February, 2011

• 7 February

  Made by America – the Peoples’ Revolution by Yvonne Ridley

    US Administrations have been blighted since 9/11 by a deadly cocktail of arrogance and ignorance with a twist of the strong desire for revenge. But before you take aim and fire you have to know your enemy, and the scattergun policies of the Bush and now the Obama regimes have served only to create hatred and mistrust against the …

  Read More »
• 5 February

  Crunch Time Coming for America in the Middle East?

  If more and more Arabs breach the wall of fear that has prevented them for decades from demanding their rights, expressing their rage at the corruption and repression of their governments and at regime impotence in the face of Israel’s arrogance of power, there’s one question above all others America’s policy makers will have to ask themselves.Who do we need most …

  Read More »
• 5 February

  US hatches Mubarak exit strategy as Egypt death toll mounts

  

  • Mubarak: 'If I resign today there will be chaos' • 10 dead and hundreds injured in fresh crackdown • Protesters have dubbed today 'departure Friday' Protesters carry away an injured companion in Tahrir square in Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA The Obama administration is working on a plan in which the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, would stand down immediately in spite …

  Read More »
• 5 February

  Sri Lanka: IMF commends performance and approves loan By Charles Haviland

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has strongly praised Sri Lanka's macro-economic performance. The lending institution says the economy appears to have fundamental strengths. It has also approved another tranche of a $2.6bn (£1.6bn) loan. The organisation backed the latest instalment of the loan – nearly $200m dollars – intending it to help the country recover from its war and from …

  Read More »
• 5 February

  Egypt: Preview of America in 2015

  The rioting and looting currently taking place in Egypt is primarily a result of massive food inflation and shows what all major cities in the United States will likely look like come year 2015 due to the Federal Reserve's zero percent interest rates and quantitative easing to infinity. On December 16th, 2009, NIA named Time Magazine's 2009 'Person of the …

  Read More »
• 2 February

  Egypt turmoil pushes crude oil price over $100 a barrel

  

  Opec secretary general expresses concern with tension throughout region and armed guards at Suez canal Protesters in the town of Suez. Photograph: Abu Salahuddien/AP  Fears that the turmoil in Egypt could disrupt oil shipments passing through the Suez canal and engulf the Middle East drove the price of Brent crude oil through the $100 barrier for the first time in over two years. The price of …

  Read More »
• 2 February

  Scholarships for undergraduates at Albukhary foundation

  There are scholarships in the Albukhary International University (AIU) which is fully funded by the Albukhary Foundation, Malaysia and all students attending AIU shall be sponsored through the Scholarship described herein. The Foundation intends to make available ten (10) scholarships for each country to assist disadvantaged youths, mainly Muslim youths, to graduate with a degree from the Albukhary International University.  …

  Read More »