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11 June 2013, by Michel LAMBERT
Why Is Public Money Paying For The Right-Wing Hate And Misinformation Of Eric Duhaime?
Eric Duhaime and his hatred of anything close to the notion of common good is all over the place. On Sun News, Radio X, TVA, and several blogs, we see, hear or read him bashing community groups, (…) -
7 June 2013, by Saeed Naqvi
Sow The Wind In Syria, Reap The Whirlwind In Turkey
It was October 2011. I knew this would be my last evening with the distinguished Turkish journalist, Mehmet Birand, as we looked over the Bosphorus from my hotel in Istanbul. He had been fighting (…) -
7 June 2013, by Nilüfer Göle
Gezi - Analysis of a Protest
“Yaşamak bir ağaç gibi tek ve hür ve bir orman gibi kardeşçesine” “To live like a tree alone and free and like a forest in brotherhood” Nazım Hikmet A brand new movement is unfolding in front (…) -
6 June 2013, by Ahmet İnsel
An Uprising for Dignity
The Gezi Park rebellion is nothing like the Arab Uprisings. It is neither an uprising against a dynasty coiled up as head of state for decades, nor a demand for fair and equal elections against (…) -
5 June 2013, by Editorial, Economic and Political Weekly
Violence of the Oppressed
“the biggest grab of tribal land after Columbus” The chorus of righteous indignation against Maoist violence has made a comeback. The commercial media has returned to baying for the blood of (…) -
2 June 2013, by Prabhat Patnaik
On the Question of Capital Punishment
THE decision of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M), Central Committee to oppose capital punishment is of great significance. The CPI(M) is the first major political party to have taken (…) -
27 May 2013, by John Pilger
Why Iniquity of Tony Blair’s Iraq Crimes is on a Par with Woolwich Killing
Iraq is no longer news: the killing of 57 Iraqis in one day was a non-event compared with the murder of a British soldier in London. Yet the two atrocities are connected. The dust in Iraq (…) -
23 May 2013, by Alternative Information Center
AIC Awarded Follow the Women Prize 2013
The Alternative Information Center (AIC) has been awarded the 2013 Follow the Women Prize for its work on behalf of peace between people through dialogue and reflection. The award is given (…) -
22 May 2013, by Sergio Yahni
Are We Closer to a Middle East Regional War?
Local and international analysts believe the rising military tensions along the Israel-Syria cease-fire line are an outcome of the ongoing war in Syria and Israeli attempts to block delivery of (…) -
21 May 2013, by Beena Sarwar
Pakistan Elections: Democracy, Dichotomies, and Shades of Grey
The recent elections in Pakistan show that the country is finally on the right track notwithstanding the rigging, the violence and the brutal prevention of women from voting in some areas by (…) -
19 May 2013, by Aman Sethi
“Neo-Colonial Land-Grab”
Last August, Ojulu sat smoking a cigarette outside his thatch-roofed hut in Pino village when a rising tide of water seeped through the reed fence. “The water came in the morning,” Ojulu said, (…) -
16 May 2013, by Ramzy Baroud
Hawking and a Brief History of Boycotts
It is an event "of cosmic proportions", said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description regarding Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. (…) -
13 May 2013, by Feroz Mehdi
A Good Day For Democracy
May 11, 2013 was an important day for Pakistan and a good day for democracy. My five years old daughter will remember this day when she grows up, not only because it is her birth day but also (…) -
10 May 2013
Interview: Phyllis Bennis on Stephen Hawking
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. And welcome to this edition of The Bennis Report with Phyllis Bennis, who now joins us from Washington, (…) -
10 May 2013, by Ayesha Siddiqa
Naya Pakistan, An Old Fable
The renowned television anchor Quatrina Hosain was in tears. A day after the incident of her being sexually assaulted at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) jalsa by party workers in Wah (…) -
9 May 2013, by Harriet Sherwood and Matthew Kalman in Israel, and Sam Jones
Stephen Hawking: Furore Deepens over Israel Boycott
The celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking became embroiled in a deepening furore today over his decision to boycott a prestigious conference in Israel in protest over the state’s occupation of (…) -
2 May 2013, by Stephen Zunes
The U.S. and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On
If, as alleged, the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons, it would indeed be a serious development, constituting a breach of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, one of the world’s most important (…) -
2 May 2013, by InCACBI
Appeal to Authors to Boycott ‘Celebrating India in Israel’ Festival at the University of Haifa
New Delhi, April 30, 2013 Dear Namita Gokhale and Amish Tripathi, We, a group of artists, academics and activists in India, came together in 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid (…) -
1 May 2013, by Frances Hasso
Alternative Worlds at the 2013 World Social Forum in Tunis
Last month, I attended my first World Social Forum (WSF) in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. I study social movements and teach about the WSF and the very different and more established annual scrum (…) -
29 April 2013, by Vijay Prashad
The Terror of Capitalism
On Wednesday, April 24, a day after Bangladeshi authorities asked the owners to evacuate their garment factory that employed almost three thousand workers, the building collapsed. The building, (…) -
24 April 2013, by Meera Karunananthan
UN Must Challenge Canada’s Complicity in Mining’s Human Rights Abuses
Canada is due for review at the UN human rights council – abuses by its mining companies must not be overlooked Canada is scheduled for its universal periodic review (UPR) at the UN human (…) -
18 April 2013
To Reclaim Our Future, We Must Change the Present
The capitalist system has exploited and abused nature, pushing the planet to its limits, so much so that the system has accelerated dangerous and fundamental changes in the climate. Today, the (…) -
16 April 2013, by Vijay Prashad
India’s Israel Policy
Between 1948 (the founding of Israel) and 1992, the government of India had no formal relations with the state of Israel. In 1992, the Congress-led government of P. V. Narasimha Rao, for reasons (…) -
11 April 2013, by Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem
Stop Israeli Construction of a New Illegal Settlement Highway in Occupied Palestinian Territory
Halt Israeli destruction and forcible displacement of the Palestinian community of Beit Safafa in occupied East Jerusalem A public appeal by the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in (…) -
9 April 2013, by Immanuel Wallerstein
The World Social Forum: Still Meeting Its Challenge
The World Social Forum (WSF) has just ended its now biennial meeting, held this time in Tunis. It was very largely ignored by the world’s mainstream press. It was attended by many skeptics who (…) -
9 April 2013, by Medea Benjamin
World Social Forum in Tunisia
"This was like a dream come true," said a radiant Sossi Mohamed Sadek, a Tunisian second year engineering student who was one of the hundreds of local volunteers at the World Social Forum in (…) -
4 April 2013
Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly
As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Tunisia, 2013, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of peoples of Maghreb-Mashrek (from North Africa to the (…) -
4 April 2013
Declaration: Palestine Convergence Assembly in Tunis
The Convergence Assembly on Palestine at the World Social Forum (WSF) is meeting in Tunis in a moment of intense popular struggle in Palestine against Israel’s system of colonialism, occupation (…) -
20 March 2013, by Anna Fifield
Contractors Reap $138bn From Iraq War
Eight days after the invasion of Iraq on March 19 2003, Paul Wolfowitz, then deputy defence secretary and a leading proponent of the war, told a Congressional committee: “We are dealing with a (…) -
18 March 2013, by Pablo Solón
How to Overcome the Climate Crisis?
There is no single answer, no single campaign nor single approach. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids catastrophe, we need to: • Leave more than two-thirds of the fossil (…) -
12 March 2013, by Garry Leech
Canadian Arrogance: Harper and the death of Hugo Chávez
Within hours of the death of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued what is arguably the most insensitive statement ever released by one (…) -
11 March 2013, by Gideon Levy
UNICEF Isn’t Anti-Semitic
UNICEF has published a report no less harsh, this time with respect to Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children. Now, you can no longer say it was because of anti-Semitism. It has already (…) -
7 March 2013, by Marta Harnecker
Chávez’s Chief Legacy: Building, with People, an Alternative Society to Capitalism
When Hugo Chávez triumphed in the 1998 presidential elections, the neoliberal capitalist model was already floundering. The choice then was none other than whether to re-establish the neoliberal (…) -
5 March 2013, by Marjorie Cohn
The Uncommon Courage of Bradley Manning
Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges including possessing and willfully communicating to an unauthorized person — all the main elements of the WikiLeaks disclosure. The charges carry (…) -
4 March 2013
The Ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week!
9th annual Israeli Apartheid Week featuring inspiring conferences, workshops, film screenings, demonstrations, and cultural events to raise awareness around the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (…) -
27 February 2013
AIC Mourns Loss of Stephane Hessel
The news of last night’s death of Ambassador Stephane Hessel has deeply affected the team and board members of the Alternative Information Center. Stephane Hessel and his wife Christiane were (…) -
21 February 2013, by Brent Patterson
Will the Harper Government try to Bully the U.S. on the KXL Pipeline too?
An estimated 50,000 people marched in Washington, DC yesterday in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. The Harper government has been actively lobbying in the United States in favour of this (…) -
18 February 2013
"There Is No Going Back Because I’m The Owner Of Right"
Letter from prisoner Samer al-Issawi as it came from the Ministry of Prisoners: I turn with admiration to the masses of our heroic Palestinian people, to our Palestinian leadership, to all (…) -
14 February 2013, by Christoph Schult
Patience Runs Out: EU To Crack Down on Israeli Settlement
Israeli settlers living in the Palestinian terroritories often deceptively give their products a "Made in Israel" label. The European Union wants to move soon to end the practice and appears to be (…) -
11 February 2013
Assassination of Chokri Belaid
We, the undersigned organizations, actively involved in the preparations for the upcoming World Social Forum to be held in March 2013 in Tunis, are dismayed and revolted by the assassination of (…) -
7 February 2013, by Climate Space Steering Committee
Cimate Space: Rethinking Strategies to Fight For Our Future
Open call to join the Climate Space at the World Social Forum in Tunisia, March 26-30, 2013 The 2013 World Social Forum will be held this March 26-30 in Tunisia, where only two years ago, a (…) -
5 February 2013, by Stuart Schaar
Whither the Tunisian Citizen’s Revolt?
It would be foolish to expect smooth transitions after the mass revolts in some Arab countries. One will see unexpected events, the emergence of new forces and weakened states in places where (…) -
31 January 2013, by Kaveh Boveiri
Some Reflections on Social Forum
On the 26th and 27th of January an unprecedented launch of People’s Social Forum was held in Ottawa. In its brochure it is introduced as “A grassroots approach to a Canada-Québec-Indigenous (…) -
30 January 2013, by Michael Leon Guerrero
Peoples’ Social Forum
Background The process for a Peoples’ Social Forum was launched at a general assembly convened in Ottawa, Ontario on January 26 and 27, 2013. It was an inspired and dynamic gathering. (…) -
21 January 2013, by Hiren Gohain
Revolution or Rebellion?
Days and Nights in the Heartland of Rebellion by Gautam Navlakha (New Delhi: Penguin), 2012; pp 272,Rs 299. No less a person than our prime minister has repeatedly called it “the greatest (…) -
2 January 2013, by Peter Van Buren
Torture: An All-American Nightmare
If you look backward you see a nightmare. If you look forward you become the nightmare. There’s one particular nightmare that Americans need to face: in the first decade of the twenty-first (…) -
2 January 2013, by Walden Bello
As 2012 Ends, a Turning Point on Women’s Rights
Women’s rights have been in the forefront of international of international concern over the last few weeks. Making the biggest headlines were the massive demonstrations in New Delhi and other (…) -
23 December 2012, by Pablo Solon
Strike Four in Climate Change
In baseball, when you have 3 strikes, you are out. In the climate change negotiations we already have 4 strikes. Copenhagen, Cancun, Durban and now Doha. Four attempts and each of the results were (…) -
20 December 2012
Declaration of Solidarity with CUPW
We, the undersigned: • Commend the Canadian Union of Postal Workers for their ongoing solidarity work abroad and at home • Declare our support for the right of CUPW members to create their (…) -
28 November 2012
Now is the Time for a Military Embargo on Israel!
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” –Nelson Mandela Horrified at the latest round of Israeli (…) -
19 November 2012
Call For International Solidarity With The Palestinian People
There is a sad reality: The Palestinian people, a nation representing the hopes of all forgotten peoples, are tragically alone. Palestinians endure furious attacks of groundbreaking Israeli and (…) -
16 November 2012, by Pierre Galand
The International Community Must Prevent A New Massacre In Gaza!
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) calls on the international community to intervene to immediately end the Israeli “Operation Pillar of Defence”, launched on Wednesday 14 November. (…) -
15 November 2012, by I. A. Rehman
The Left Reborn?
The merger of three major left parties under the banner of the Awami Workers’ Party should be welcome not only to the much-scattered left political workers but also to all those who are interested (…) -
13 November 2012, by Nipa Banerjee
An Appraisal of the International Community’s Delivery in Afghanistan in the Last Decade
The immediate result of the war of October 2001 was the removal of the brutal regime of the Taliban. Adoption of a constitution and establishment of a transitional government were made possible. A (…) -
12 November 2012
Awami Workers Party: Interim Leaders Elected For New Left Party
Abid Hassan Minto was elected interim president of the newly formed Awami Workers Party (AWP) on Sunday and pledged to “build a new programme of socialism for 21st century Pakistan”. Minto was (…) -
9 November 2012
France Awards Prize to Alternative Information Centre
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will award the 2012 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic to the Alternative Information Center (AIC), a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization based in (…) -
6 November 2012, by HUMAN RIGHTS JOINT PLATFORM
Indefinite/ Non-Alternate Hunger Strike on 56th Day
Mass hunger strike in Turkish prisons, which started on 12 September 2012, is on the 56th day. Hunger strikers declared that the strike was a non-alternate one to be carried out for an indefinite (…) -
6 November 2012, by Newsclick Production
Has the Attack on Malala Made a Difference to Pakistan?
Karamat Ali, the well-known labour and human rights activist in Pakistan believes that the brutal shooting by Tehirik-e-Taliban of a young girl for wanting to study is a defining moment in the (…) -
31 October 2012, by Messaoud Romdhani
Origins of the Tunisian Revolution
“It wasn’t meant to happen in Tunisia,” said Robert Fisk, the famous English Journalist ironically about the revolt of January 2011 that galvanized people –mainly youth – throughout the Arab (…) -
25 October 2012, by ICSSI
Iraqi Social Forum and Nonviolence Assembly
The Fourth Conference of The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) During three days in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on October 20-22, more than 200 Iraqi activists, trade (…) -
23 October 2012, by ICSSI
Iraqi Nonviolence Forum Opened in the Southern city of Basra
On 19th of October, the Second Iraqi Nonviolence Forum opened in the southern city of Basra with a Peace Run involving more than 150 Iraqi and international activists, including peaceworkers from (…) -
22 October 2012, by SHOBHA S V
"I Have Become Even More Rebellious After My Arrest"
Do journalists question enough, asks Seema Azad, ‘Dastak’ editor who was charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in this interview with SHOBHA S V 37-year old Seema Azad’s (…) -
5 October 2012, by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
The Maple Spring is Important to all Canadians, Not Just Quebec
In February of this year, Quebec students began an unlimited general strike to oppose what would become an 82% increase in tuition fees by the then-Liberal government of Jean Charest. Six (…) -
3 October 2012, by Mustafa Barghouthi
The Worst Apartheid in Modern History
Frederick Douglass, the American orator, writer and social reformer who had escaped from slavery, wrote: "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." What we need to do in Palestine is to (…) -
3 October 2012, by Britta Ohm
Public against Democracy: the case of the Gujarat Pogrom 2002
The Creating Publics-Creating Democracies workshop ( see this week’s theme) caught my attention immediately because ‘public’ and ‘democracy’ figured as two separate terms. In most approaches to (…) -
19 September 2012, by Stephen Zunes
Embassy Protests and Middle East Unrest in Context
It seems bizarre that right-wing pundits would be so desperate to use the recent anti-American protests in the Middle East—in most cases numbering only a few hundred people and (except for a (…) -
18 September 2012, by Ronald Cameron
WSF 2013: A Meeting Between The Alter-Globalization Movement And The Arab Spring
The meeting between the Prime Minister of Tunisia, a leader of the Islamist Party Ennahda, and a delegation from the International Council (IC) of the World Social Forum (WSF) has confirmed the (…) -
19 juillet 2012, par The Canadian Boat to Gaza
The Canadian Boat to Gaza
The Canadian Boat to Gaza, in cooperation, with international initiatives in the US, Australia and other countries, is launching a new initiative to challenge the illegal and inhumane Israeli (…) -
6 juillet 2012, par Michel LAMBERT
After Rio : Building a Genuine Quebec, Canada and First Nations Alliance
On June 20, anticipating the failure of the United Nations Conference Rio+20, more than 50,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil conjointly with dozens of other demonstrations (…) -
2 juillet 2012, par Houda Chergui
Alternative Voices Podcast July 2012
Alternatives International Journal is proud to reveal its new podcast, Alternative Voices, created by Michael D’Alimonte and Jacob Dobias with help from the rest of the AIJ interns. It consists of (…) -
6 June 2012, by Michel LAMBERT
The Rebel Province
Michel Lambert At the time of writing these lines, the very predictable and unilateral rupture of negotiations by the Charest government has just been announced. The faint glimmer of hope (…) -
14 February 2012, by Tamkinat Mirza
Mohammed Nasheed: Climate Activist in Need.
Mohammed Nasheed, the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, was ousted from the government in an alleged coup d’etat last week. The legitimacy of the presidential takeover and the (…) -
29 December 2011, by bbc.co.uk
Chavez muses on US Latin America cancer plot
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has questioned whether the US has developed a secret technology to give cancer to left-wing leaders in Latin America. Read more... -
22 December 2011, by occupyfredericton
Occupy Fredericton unveils initiatives through ’Ten days of Christmas’ presentation
Fredericton - December 22nd, 2011 - Occupy Fredericton’s initiatives will soon be ’occupying’ ten areas of concern as gifts to be opened daily, beginning Christmas day, under the tree at City (…) -
21 December 2011, by bbc.co.uk
Bird flu: Research row as US raises terror fears
US authorities have asked the authors of two controversial bird flu studies to redact key details after a government advisory panel suggested the data could be used by terrorists. Read more... -
21 December 2011, by Glen Johnson ,
Luke Harding
Egyptian women protest in Cairo against brutal treatment
Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Cairo to protest against military rule and the brutal treatment of female protesters by Egypt’s security services. Read more... -
23 November 2011, by bbc news
Yemeni President Saleh signs deal on ceding power
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has signed a deal under which he will step down after months of unrest. Mr Saleh signed the agreement, brokered by Yemen’s Gulf Arab neighbours, in the (…) -
17 November 2011, by Democracy Now
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Return to Zuccotti Park After 200 Arrested, Camping Barred
Thousands of defiant Occupy Wall Street protesters streamed into Zuccotti Park late Tuesday, less than 24 hours after police forcibly removed them from their camp. Police arrested more than 200 (…) -
11 November 2011, by Jack Shenker
News World news Egypt Protesters prepare for global day of action against Egypt’s military junta
Protesters in more than 20 cities worldwide are preparing to take action against Egypt’s military junta, as part of a global day of solidarity to "defend the Egyptian revolution". -
10 November 2011
Brazil court approves building of Amazon dam
Contentious Belo Monte dam project in the north to proceed without additional consulation with indigenous communities. A Brazilian court has said that construction of one the world’s largest (…) -
3 November 2011, by Al Jazeera
Israel to ’prevent’ aid ships reaching Gaza
Israeli navy says it will stop two boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists from reaching blockaded territory. Israel has announced that its navy will attempt to stop two boats carrying (…) -
2 November 2011
Activists urge abortion rights in Nicaragua
Issue of legalisation gains prominence in run-up to presidential polls in staunchly Catholic country. Read More and Watch... -
30 October 2011, by Tamkinat Mirza
Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Holds Third Conference
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) is an advocacy initiative that aims to facilitate the process of building concrete links between international civil society organization and (…) -
20 October 2011, by RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS
Thousands in Greece Protest Austerity Bill
ATHENS — By now, it almost feels like a ritual: a strike and large demonstration disrupted by skirmishes and tear gas ahead of a parliamentary vote on new austerity measures that Greece needs to (…) -
17 October 2011, by Democracy Now
Obama Deploys Troops to Africa to Fight Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
President Obama has deployed about 100 "combat-equipped U.S. forces," including special operations personnel, to central Africa to help fight against Uganda’s renegade Lord’s Resistance Army and (…) -
13 October 2011, by Al Jazeera
Amnesty calls on Canada to arrest George Bush
Human rights organisation says Canada must prosecute former US president during October visit for "authorising torture". Read More... -
13 October 2011, by Al Jazeera English
Many freed Palestinians may be deported
Hamas official says 178 of the 450 Palestinians released in first phase of prisoner swap with Israel will be deported. A Hamas official has leaked details about a historic prisoner swap deal (…) -
10 October 2011, by NY Times
A Fluid Protest Movement Finds a Forum to Match
A STRENGTH of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement has been its flexible organization and nondoctrinaire agenda: “The one thing we all have in common is that we are the 99 percent that will no (…) -
29 September 2011
Fresh protests in Bolivia road row
Tens of thousands march against government’s violent crackdown on demonstrations against controversial road. -
27 September 2011, by bbc news
Israel approves 1,100 settler homes in Gilo, Jerusalem
The move comes days after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called for full UN membership for a Palestinian state. The US has repeatedly urged Israel to stop building settlements on occupied (…) -
25 September 2011, by Al Jazeera English
Turkey imposes arms embargo on Syria
"A Syrian-flagged ship already stopped" as part of sanctions announced by former ally in response to Assad’s crackdown. -
22 September 2011
Democracy Now! Special Report From Troy Davis Execution: Did Georgia Kill An Innocent Man?
Troy Anthony Davis was killed by lethal injection by the state of Georgia at At 11:08 p.m. EDT last night, despite widespread doubts about his guilt. The execution occurred shortly after the U.S. (…) -
21 September 2011, by Ian Traynor
EU border police ’turning blind eye’ to abuse of migrants in Greece
Europe’s fledgling border police force has been knowingly aiding and abetting the serial abuse of migrants during its first major deployment on EU frontiers, Human Rights Watch said. Read (…) -
18 September 2011, by ETHAN BRONNER
Israel and Turkey, Foes and Much Alike
ISRAEL and Turkey, key American allies, are clashing. But they disagree over the source of their disagreement. Turkey says it expelled the Israeli ambassador and cut military ties because Israel (…) -
15 September 2011, by theguardian
Australian passports to have third gender option
X category aims to counter discrimination against intersex people, while transgender people can pick male or female -
15 September 2011, by Al Jazeera English
Somalia signs ’roadmap’ for political reform
Politicians agree on timetable to write new constitution, reform parliament and tackle insecurity and graft. -
14 September 2011, by bbc news
Algeria’s Bouteflika to end state TV and radio control
Algeria has announced sweeping media reforms to allow private radio and television stations to exist for the first time since independence in 1962. The move comes as the government battles to (…) -
24 August 2011, by Choe Sang-Hun
In First, South Korea Votes on Social Policy
SEOUL, South Korea — Low turnout in South Korea’s first vote on a social policy on Wednesday left in place a Seoul program providing free lunches for 810,000 elementary and middle-school students, (…) -
19 August 2011, by Jim Yardley
Unlikely Echo of Gandhi Inspires Indians to Act
NEW DELHI — In a “new” India often obsessed with wealth and status, where cricket batsmen and Bollywood movie stars are wildly idolized, Anna Hazare is a figure from an earlier, seemingly (…) -
17 August 2011, by Meena Bhandari
The women bringing solar power to Sierra Leone
An Indian college has trained 12 Sierra Leonean women to become solar engineers as part of a drive to bring electricity to rural communities A group of 12 women from villages in Sierra Leone (…)