Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
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Omar Khayyam (118)
The gentle breeze seems to have brought your distant fragrance to my heart; it just abandoned me and went out looking high and low for you. And now […]
It’s Springtime in Kabul for the Taliban
The Taliban kicked off their spring offensive with numerous coordinated attacks in the capital of Kabul and well as in some provinces. Aljazeera English has […]
Iran’s Forbidden Nukes and the Taqiya Lie
The Iranian and Chinese teams at the negotiations in Istanbul this weekend between the UN Security Council plus Germany on the one hand, and Iran […]
What the Laws of War Allow (Madar)
Chase Madar writes at Tomdispatch.com What the Laws of War Allow Do the WikiLeaks War Logs Reveal War Crimes — Or the Poverty of International […]
Egypt’s Saturday Night Massacre and the Presidential Race
The election of Egypt’s new president to succeed deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, has taken on increased importance and has become more unpredictable because of the […]
Omar Khayyam (114)
At first I looked for the pen of fate, and the tablet on which it wrote, and heaven and hell in the skies above. Then […]
Aurora Light show on Uranus captured by Hubble (Video)
Mashable reports on video from Hubble of aurora light shows on the frozen planet of Uranus.
Tens of Thousands of Syrians Protest Peacefully after Ceasefire, 6 Killed
On the first day since the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Assad maintained that it had accepted a ceasefire with its opposition, tens of thousands of […]
Mark Twain on Bankers
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella…
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