By Al Bawaba News
Category: Society
Suu Kyi says polls ‘cannot be fair’ sans revised constitution
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her party’s founding anniversary Friday with a fresh call to reform the country’s constitution, warning that the general elections in 2015 “cannot be fair” without changes to the army-written charter.
Tatmadaw is the biggest dacoit of Burma
By Kanbawza Win
The politics of India’s communal violence
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Vodka and whisky conquer Brazilian spirits market
Vodka and whisk(e)y are slowly conquering the hearts of Brazilian drinkers, leading them away from traditional spirits cachaça and brandy, and the trend looks set to continue.
‘Arab Spring’ degrades into sectarian counterrevolution
By Nicola Nasser
Russia-US deal puts Syrian rebels back to “minus one”
By Ravi Joshi
Countries should protect privacy in digital age, says HRW
Governments around the world should aggressively protect online privacy through stronger laws and policies as pervasive electronic surveillance increases. There is an urgent need to overhaul national surveillance practices to protect everyone’s privacy, or risk severely limiting the potential of…
When the water runs dry, the ideas flow
By John James
Saudi Arabia top Middle East billionaire list
Saudi Arabia tops the list of Middle East’s billionaires, with 64 highly wealthy individuals possessing $204 billion in 2013, the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report said.
For Hollywood liberals, it’s identity politics Uber Alles
Ed Asner’s explanation for Hollywood’s silence regarding Obama attacking Syria epitomises the absurdity and danger of political correctness and identity politics. Ironically, Hollywood progressives find themselves slaves of their own emotion driven brain-dead loon-icy. Hollywood along with Democrats and the…
US marks 9/11 attacks anniversary
The US is remembering the victims of the 9/11 attacks in a series of memorials marking the 12th anniversary.
Gallup poll: Only 36 pc Americans support Syria attack
By Richard Silverstein
Yahoo’s first transparency report, US tops snooping list
Following in the footsteps of other tech giants, Yahoo has published its first ever transparency report revealing how often governments request data about its users. According to the information, the majority of requests came from the US.
Children and women for sale: Trafficking in India
By Graham Peebles
Negotiate justice but don’t compromise it
By Salma Yusuf
Naomi Watts talks her role as Princess Diana in upcoming bio
By PanArmenian
Creative destruction: The best game in town
By Robert Higgs
Arab Spring: Death to humanity
By Abdulateef Al-Mulhim
A matter of grave concern
By Neville Teller
Is it the end of Egyptian spring?
By Ravi Joshi
Snowden tricked NSA and they don’t know how he did it
While collecting data Edward Snowden was able to evade all safeguards at the NSA, leaving the agency puzzled at how he did it, according to new report. Officials worry that the ease with which he covered his tracks means another…
‘Defuse tension on Line of Control’: Jammu-Kashmiri web petition
By Mazhar Iqbal
Who says Kashmir is peaceful?
By Adfar Shah
The new rules of the game in Egypt
By Sarah Gold
Pakistan: Gunmen kill female politician
By RFE RL
Obama is competitive with ‘Mr. Snowden’
By Philip Weiss
Humanistic leaders: Their time has come
By IESE Insight