Asia

Aunty Clinton comes to Asia with a ‘do-it’ list – By Ameen Izzadeen

The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, during her recent eight-day visit to Asia was acting more like a matron than the chief diplomat of her country. Her aim, obviously, was to thrust a US-centric world view — that serves the US interest — on the countries she visited    Her matron-like behaviour was evident when she advised Bangladesh’s …

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Special court verdict on 2002 Gujarat pogrom Provides some ray of hope in the judiciary By Latheef Farook

Thousands of victims still await justice while perpetrators roam around free Last week’s special court verdict, ten years after the anti Muslim pogrom in Gujarat,    convicting 23 people in the burning to death of 23   Muslim women and children in the Ode town brought some relief to the beleaguered Muslims. However confidence in the judiciary will be restored only after …

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U.N. Warns of Staggering Urbanisation in Asia, Africa By Thalif Deen

Asia and Africa will account for a hefty 86 percent of all increases in the world's urban population in the next four decades, the United Nations said in a report released Wednesday. Africa's urban population will increase from the current 414 million to over 1.2 billion by 2050, while Asia will increase from 1.9 billion to 3.3 billion.  The largest …

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Unholy India- America -Israeli Axis By Latheef Farook

Mahathma Gandhi’s India  taken over by his RSS  killers The US sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution calling for a time bound implementation of the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, LLRC, was passed with 24 members in favour and 15 against which means more than half the member states were against the empire meddling in …

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Syrian Rebels are Foreign-backed Terrorists By Tony Cartalucci

 It is now confirmed that Saudi Arabia is shipping arms to foreign fighters and Syrian rebels operating out of Jordan. The Australian reports in their article, "Bombs in Syria as Saudis 'send arms to rebels'," that "Saudi military equipment is on its way to Jordan to arm the Free Syrian Army," quoting an Arab diplomat. Of course, as reported below, …

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