Food Prices Spike to Record-Will Get Worse?
After a year of relative stability, global food prices soared by 10% in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all…
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Bin-Laden Killing-Did Washington Lie to UN & World?
Contrary to response to UN questions and public image of Osama Bin-Ladens killing, new book provides substantively different accou…
Handing Out Passports While Handling Corruption
For Colonel Abdul Fatah, a regular day in the office doesnt just mean stamping papers and holding meetings. He also undertakes the…
A TIGER AMONG LIONS: A WOMAN MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE AFGHANISTAN CULTURE
Last week 17 people were slaughtered in Afghanistan just because they were attending a party. They were caught while engaging them…
Death Penalty in Secrecy & Lacking Due Process
UNSG Ban Ki-moon should refuse to meet Gambias strongman Yahya Jammeh unless/until such heeds the plea of UN officials to halt the…
Afghanistan Paralympics Reflects Past-Defines Future?
Fahim Rahimi is the only Afghanistan representative to the Paralympics 2012 that kicked-off today in London. He represents more th…
Iran & Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Today is International Day Against Nuclear Tests, ironically same day UNSG Ban Ki-moon is in Tehran to attend the Non-Aligned nati…
New Orleans: "They are Trying to Wash Us Away"
After each hurricane, someone comes up with the idea of why not just abandon New Orleans, or perhaps move it to another location, …
Myanmar Trials-No Transparency: Has Anything Really Changed with Authoritarian Junta?
It is believed that all those sentenced to multi-year terms are UN and international NGO aid workers, and apparently are Muslims. …
Is it Possible to Negotiate with the Taliban?
27 August is a tragic day for Afghanistan and a more open society as UN News media reported the brutal slaying of 17 Afghan civili…
