History of New Year's Eve Ball Drop in Times Square
New Year's Eve 1904 marked the firsttime that crowds gathered in front of the newly built New York Times Tower to celebrate New Ye…
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Venezuela to Quit Human Rights Group?
UN officials expressed their concern and encouraged Venezuela not to withdraw from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (…
Native American Rights-US Tardy?
In all my consultations with indigenous peoples in the places I visited it was impressed upon me that the sense of loss, alienatio…
Is Euro Overvalued?
The news only seems to get worse for the Eurozone. The ECB (European Central Bank) Chief Mario Draghi just indicated that the area…
Ethiopia is Worst for Journalists
Ethiopia has the most journalists, 150, living in exile of any country according to the New York based Committee to Protect Journa…
Schooling in Afghanistan with Film Annex in Dari
Last week, we opened the first Internet Classroom inBaghnazargah School, Herat, Afghanistan, and we are already working on the sec…
Afghanistan schools for gilrs and boys supported by Ad Networks and Social media support
AdON Network President Bhaskar Ballapragada partnered with Film Annex for a 30-day online promotion of the Afghan Development Proj…
What is Your Image of Press Freedom?
Today is World Press Freedom Day, and eYeka's global online community leader in consumer co-creation held a contest asking its aud…
Pieces of the economy of Afghanistan puzzle starting to be put together
Starting on April 25, 2012 the students of Baghnazargah School outside of Herat Afghanistan began to see the world in ways they ne…
Sudan, South Sudan Sanctions?
UN Security Council adopted a rather direct resolution on Sudan and South Sudan which outlined specific demands of the two countri…
