposure to asbestos, did some googling about the issue. Lo and behold, […]
Violent Demonstrations in Lahore
Wire services reporting that Nawaz Sharif defied House arrest and went to a huge rally in Lahore. Thousands of demonstrators broke through a police blockade […]
Nawaz Sharif under House Arrest; Army on Alert; Protesters Continue to Converge on Capital
In the midst of Pakistan’s ongoing political crisis, the government of President Asaf Ali Zardari sent out highly mixed signals on Saturday and Sunday. His […]
US Urges Freedom to Protest; Zardari Rejects Reconciliation Plan, Bans Geo; Sherry Rehman Resigns
The Pakistani government arrested another 200 protesters on Friday, mostly in Punjab province. The Long March demonstrators, in the meantime, reached the outskirts of Lahore. […]
Caron: Uprooting Flowers on Pakistan’s Frontier
James Caron writes in a guest op-ed for IC Some time before dawn on the 5th of this month, there was an explosion in the […]
Iraqi Refugees
Website for Iraqi Refugees: ‘Five million Iraqis have been driven from their homes by sectarian terror since Saddam Hussein was overthrown. Security has improved but […]
Stern: Effects of Global Warming Even Worse
Prominent British economist and environmentalist Nicholas Stern, has concluded that the average temperature of the earth could go up as much as about 10 degrees […]
Plans for March Unaltered; Nawaz: Zardari will Not Serve out Term
Even though the Zardari government has arrested hundreds of activists, planning for the march on Islamabad this weekend continued unabated. In what sounds like an […]