How Oil Speculation is Consuming Economic Recovery in Speculative Feeding Frenzy?
Monetary accommodation, including any hint of such forthcoming, brings a sharp rise in financial speculation on petroleum and its …
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Educating Young Minds with Sports
Apart from war, the other enemy of Afghanistans development has been corruption. Listed as one of the most corrupt countries in th…
Chile's Forced Disappearances Still Inadequately Sanctioned?
Very few of the convicted perpetrators are effectively serving a sentence, due to the low penalties imposed or other benefits gran…
Giving Up My Right to Be Me: Young Afghan Girls Pose As Boys to Gain Social Acceptance
Imagine donning short hair and wearing clothes traditionally worn by a man...as a female. How far could someone go to achieve thei…
Should Women/Girls Fear Arab Revolutions
There is no guarantee that revolutions are exclusively progressive. Rather, they are a reshuffling of the status quo and all inter…
China Sea Islands Stepping Stones to Conflict?
Islands as landmines for international peace and security. Could tensions spark real conflict as disputes regarding sovereignty ov…
Akin's “Legitimate Rape” & “Enforced Pregnancy” in Bosnia
Women/girls cannot be saddled with another guilt for rape forced upon them as US Congressman Todd Akins comments would appear to i…
Why Veterans' Job Prospects Matter
As American troops withdraw from Afghanistan and look toward a more compact military, the quality of recruits will become even mor…
The Rockefeller's Kykuit
Kykuit is the Rockefeller Family Estate in Potantico Hills at Tarrytown overlooking the majestic HudsonRiver. Some have said that …
Afghanistan-Another Lost Generation or Reborn in Afghani Empowerment in Education & Development?
The headlines are not particularly encouraging. The Taliban appear to have adopted a new tactic that is intended to discourage the…
