P-words: Professor and ping!
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Every so often when I give a speech, the person introducing me says that I was the editor of my college newspaper.Â
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Sky.com News Is Changing
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There are exciting changes coming to the Sky.com News blog. Keep on checking this page for more details.
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Zimbabwe Election: Robert Mugabe And MDC On Par As Results Filter In
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The Secretary General of the main Zimbabwe opposition party, the MDC has said they will not challenge the election result in court if it goes against them. Tendai Biti said he no faith in the legal process to correct a rigged election.
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Springsteen records track with Nelly?
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Rex Features
Rapper Nelly has claimed that he wants to record a track with veteran US rocker Bruce Springsteen.
The ‘Hot In Herre’ singer said he might be meeting Springsteen later this year to make a track, but revealed that their schedules had clashed so far.
Speaking to the Associated Press, Nelly said: “We still might get a […]
Al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets
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In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday but called on the government to stop its raids against his followers.
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AL-SADR MOVES FOR CEASE-FIRE
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March 31, 2008 — BAGHDAD - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said yesterday that he was pulling his fighters off the streets throughout Iraq, and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison.
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How Did Code Pink Sneak Into McCain’s SF Fundraiser?
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Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin was supposedly retired from trying to sneak into places — for disruption purposes, of course. Like when she protested the Iraqi prime minister’s visit to Congress. Or the 2004 RNC. Or ex-Defense Sec. Donald Rumseld, and so on.
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China, Tibet, Olympics boycott: Germany’s Merkel won’t go
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There was a time, long, long ago, when athletes from around the ancient world would gather, without clothes and without making political pronouncements, to let it all hang out - their enthusiasm for the spirit of competition, that is - and get on with games in which victories would bring resounding honor to the kingdoms, […]
How do you spell Jap?
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Be sure to read this characteristically intelligent piece in the Japan Times by David McNeill about the lurking racism in British and American media coverage of the Lindsay Hawker murder. A few extracts:
This story brimmed over with the best front-page ingredients: a violent crime with a hint of salacious color, a beautiful victim and […]
Más allá de la contienda polÃÂtica, la necesidad de cerrar una brecha racial
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Durante el ya famoso anuncio de su respaldo a Barack Obama, el gobernador de Nuevo México Bill Richardson elogió al candidato presidencial por su franqueza sobre el tema racial. “Como hispano, me sentà especialmente emocionado con sus palabras”, dijo Richardson, “el Senador Obama ha empezado un debate en este paÃs que se necesitaba desde hace […]
A Higher Realism
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The most significant thing about President Bush’s inaugural address was the word he did not utter: terror. Until now the war on terrorism has been the administration’s foreign policy paradigm, giving unity and coherence to disparate and morally contradictory policies: promoting democracy in the Middle East, for instance, while ignoring undemocratic practices […]
From Hope to Fear in Iraq
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Dreams of spreading democracy through the Arab world shaped President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003. But nightmares keep him — and U.S. troops — ensnared there.
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Dual U.S.-Russia Citizens Face Spy Charges
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MOSCOW, March 20 — Two brothers who hold dual U.S.-Russian citizenship have been charged with industrial espionage after they allegedly attempted to obtain classified information for foreign energy companies, the domestic successor of the KGB said Thursday.
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Diplomacy Defines Rice’s Final Months
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the Middle East yet again last weekend, shuttling between the Israelis and the Palestinians to promote a peace initiative. Eight years ago, at the end of another two-term administration, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright was preparing to launch a Middle East peace push. Twenty years ago, when […]
After Dean, Yucatan Counts Its Blessings
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FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Mexico, Aug. 21 — In the grim darkness, as 160 mph winds lashed this small city, she lay in pain.
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Colombian Troops Kill Farmers, Pass Off Bodies as Rebels’
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SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia — All Cruz Elena González saw when the soldiers came past her house was a corpse, wrapped in a tarp and strapped to a mule. A guerrilla killed in combat, soldiers muttered, as they trudged past her meek home in this town in northwestern Colombia.
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Bush to Meet NATO Allies Divided Over Adding Troops in Afghanistan
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President Bush heads to Europe today to try to rescue the faltering mission in Afghanistan, and key NATO allies plan to meet his demands for more forces with modest troop increases, though not by as much as U.S. military officers say is needed to put down a stubborn Taliban insurgency.
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Zimbabweans Vote — and Wait
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 29 — Zimbabweans cast ballots Saturday with a mix of hope and dread, many longing to end the 28-year reign of President Robert Mugabe but fearful that no matter how they voted, he would declare himself the winner.
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Hillary Clinton and the Action Bias
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On Oct. 10, 2002, Hillary Rodham Clinton stood in the Senate to explain why she was authorizing President Bush to use force against Iraq: “In balancing the risks of action versus inaction, I think New Yorkers who have gone through the fires of hell may be more attuned to the risk of not acting. I […]
Shiite Cleric Sadr Offers Conditions for Cease-Fire
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BAGHDAD, March 30 — Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Sunday ordered his armed militia to get off the streets in Basra and to cooperate with the government to restore security. In exchange, he asked the government to release prisoners and declare an amnesty.
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