By Paul Woodward
Category: Op-Ed
Assange launches WikiLeaks Party, to run for Australian Senate
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has formally launched the Australian WikiLeaks Party and announced its federal election candidates. Assange has now officially declared his candidacy for a seat in the Australian Senate.
Egypt: The General’s pretext
By Abukar Arman
Snowden remains at Moscow airport, exit date pending
Speculation that fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden had been granted approval to leave Sheremetyevo airport’s transit zone was quashed by his lawyer Wednesday.
Morsi supporters denounce army-planned rallies
Egypt’s army called for nationwide rallies to protest the ongoing violence, as several attacks in Egypt killed three on Wednesday, sparking outrage from Islamists, who called the rallies an “announcement of civil war” and announced counter-demonstrations.
Cameron declines to condemn bomb attacks of mosques
Prime Minister David Cameron has declined to condemn recent terrorist attacks targeted at three mosques in West Midlands.
Italy seeks justice for alleged CIA abuses
By Jim Kouri
Litvinenko: Massive media fraud uncovered
William Dunkerley
Buddhism in Burma is not that old
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Arab Spring quickly turning into Arab nightmare
By Zaher Mahruqi
Indonesia’s cautious confidence
Dewi Fortuna Anwar
Why did Muslim Brotherhood fail?
It seems as though the Muslim Brotherhood is still living in the 1960s.
Russia, others should treat Snowden’s asylum claim fairly: HRW
After meeting with Edward Snowden on July 12, 2013, Human Rights Watch reiterated its call for his asylum claims to receive fair treatment.
Halt arbitrary action against brotherhood, media: HRW
New York – Egypt’s military-installed government should end its arbitrary acts against the Muslim Brotherhood and the news media, Human Rights Watch said today.
Osama Bin Laden raid as seen by terror leader’s family
Osama bin Laden was well aware American forces had come for him the night he heard the commotion outside his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, and the terror leader went for his gun to fight back, according…
Leaked report reveals Pakistan failures on Bin Laden
Incompetence and negligence allowed Osama Bin Laden to live in Pakistan undetected for almost a decade, a leaked government report suggests.
Historic chat with Michelle Obama and Laura Bush
It’s something we’ve never seen before, let alone in Africa: first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush sharing the stage for a conversation in Tanzania. And ABC News’ Cokie Roberts had the best seat in the house—the only other seat…
Why US would have been better off without its revolution
“It’s time for Americans to accept that their revolution was a failure and renounce it,” argues Canadian historian Paul Pirie in The Washington Post.
National development through scouting urged
Students should be involved in national development through Scouting: speakers GAIBANDHA, July 05, 2013 (BSS) – Speakers at a function here on Thursday said students should be involved in the process of national development along with building their own character…
US allies in shock as Snowden threatens new leaks
Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden broke his silence on Monday for the first time since fleeing to Moscow over a week ago, blasting the Obama administration and saying he remained free to make new disclosures about US spying…
Anti-Muslim atrocities in Myanmar on as West lift sanctions
By Gehan Bashumailah
End involuntary rehousing, relocation of Tibetans: HRW
New York – The Chinese government is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say, Human Rights Watch said in a new…
New Book: History of Press in Bagladesh
A History of the Press in Bangladesh has arrived in the market. Mohammad Golam Kibriya is the author of the book. At a cursory glance a reader will find that it is not only a chronicle but also a book…
Weighing words that create uproad in Parliament
Bangladesh’s first woman speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has help on hand. Even as she promised to examine whether an expression by BNP lawmaker Rehana Akhter Ranu was unparliamentary and needs to be expunged from the proceedings, Kolkata’s Ananda Bazar Patrika…
IMF admits ‘notable failures’ in 2010 Greece rescue
The International Monetary Fund yesterday admitted to significant failures in the first Greek rescue that forced a second, larger bailout and left the country in a deep recession.
Pakistan’s new lawmakers sworn in, face many tests
Newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly were sworn in Saturday, officially marking the first transition of power between democratically elected civilian governments in the nearly 66-year history of this coup-prone country.
Hefajat for judicial probe into ‘torture’ on Babunagri
Leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on Friday demanded a judicial investigation into ‘torture’ on its general secretary Junaid Babunagri and punishment of those responsible for it.
BNP to press caretaker demand thru dialogue
The BNP does not expect the caretaker issue to be resolved through a parliament debate — it wants a formal dialogue with the government to resolve the issue, a senior party leader said Thursday.
Bangla-US Partnership Dialogue in US eyes
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman and Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque co-chaired the second Bangladesh-U.S.