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9 November 2009, by
Life in a Refugee Camp
Life is never easy growing up in a refugee camp. It is a life of poverty, limited access to education, lack of access to sporting or recreational facilities and few opportunities. Hopelessness (...) -
9 November 2009, by
The Economic Crisis and Obama’s Response- Part 2 of 2
The Obama administration’s bank bailout may work to save the major banking institutions. But there are two problems. One is that there is no reason why we should have, over the next several (...) -
9 November 2009, by
Israel and India, Zionism and Hindutva
It was after the Cold War that the Indian establishment’s attitude to Palestine could not escape the impact of the overall lurch rightwards of the centre of gravity of the Indian polity. At home (...) -
9 November 2009, by
The US Arc of Instability
The New Great Game is not only focused on the face-off between the United States and its strategic competitors Russia and China, with Pipeline-istan as a defining element. The Full Spectrum (...) -
9 November 2009, by
The Bhopal Disaster
On the 3rd of December 1984, 40 tonnes of toxic gases escaped from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. The result was catastrophic. 3,000 people— men, women, and children— were dead (...) -
9 November 2009, by
Hunting for Gatherers
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was (...) -
9 November 2009, by
Goldstone
“We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,” Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response to the (...) -
7 December 2007, by
Controversy surrounding the emission trading system
All countries signing the Kyoto Protocol have agreed, emissions of polluting gases in the atmosphere must be reduced. To facilitate this process and, thereby, achieve emission reduction targets, (...)
