Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf claimed his state-of-emergency declaration last month was needed to make the country safer against terrorism. Apparently, that effort did not work.
Pakistani investigators are searching for clues in the suicide bombing at a mosque in the restive northwest Friday that killed at least 50 people. The apparent target of the attack, former […]
This throws a new wrinkle into South Africa’s recent election.
A top prosecutor said Thursday that South Africa’s controversial new president-in-waiting, Jacob Zuma, could be charged with corruption within weeks, an action that could threaten Zuma’s bid to take over the country’s leadership.
The acting chief of the National Prosecuting Authority, Mokotedi Mpshe, said in a radio […]
On November 12th we ordered the computer, and today, after much anticipation it arrived. The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) undertaking is nothing short of remarkable. Against great odds and in the face of many doubters, Nicholas Negroponte has traveled the globe more times than anyone can count to press governments into purchasing […]
In 1992 MTV injected itself into presidential politics with its ‘Choose or Lose’ initiative. While that first effort was more remembered by its ‘boxers or briefs’ moment with then-Governor Bill Clinton, it still was important for informing the 18-35 year old demographic on the election.
Now MTV’s ‘Choose or Lose’ is back, this time using […]
At least someone in academia is on the right track this week. In a piece in the Seattle Times, Professor David Domke of the University of Washington and Professor Elizabeth Blanks Hindman of Washington State University, warn of the dangers facing journalism today unless change is made.
“Online news provides opportunities for that mix […]
History will probably not recall the life or death of Ali Shafeya Al-Moussaw, but it should. He was only 22 years old. He was shot 31 times. Ali was a citizen journalist for the blog, Alive in Baghdad. Some of the best reporting from Iraq, by traditional journalists or otherwise, comes from this […]
For the past few days a firestorm has followed David Hazinski’s article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which warned of dangers of citizen journalism. Many bloggers, including us, felt differently. Here’s a recap of bloggers posts from about a dozen different sites. Our original post was critical as well.
Blogflict strongly believes […]
Now how about those upcoming elections in Pakistan on January 8th? Quick, someone get him the Putin playbook, as if he doesn’t have it already.
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When was the last time Papua New Guinea helped to shape US policy? Probably a while ago. But it happened today in Bali. Members of the conference are speaking out about the powerful statement that came from the Papua New Guinea representative, and its impact on the conference and the climate debate.
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I suppose its better than nothing.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the pact “a good beginning.” “This is just a beginning and not an ending,” Ban said. “We’ll have to engage in many complex, difficult and long negotiations.”
Yeah, no kidding. Especially when the US is against caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Maybe it will be best […]