In the days after 9/11, we Americans huddled together and told one another that if we give up on everyday life — and the soy mocha frappuccino lattes that get us through them — then the terrorists win. We had to go through the motions. It felt unnatural at first. But the mind is plastic.
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French courts reversed a controversial ruling?that allowed a husband to divorce his wife because she lied about her virginity.
December 00, 0000
Martyrdom videos were released to the British courts responsible for trying 8 thwarted suicide bombers. They cast little doubt of their innocence, and all but cement their view of human life as religious currency.
April 04, 2008
One thousand missing bodies, many of them civilians who disappeared while under police custody, are being uncovered by villagers at the border between Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir. Human rights groups are demanding they be identified.
April 01, 2008
Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube after coding bug interfered with users accessing the site outside of the Islamic state.
February 26, 2008
Absolute power continued ebbing from Pakistan's Gen. Musharraf. Monday's elections marked a peaceful departure from his party and the religious extremists vying for power; two secular parties were the big winners. In stark contrast to his usual smoke-and-mirrors rhetoric, Musharraf accepted the defeat graciously.
February 20, 2008
As electioneering heats up in Pakistan, the death toll rises. Forty-seven supporters of the late-Benazir Bhutto's party were killed by a car bomb on Saturday. With rumors of election rigging, all sides go obdurately to the polls on Monday.
February 16, 2008
Deadliest attack since 2001 kills over 80 bystanders near a dog fight in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
February 17, 2008
One of America's Most Wanted killed in Syria. U.S. spokesman says the world is a better place without the Hezbollah mastermind, while the organization claims to have suffered a terrorist attack from Israel.
February 14, 2008
Six Guantanamo detainees with direct links to the attacks on 9/11 will be tried in the same way any American soldier would be: innocent until proven guilty.
February 11, 2008
An Archbishop in England who suggested that aspects of Sharia law will need to be incorporated in the country's changing moral fabric is met with harsh resistance from the "other fundamentalists."
February 11, 2008
Eight gay Egyptian men forcefully tested for HIV, accused of habitual debauchery, then criminalized and handcuffed to their prison beds for being gay.
February 07, 2008
In most recent bombing, terrorists are suspected of using two women with Down Syndrome to execute the attacks. Death toll reaches 91.
February 02, 2008
Pakistan acquiesces to "extremists," freeing 250 school children and teachers from a hostage situation by promising not to prosecute those responsible. Concerns of who controls the country's infrastructure abound.
January 28, 2008
Ideological Warfare: Pakistani moderate Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Rawalpindi. She had resigned hope for making real changes in elections this January, but it begs the question: Despite popular support, is it safe for moderate candidates to speak out in Pakistan?
December 27, 2007
Musharraf swears in as civilian President of Pakistan, promises end to emergency rule on Dec 16 and hold elections on Jan 8. Judging by an editorial in the Daily Times of Pakistan discussing the needed shift in Musharraf's responsibilities, the emergency strangle on the press is already loosening.
November 29, 2007
Schism: An iranian Newspaper finally erupts with backlogged discontent, criticizing Ahmadinejad for preaching "baseless allegations" and causing ill-founded "public anxiety."
November 21, 2007
Bangladeshi Cyclone toll hits 3,000. The seasonal tropical storm continues a long and disastrous lineage in the developing country.? A 1970 cyclone killed half a million people.
November 19, 2007
Apparently, Sadaam and Osama weren't enough to teach us a lesson on putting arms into the hands of dissidents. We're now considering enlisting Pakistani tribes to fight in the "war of terror."
November 19, 2007
Musharraf to retire his military uniform in favor of civilian leadership by the end of November.
November 15, 2007
More than 40 Afghanis Dead after another suicide bomb exploded in a Sugar factory targeting visiting politicians. Children who came to greet the democratic leaders were among the limbs and blood that littered the street.
November 06, 2007
Pakistan and its Constitution are frozen by Musharraf's questionable "Emergency Rule"
November 04, 2007
Progress or Politicking: Than Shwe, the leader of Burma's oppressive junta, said he would be willing to meet with marginalized democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but he has his conditions.
October 06, 2007
With Burmese Monks gaining momentum, the military regime looks for ways to stand it their way. But they've only got 2 weapons: guns and money. And so far, money hasn't worked.
September 24, 2007
Bangladeshi students protest the meddling behavior of on-campus Army forces during Emergency government - more than 100 are injured in symbolic fight for educational autonomy. Meanwhile, US students continue to win a downhill battle against unarmed on-campus recruiters.
August 20, 2007
South Africa's new economic plan: encourage the kids to pursue careers as PIMPs.
August 17, 2007
Under our Radar: There's a vicious stink coming from the armpit of India, and so far India's government hasn't let it waft too far. But the violence in Manipur is as old as the India nation itself.
August 14, 2007
A Muddled Musharraf finally finds time for Afghanistan's Karzai. Both countries agree to handle the border insurgents with local forces, in hopes of showing NATO the door.
August 13, 2007
Guantanamo half the prison it used to be. The bad news: the other half ain't going away easy, whether we want it to or not.
August 09, 2007
South Africa, the first government to constitutionally guarantee equal rights to gays, is all talk so far. Several lesbians were slain in a women's rights march this week.
August 10, 2007
Tamil Tiger supporters still legally terrorist suspects, but somehow they're also becoming refugees in UK.
August 08, 2007
Guantanamo's days numbered. British release request likely to be obeyed.
August 08, 2007
What's that stink? US base, citing espionage and cultural incompatibility, segregates its toilets.
August 03, 2007
The first scents of defeat have unleashed paranoid suspicions upon even our best Middle Eastern allies. Try as she might have, Rice couldn't repair the Saudi outrage.
August 02, 2007
Iran disregards ongoing pressures from international rights groups, holds public executions for the first time since 2002.
August 02, 2007
Bush Regime's continued attack on Free Press. An al-Jazeera cameraman still held at Guantanamo after 5 years.
July 27, 2007
Too many cooks spoiling Iraq's ethnic stew.
July 23, 2007
No closure for Human Rights Watch after UN's self-investigation on abuses in the DR Congo.
July 23, 2007
Female circumcision still a problem amongst Egyptian villagers despite legislation and religious admonishments.
July 21, 2007
Rebel leaders responsible for drugging children into servitude and military service tried as war criminals in Sierra Leone.
July 20, 2007
China quick to kill those that bring bad press.
July 18, 2007
Iranian-Americans still detained as country choreographs their confession.
July 18, 2007
China's response to governmental oversight: FDA chief executed.
July 12, 2007
The casual killing of a Sikh taxi driver in Washington.
July 11, 2007
Under our Radar: Citing laxness toward Shias, al-Qaeda threatens to bring war to Iran.
July 10, 2007
According to Al Jazeera, the development of a new US Military base in Guam has residents questioning who the terrorists really are.
July 07, 2007
"Enemy" Perspective: An Iranian minster shares interesting views on US neo-conservatives and their effect on democracy.
June 27, 2007
Iran leads the world in executing children.
June 21, 2007
In Sri Lanka, the new Sinhalese government allows disaster to be swallowed either by convenience or by its own complacence.
May 24, 2007
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