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The national madness known as “McCarthyism” began 60 years ago in Wheeling, W.V., when Joseph R. McCarthy held up a scrap of paper that supposedly listed the names of 57 State Department officials he said were actually Communists and traitors. Eventually, America learned that the Wisconsin Republican’s famous list was a fabrication, that he was a liar and a demagogue …
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Sri Lankan Recognized as an “International Woman of Courage” by the U.S. Department of State
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the “Women of Courage” award to Sri Lanka’s Jansila Majeed at a ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington on Wednesday This prestigious award goes to women who have shown exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for human rights and women’s equality. Majeed is the managing trustee of Community Trust Fund …
Read More »From enemies to friends: India, Pakistan need attitude change, By Ameen Izzadeen
They met and they talked — no they barked. The much-hyped Indo-Pakistan talks at Foreign Secretaries level last week, we were told, ended on a note of optimism. Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna described the talks as an “encouraging step towards restoring dialogue” while Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said the talks were exploratory. But soon the atmosphere changed, with …
Read More »Pakistanis who refused airport screening in D.C. are hailed at home, By Jane Perlez
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refused to submit to extra airport screening in Washington, and they are now being hailed as heroes on their return home. “People should be thankful, you made them …
Read More »House rejects pullout from Afghanistan, By Reuters /Ahmad Masood
Two helicopters escorting U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates take off after a visit to Camp Black Horse where the Afghan National Army (ANA) receive training in Kabul March 10, 2010. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a measure calling for President Barack Obama to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan, in an election-year test of his decision to …
Read More »Survey finds world’s top 10 intellectuals are Muslims
US international affairs journal Foreign Policy says Turkey’s Fethullah Gülen voted top of its list of world intellectuals. WASHINGTON – The bimonthly US international affairs journal Foreign Policy has just published a survey of the world’s top 20 public intellectuals and the first 10 are all Muslims. Fethullah Gülen, who heads a network of schools and media that is probably …
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