Paul Wolfowitz (photo from BBC News)
On the economic front, the election of the new World Bank head was deemed by BBC Analysis, Mary Hennock as placing a “Wolf at the door”. Earlier on, Washington had rejected the application by the “old Wolf”, former World Bank president, James Wolfensohn (Clinton’s choice *grin*) to stay [...]
At the demise of Pope John Paul II, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are meeting to elect from among themselves the paramount leader of the 1 billion-member Church. The new pope will succeed not only the throne of the bishop of Rome and the chair of Peter as the Head of the Roman [...]
What a tragic morning the world had woken up to. Once again, we witnessed the terrible wrath of nature that discriminate none as the earth shook and consume precious lives, lives of beloveds.
“The Indonesian Vice-President, Jusuf Kalla, told the BBC he feared up to 2,000 people may have died on the island of Nias, [...]
While the jurists are fighting constitutional battles, Terry Schiavo is dying by the day, being denied what is basic to her life in contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment (“nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”) of the United States of America and Article 3 (“Everyone [...]
What’s next, Central Asia? After the Georgian (Rose Revolution) and Ukrainian (Orange Revolution) outbursts for democracy in the past years, the citizens of Kyrgyzstan rose in what was termed as “a revolution made by the people” (or some say “Tulip Revolution”) to topple the Askar Akayev government. During the uprising, several key opposition leaders who [...]
I read in amazement how once again, the people’s power proves to be a reforming factor. Ukraine, a country not particularly wealthy, in fact a nation where probably half of its population are living below the poverty line, has sent out a message to the world. In the past weeks, the election scandal in that [...]
