May 16 2008
Cyclone survivors in Burma are still begging for help. The international community cannot expect anything positive from a government that failed to even warn its citizens of the impending disaster. Also, as the regime in Burma has neither the will nor...
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May 15 2008
The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species. Two-thirds of the polar bear population of 25,000 in the US could disappear by 2050. Climate change leading to massive melting of Arctic sea ice habitat of the bear is the major...
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May 14 2008
Eight serial blasts rocked Jaipur for the first time last night killing 60 and injuring 200 innocent people. India is under grip of conflicts in Jammu and Kashmir, northeastern states and attacks by Naxalites and Maoists in eastern and central India....
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May 13 2008
The frequency of recent natural disasters, including the cyclone in Burma, an earthquake in China, tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma and Georgia, volcano eruptions in Chile, fires in Florida and Colorado, forces us to ponder why is the Earth reacting...
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May 12 2008
More and more developing countries have recently shown interest in starting nuclear power programs. Nuclear energy seems to be the only answer to global energy crisis, however, proliferation experts fear that the trend could spark a new atomic race....
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May 10 2008
Hezbollah have seized most of western Beirut, the pro-government media is shut and possibly Lebanon is on the edge of a planned civil war. According to Lebanon’s governing coalition, it’s a coup aimed at restoring the influence of Syria and...
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May 9 2008
According to The Sun, the death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 if the ruling military junta still does not allow foreign aid into the country. Countries, including France and US, want UN to pass a resolution for aid delivery despite...
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May 8 2008
Israel is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its foundation. Ehud Olmert marks the Remembrance Day by stating that ‘It is peace, not war, that we aspire to and crave’, however, the Jewish state still remains a land of uncertainty with unresolved...
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May 7 2008
Dmitry Medvedev will replace Putin as the third president of the Russian Federation today with promises to fight corruption and inflation. However, with Putin as Prime Minister, Medvedev is certain to face more challenges and a possible clash over who...
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May 6 2008
Tropical cyclone Nargis has brought incalculable disaster in Burma killing around 15,000, and counting. The military junta has issued a rare appeal for international emergency assistance. The perfect storm signals a political upheaval with perils of...
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