Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948 after a rugged civil war. It is difficult to even begin to describe how such a change affects a country, but seeing the country today offers a glimpse at how society could operate on a large scale without a military presence. I studied abroad on a short-term program [...]
A spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military’s highest-ranking astronaut, and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this May. Retired astronauts Franklin Chang-Diaz, Kevin Chilton and Charles Precourt were confirmed as the 2012 honorees by the Astronaut Scholarship [...]
THIMPHU (IDN) – Keen to guard its ranking as Asia’s happiest country, Bhutan has hosted a climate summit and an international symposium accompanied by an exhibition in the Kingdom’s capital Thimphu – far away from the hustle and bustle of world’s metropolitan cities – in run-up to a landmark UN conference in Durban, South Africa, [...]
In only a few months the world’s longest-serving dictator was ousted from absolute power and now even killed by his people supported by a join Arab-NATO military campaign including jets from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Now it is time to look for the right decisions for the future of Libya and to focus [...]
COLOMBO (IDN) – In 2009 Libya was a friend of the U.S. so much so that it allowed several American corporate giants to enter the country and gave approval for training of Libyan security personnel and civilians. Those civilians eventually became “rebels” and were given arms by the West to overthrow Gaddafi in a movement [...]
China and India face the common task of advancing reform and promoting the comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development of each country, according to Agreed Minutes of the First China-India Strategic Economic Dialogue. They concur that the formulation and effective implementation of their mid and long-term development plans are of great significance in sustaining rapid and [...]
We rarely get a chance to see another country’s editorial about the USA Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper … The article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title ‘C’ntarea Americii, meaning ‘Ode To America ‘) in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei ‘The Daily Event’ or ‘News of the Day’. Why are [...]
Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters, up from 90 billion liters in 2009. High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in [...]
The rap on the Palestinians has been that “they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” But after badly playing America and Israel’s game for decades, they may finally be wising up by ‘going global’ and putting their case before the world at the United Nations. You know the tides have turned when America’s [...]
“For everybody knows or should know That if nothing drastic is done Aeroplane and Zeppelin will come out, Pitch like King Billy bomb-balls in Until the town is beaten flat.” Yeats, Lapis Lazuli It has been ten years since the fateful events of 9.11. Fateful because with the benefit of hindsight, al Qaeda’s crimes against [...]
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