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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 6, 2009

  Pro-life or pro-choice?

We need no law to ban abortion! Franklin Johnston Abortion is a tragedy, for the father-to-be, expectant mother and all concerned. There is also anguish in the removal of a womb, ovary, testicle; surgery which kills human life as sperm, ovum and at times even the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 26, 2009

  Nothing can be improvised in Haiti

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) FIVE days ago I read a press report stating that Ban Ki-moon is to appoint Bill Clinton as his special envoy for Haiti. According to the report, Clinton accompanied the secretary general on a two-day official visit to Haiti...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 21, 2009

  Obama and the world’s expectations

FATMA DİŞLİ: Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States at an impressive ceremony yesterday amid soaring hopes and great expectations for his presidency. It is not just the United States that expects the Obama presidency to bring hope,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 11, 2009

  The death of children is the death of innocence

By EMİNE ERDOĞAN: As you are all aware, a major human tragedy is taking place in Gaza. The embargo that has been continuing for a long time in Gaza was previously causing deaths one-by-one. Now, following these latest attacks, one-by-one deaths have been replaced by deaths in large...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 20, 2008

  The end of American greed?

By CHARLES R. LARSON: If you’ve been attempting to make sense of the American presidential campaign, you are not alone. Weird, unbelievable, out of control -- these are terms that clearly apply to the nastiest election the country has ever encountered. Let me assure you, however,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008

  A NUCLEAR STRIKE

Reflections of Fidel: IT is not an overstatement. This is the general expression of many compatriots. It was the impression of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Alvaro Lopez Miera, an experienced soldier, when he saw the twisted steel towers, the shattered houses...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008

  A limp iron fist in a velvet glove: Czechoslovakia 40 years ago

MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolev for RIA Novosti) - Forty years on, the world is remembering the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. This is what the Pravda, the most influential Soviet newspaper, wrote at the time: "They have come to do their internationalist duty to the fraternal...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008

  From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent

MOSCOW. (Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies for RIA Novosti) - When Europe and the US advocated the independence of Kosovo, many experts warned that its impact on the Caucasus would be destabilising. The Allies responded by repeating that Kosovo...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 30, 2008

  Yourself Is Simply The Greatest Thing That You Can Be!

The greatest thing you can be: By D. Paul Reilly, For The Guardian - Nassau, Bahamas: I guess, you're already speculating about what I think the greatest thing you can be is. Some will perhaps think it's that the greatest thing a person can be is a medical doctor, because they assist...... [view]

Posted By:  Katea
Posted On:  Apr 23, 2008

  Reflections on the Think Tank Conference

This conference made my day! I met a lot of intellectuals who are community actors too. Even if there was only one woman speaker from the group, the speakers were the cream of the crop. I am so happy that I attended it despite the late invitation. Anyway, one of the speakers who was a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 22, 2008

  Peace and prosperity

Reflections of Fidel: POPE Benedict XVI outshone Brown, the British Prime Minister, who replaced Blair, whom I met and spoke with for a few minutes during a recess at the WTO Second Conference in Geneva 10 years ago; it was following his speech and I was expressing my disagreement on the...... [view]

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