Pakistani protesters rally in the city of Lahore to condemn the NATO air strike on two army checkpoints in the country’s northwest that left 24 soldiers dead.(PHOTO ap) The NATO air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers went on for almost two hours and continued even after Pakistani commanders had pleaded with coalition forces to stop, the army claimed …
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Arab states cut commercial ties with Syria By Reuters
Sanctions include asset freeze on Assad Thousands of supporters of Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition rally in the northern city of Tripoli on November 27, 2011 to denounce the Syrian regime and its Shiite ally Hezbollah. The rally in the northern port city was organised by the Future Movement, the main opposition party headed by ex-premier Saad Hariri, to mark the 68th anniversary …
Read More »Is Britain Plotting With Israel to Attack Iran? By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
Last February Britain’s then defense minister Liam Fox attended a dinner in Tel Aviv with a group described as senior Israelis. Alongside him sat Adam Werritty, a lobbyist whose “improper relations” with the minister would lead eight months later to Fox’s hurried resignation. According to several reports in the British media the Israelis in attendance at the dinner were representatives …
Read More »NATO Kills 28 Pakistani Troops, Outrage in Islamabad By PTI
At least 28 Pakistani soldiers were killed today when NATO helicopters and combat jets fired on two border posts in the country's northwest, prompting army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to direct his troops to prepare for ''an effective response'' even as authorities cut off all supplies for US forces in Afghanistan. The attack, the worst single incident of its …
Read More »Economics and Economists By Rajindra C. Ratnapuli
(Originally published in The Sunday Leader, 28 August 2011) In mid 2008 the world plunged into an economic recession with devastating consequences throughout the world. The crisis apparently started in the USA. It was a man-made crisis and it came apparently without a prior warning. Surprisingly, even the economists world over, who are engaged in the day to day affairs …
Read More »Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance By Noam Chomsky
Chomsky indicates that America is just as much a terrorist state as any other government or rogue organization. Posted February 27, 2009 In Case You Missed it Evan Solomon talks with Noam Chomsky about his book "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance". Transcript Part 1
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