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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 27, 2009

  The shameful history of the OAS (II)

• The OAS against Cuba • Inter-American complicity in and legitimization of U.S. aggression against the Cuban people • Raúl Roa’s battle for dignity ON March 18, 1959, just two and a half months after the popular victory of January 1st, Raúl Roa García, the new Cuban...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 19, 2009

  Violence in Guadeloupe puts Sarkozy under pressure

By Estelle Shirbon: PARIS, France (Reuters): President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged new state spending on Wednesday for those hit by the economic crisis as violence in the French island of Guadeloupe put pressure on him to avert unrest on the mainland. A union representative was shot dead and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 26, 2008

  Sodomy Laws Are Rooted in British Colonialism

By Nergui Manalsuren, IPS News: Although 66 countries signed a statement at the United Nations on Dec. 19 affirming that human rights protections extend to sexual orientation and gender identity, activists note that dozens of nations still criminalize homosexuality and seven impose the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 13, 2008

  Obama, expectations, realities and ‘those’ Muslims

By MUHAMMED ÇETİN: All around the world people rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected US president. Some perceive his election as a victory against "aggressive and unilateral neocon interests across the world." However, there are exaggerated expectations about the course of action...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 12, 2008

  The first world peace prompted the Second World War

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev) - The First World War ended exactly 90 years ago - in peace, as all wars do. That peace was the first attempt in history to establish a truly global control system which would not allow a repetition of a global war. The aim of that...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Oct 14, 2008

  Good news on Reform

This is excellent news . From LBO, Sri Lana's government plans to deregulate railway freight rates and invite private sector participation to increase movement of goods by rail, according to a new transport policy unveiled recently. "Railway freight tariffs will be de-regulated and the...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper
Posted On:  Oct 7, 2008

  The Schools We Need

Forget everything I've said in the last three weeks because this is what I really meant to say. For reals this time. I mean, I always knew Chris Lehmann rocked but I never realized how hard. Technorati Tags: schooldesign reform 21stCenturySkills education technology...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2008

  Bailout Blues

By Joseph E. Stiglitz: It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the United States’ financial system – indeed, global finance – is in a mess. And now, with the US House of Representatives having rejected the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout plan, it is also...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008

  For a Colombo Reform Process

Finally, there's some good news on the reform front : Sri Lanka has been rated the top South Asian reformer in an annual business regulation study by the World Bank group, with a new company law and credit information improvements boosting its scores. [ link ] That's according to the...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Jun 1, 2008

  Privatize the CPC!

Finally some sense on Sri Lanka's idiotic energy policy. Muttukrishna Sarvananthan from the Point Pedro Institute says the needful. Here's a quote from an LBO report : "Sri Lankan consumers of petroleum products are not only paying for the rise in international prices," Sarvanandan said....... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  May 28, 2008

  The biggest Big Government

Karu Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's Minister of public administration has confirmed something I've been saying for a while on this blog : Sri Lanka has the world's largest government . That's in addition to having the largest cabinet (literally) and having an enormous legislature. Here's an LBO...... [view]

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