A notable feature of the Afghanistan war in 2010 has been the way that assessments of its progress have varied regularly between optimism and pessimism. The current mood in Washington, evident in congressional hearings that have thrown some light on... A temporary, tented town had sprung up in the fields to accommodate the thousands who had travelled far to be there. People were on the move, in search of friends and family they’d become separated from, checking that the children – free to roam... On 9 April, less than two weeks after the explosions in the Moscow metro, the words “black widow” were all over the Russian and foreign press and rumours were actively circulating that 1,000 widows and sisters of dead militants had... The deteriorating internal situation in Kyrgyzstan since the sudden ousting of its serving president Kurmanbek Bakiyev on 7 April 2010 has turned into a humanitarian catastrophe. The violence in the southern region around the cities of Osh and... A dual update on the oil-spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico: “Panama City Beach, Florida - A piece of wreckage from the deepsea rig that exploded in April has washed up on a beach in Florida about 190 miles from the site of the disaster. In brutal terrorist attacks on two mosques in Model Town and Garhi Shau in Lahore on 28 may 2010, 98 Ahmadis were killed. The enormity of the casualties, ubiquitous media presence and excessive coverage of the events in local and international... A few weeks back, the home ministry of the government of India issued a press release that threatened individuals and groups who were found to “provide support” to the Maoist ideology with imprisonment of up to ten years. Tehelka carried a... The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one of the most prestigious economic clubs in the world, was founded in 1961. It currently has 31 member states, mostly EU states and other developed countries including the US....www.opendemocracy.net Latest articles from openDemocracy...
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Afghanistan, and the world’s resource war, Paul Rogers
Feminist revolution: population, migration and consumption, Marion Bowman
The Black Widows of Dagestan: Media Hype and Genuine Harm, Tanya Lokshina
Kyrgyzstan: the absence of mercy, David Hayes and Natalia Leshchenko
Oysters Rockefeller, Jim Gabour
It tolls for thee, Zainab Mahmood
Legitimising violence: India's red scare, Gautam Das
Israel's accession compromises the OECD's principles, Seyfeddin Kara
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