Sep 07, 2009 -
Remember the neo-con slogans back in 2002-2003 ? "They hate us for our freedom !" "If we don't fight them over there, they will fight us over here" etc etc.
- 33 Comments
Nov 02, 2008 -
My doctor wanted to see me every two weeks in the last months. Now I felt infinitely tired, the waking moments I had during the nights, wished they had been during day ;) she had no more space there – she was lying there like a stone in my belly and was hurting the days and nights away. Yet all women, who had been pregnant, went through this.
- 6 Comments
Apr 11, 2009 -
International efforts to thwart Somali piracy would appear to be floundering. Perhaps words from the 19th Century could offer a solution, writes the BBC News website's world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds.
Palmerston did not hesitate to send in the gunboats
I
f the navies of the world need some advice on ways to stop piracy off Somalia, they could look to Lord Palmerston, British Foreign Secretary in 1841.
- 16 Comments
Nov 05, 2008 -
Sunday, Sep. 21, 2008
How We Became the United States of France
By Bill Saporito
This is the state of our great republic: We've nationalized the financial system, taking control from Wall Street bankers we no longer trust. We're about to quasi-nationalize the Detroit auto companies via massive loans because they're a source of American pride, and too many jobs — and votes — are at stake.
- 20 Comments
Aug 14, 2007 -
Conscious that their oil reserve will soon be gone, Algerians are constructing a solar power plant to create alternative energy which will generate 150 megawatts, feeding Europe and itself. The plant, which started being built late last month, should be done by 2010 and the goal is to export 6,000 megawatts of solar-generated power to Europe by 2020. Read full article.
- 3 Comments