American missiles continue hitting into Pakistan in the search to kill al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders, but the only message emerging from these attacks is growing anger on the part of Pakistani leaders about outside forces killing their citizens. At least 27 people have been killed in two strikes over the past week. Several observers on […]

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The United Kingdom is gradually losing the war against cocaine according to latest figures which reveal a large increase in use of the drug and an ever declining amount that is being seized by the police. The proportion of adults who use cocaine has risen nearly four fold since 1996 to an estimated 810,000 last […]

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Pakistan has failed to create a modern education system which serves the needs of all of its youth. A high percent attend religious schools known as madrasah in which, all too often, they are indoctrinated in religion, and fail to engage with modern thinking and ideas. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, prime minister of Pakistan is […]

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There was a glorious opportunity after the end of the Soviet Union and Stalinism for the Russian people to become members of the democratic world. For a few years, there was high hope that wonderful goal would be achieved, but Putin arrived on the scene, and a modern version, less horrible, but still a version, […]

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President Karzai is reaching out to Taliban militants in order to halt the destruction of his nation as forces of violence continue to exert their influence. The latest example which depicts the weakness of his government was a suicide bomber who blew himself up on the steps of the ministry for information. The […]

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The Indonesian legislature passed a controversial anti-pornography bill that has been denounced by human rights activists and many women groups. Many minority groups and those who defend social justice fear the new bill will erode free speech rights. One opponent argued: “We agree we must protect our nation from pornography, but we can’t accept the […]

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Several weeks ago, in a landmark case, an Egyptian court held a young man guilty of sexual harassment, the first time this had happened in the nation. Naglaa El Emam, the lawyer who represented the woman in the case, Noha Roushdy, suddenly announced she was switching sides and would now represent the defendant. She learned […]

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Somalia is to Africa what Afghanistan has become to Asia, a center of turmoil, destruction, bombings, and murder of innocent people. North Somali authorities arrested a local sheikh who is suspected of being behind this week’s rash of bombings that rocked the nation and killed dozens. The United States believes al-Qaeda was behind the bombings […]

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The body count of dead Americans in Iraq has reached four thousand, tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghan people have died, and George Bush insists America must stand tall in the fight to extend democracy. Of course, there is never a word from the United States of the European Union concerning events in the […]

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Saudi Arabia has been among the firmest allies of George Bush and his Republican administration, but in a recent poll taken by the Saudi Gazette revealed a surprising support among a wide range of citizens for the candidacy of Barack Obama. Eight out of ten Saudis who were interviewed preferred Obama over the Republican candidate, […]

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