Campaigners from south Asia have welcomed an EU resolution passed on Thursday against caste-based discrimination, which they hope will help to push the issue on to the agenda at trade talks between the EU and countries like Nepal, India and…
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World record: Wireless data transmission at 100 Gbit/s
The extension of cable-based telecommunication networks requires high investments in both conurbations and rural areas. Broadband data transmission via radio relay links might help to cross rivers, motorways or nature protection areas at strategic node points, and to make network…
Post-intervention Libya: A militia state
By Richard Falk Two apparently related and revealing incidents have turned public attention briefly back to Libya just after the second anniversary of the NATO intervention that helped anti-Qaddafi rebel forces overthrow his regime.
Saudi Arabia: ‘O God, here I come answering Your call’
By Siraj Wahab Nearly 2 million pilgrims arrived in Mina on Sunday as part of the first phase of Haj 2013.
Burma concerns raised in UK House of Commons
By Jack Goodman British MP Valerie Vaz addressed the House of Commons last week to discuss the findings of an eight-day cross-party delegation to Burma in August. She met afterwards with DVB’s Jack Goodman to discuss the delegation, British foreign…
Sri Lanka: Coming to term with new environment
TNA Chief Minister for NPC
Managing risk key to sustainable development
The World Bank in its 2014 World Development Report (WDR) launched on 6 October 2013 places risk management and resilience building at the core of its development approach.
US warns of Mindanao terrorist threats
By Joe Torres The United States embassy in Manila yesterday warned US citizens of a “series of credible security threats” in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao.
Earthquake strikes not far from Fukushima
A 5.0-magnitute earthquake has struck near the east coast of Honshu in Japan not far from the infamous Fukushima nuclear plant.
Giap, Wallace, and never-ending battle for freedom
By Ramzy Baroud
Mr. President, tear down this barricade!
By Alan Caruba Ronald Reagan made a lot of history as President, but when he stood before the Brandenburg Gate not far from the Berlin Wall that divided the city and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”, he rocked…
PM opens Elasin Bridge over Dhaleshwari
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the much-awaited Elasin Bridge (Shamsul Haque Bridge) over the River Dhaleshwari on Aricha-Ghior-Doulatpur-Nagarpur-Tangail regional highway, fulfilling the long-cherished demand of the people of Tangail and Manikganj.
Life expectancy up, says minister
Health minister AFM Ruhal Haque has claimed that improved health services during his government’s tenure pushed up people’s average life expectancy by three years.
UK, Iran take step toward renewed relations
By Radio Zamaneh The British Foreign Secretary says Iran and Britain have begun talks aimed at restoring severed diplomatic relations.
Happy anniversary Afghanistan
By Mike Whitney October 7 marked the 12th anniversary of the Afghanistan War, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the papers. In fact, “America’s longest war” has become so unpopular that both the media and the Obama administration have…
Breast cancer kills 8,396 women a year in Bangladesh
Dhaka – The number of new breast cancer cases in Bangladesh is 17,781 every year. A total of 8,396 (15.4 of cancer death in women)) women die each year from breast cancer, according to GLOBOCAN 2008 (statistics given by IARC,…
US to ‘announce future’ of military aid to Egypt
The US is not planning to halt “all” military aid to Egypt, the White House has said, refuting some recent media reports. However, in the coming days the US administration is planning to announce the future of its “assistance relationship…
Radical leftists trash US Bishops
By William Donohue
Latest Pope Francis interview involved ‘conflation’ of details
Following skepticism of the accuracy of a recent interview with Pope Francis, several sources have suggested that the printed text, while overall faithful to the Pope’s thought, may not have captured his exact words.
Building climate resilience for Nepal’s vulnerable populations
Nepal ranks as the fourth most climate-vulnerable country in the world and is highly exposed to a range of water related hazards such as floods, droughts and landslides. Current projections predict increased climate variability and increased frequency and higher intensity…
Hiroshima, Nagasaki beckon nuke free world
By Ramesh Jaua
Leonardo Da Vinci painting surfaces in Swiss bank vault?
A legendary 500-year-old portrait by Leonardo da Vinci has turned up in a Swiss bank vault ¬after decades of debate by art ¬experts over whether it existed, New York Post reported. The 24-by-18-inch painting depicts Marquesa Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance…
Thousands march in US for immigration reform
Thousands of people poured into streets across the United States on Saturday in a push to overhaul immigration and end the legal limbo of more than 11 million undocumented immigrants.
More detained as violence in Rakhine blamed on ‘outsiders’
Authorities in Myanmar said Friday that they have detained 10 more suspects in connection with this week’s deadly anti-Muslim violence in western Rakhine state during a visit by President Thein Sein, who has questioned the motive behind the attacks instigated…
Islamophobia is roadblock to world peace
By Dr. Kevin Barrett
Twitter chairman tweets Rohani about web access in Iran
By PanArmenian
Morocco organises interfaith debate
By Siham Ali
‘Iran won’t allow Israel to interfere in nuclear talks’
By Iran Review
Save the Nobel Peace Prize from itself
On October 11, we’ll learn whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee is interested in reviving the Nobel Peace Prize or putting another nail in its coffin.
Top Tunisia Imam calls Eid strike
By Monia Ghanmi