News…, written 3 days ago, The cursed children of Bhopal The effects of a 1984 accident at an insecticide factory in Bhopal, India, that pumped tons of toxic chemicals into the air still linger today, where children exhibit a range of side effects — from stunted development to severe diabetes to...

Helping the Poor?, written 2 weeks ago,

The Saudi Peace Plan is Roadmap to Armageddon, written 6 days ago, Let’s look at the recent timeline of the news wires on the Saudi Arabian Peace Plan of 2002 which calls for Israel to pull back its settlements to the 1967 Green Line border demarcation, which Abba Eban had named the "Auschwit...

CCW: Let's do the time warp again...and again in 2009, written 1 week ago, For the last two days, the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) has been holding what is, in effect, its annual general meeting. It follows a week of difficult cluster munition expert group talks (see preceding...

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, written 1 week ago, The Washington Post has a good piece on IAVA, check it out here.

Association for Democratic Reforms & Election Watch, written 4 days ago, The Association for Democratic Reforms, whose PIL seeking filing of IT returns by political parties was rejected by the Supreme Court last week, has been raising pertinent issues concerning our democracy, and the conduct of...

Mhambi is a Zulu word meaning traveler. Mhambi is about identity, emigration, technology, desire, culture, economics and politics. All seen from the perspective of the south and developing world and South Africa in particular.

Tell Us Your French Bashing Story, written 6 days ago, “Educating Jay”, the documentary about Miquelon.org’s cross country road trip to educate the Tonight Show host Jay Leno on the role of the French in American history is now in Post-production. We’d love to hear Your French Bashing Story....

Defense Teams for jailed Saudi Activists Are observing and Calling for a Two-Day Hunger Strike, written 3 weeks ago, Defense Teams for jailed Saudi Activists Are observing and Calling for a Two-Day Hunger Strike To Show Solidarity with Detainees and To Support Their Human Rights Saudi Justic...

Is it right to carry out the capital punishment?, written 4 days ago, The death penalty should apply just when the crime is murder on intent and not in self-defence. The death penalty is hard and unacceptable when the crime is, for example, drug trafficking or theft. Countries like China and Iran ap...

After Beit Hanoun report, Archbishop Desmond Tutu to receive Fulbright Prize for International Understanding at U.S. State Department, written 3 days ago, There is a message here. Just about a month after delivering his final report — from the heart — to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on ...

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P.M. Brown in praise of Israel, written 1 month ago, While Israel is facing many serious challenges and unjust criticism, it is nice to read something good about our lovely country from the PM of England. That is not his first praise. When P.M. Gordon Brown appeared in front of the Knesset during Is...

Marilyn Ferguson Dead At Age 70, written 2 weeks ago, Marilyn Ferguson was the author of the 1980 bestseller “The Aquarian Conspiracy” and published an influential monthly newsletter, Brain/Mind Bulletin. (file photo, Los Angeles Times) Marilyn Ferguson, 70, dies; writer's 'The Aquar...

Inside Zim, Obama mania and SADC bungling, written 1 week ago, Inside Zimbabwe Sometimes it is good to watch the world go by before you comment. It is also instructive to touch base with any situation you wish to analyse, so I was happy to get the opportunity to be in Zimbabwe the other weekend and ...

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Tiny Outback town seeks ugly women, written 2 days ago, SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top “award” for the most sexist public comment of the year. Mayor John Moloney of remote M...

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