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P B Khatri: Nepal - Lessons from Gaur Incident

Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:34 am | Guest Opinion

The Gaur incident is truly a horrendous incident in the historical chronology of mass killings over the decade in Nepal. The barbaric mass killings by the Maoists in various occasions during their so called people's war including Bandermudhe (Madhi), ... More >>

Palm Oil & Deforestation: Truth or Fiction?

Monday, 26 March 2007, 3:08 pm | Guest Opinion

Have you ever noticed that a herd of lembu or cows, all tend to move together in the same direction? Have you often wondered why this phenomenon occurs? More >>

WHO TB Strategy Out Of Reach For Many Countries

Thursday, 22 March 2007, 2:27 pm | Guest Opinion

WHO TB Strategy Out Of Reach For Many Endemic Countries by Dr Bobby John and Tim France , PhD More >>

Basil Harrington: Fred Thompson - Neocon Globalist

Thursday, 22 March 2007, 2:27 pm | Guest Opinion

For the past few days, movement "conservatives" and GOP cheerleaders have been ecstatic that Fred Thompson, former Senator from Tennessee, may form an exploratory committee to seek the GOP nomination for president. "Now we'll have a conservative in there," ... More >>

NOTICIAS Editorial (Oaxaca): A Historic Victory

Friday, 16 March 2007, 9:57 am | Guest Opinion

Few communication media in the state, nation or the world can face government repression, with all that it implies, and emerge unharmed from such an unequal attack. More >>

Tina Richards: How Will You End This War?

Monday, 12 March 2007, 2:28 pm | Guest Opinion

I’ve received emails thanking me for speaking out on behalf of my son and other troops serving in Iraq. In addition, I’ve received questions about my exchange with Rep. David Obey that was videotaped by a citizens news group, Kathleen Gabel ... More >>

Foreign Aid Funding Terrorism in Nepal

Monday, 12 March 2007, 2:24 pm | Guest Opinion

THE responsibilities of donor agencies do not end with approving of loans or funds for a country or an organization, but rather a duty is added as well, to monitor how those loans or grants are spent. It is duty and responsibility of donor agencies ... More >>

Sangram Basnyat: Democratic Hypocrisy In Nepal

Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 10:48 am | Guest Opinion

While the atrocities of the Maoists have clearly been justified and even rewarded with eighty three seats in the interim parliament, the Monarchy has been compelled to absorb all the flak. More >>

Geoffrey Stetson: Bush Vs the Constitution

Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 9:01 am | Guest Opinion

In the ongoing debate about whether the President has violated the Constitution, US and International laws and treaties in the performance of his duties I sought to clarify the issues by actually listing the Articles in question and comparing ... More >>

Anne McElroy Dachel: The 2007 CDC Autism Study

Monday, 26 February 2007, 9:57 am | Guest Opinion

About six months ago I wrote an OpEd piece called " The Really Big Lie About Autism " in which I described the persistent yet illogical claim that all the autistic kids filling speech therapy sessions, classrooms, and even whole schools, are the result ... More >>

The Different Euphemisms For Power

Sunday, 25 February 2007, 9:05 pm | Guest Opinion

No one today is simply one thing. Labels like Muslim, woman, New Zealander, are only the beginning of an identity based on varying experiences. This is the reality of hybrid identity formations in the global world we live in today. More >>

John Ryan: Top 10 Internet Auction Success Tips

Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 12:29 am | Guest Opinion

The trading world has changed in New Zealand ever since Trade Me came on the scene. However, New Zealanders have always been good traders, first highlighted by the trading prowess of Maori, every since the first settlers arrived in New Zealand. More >>

U.S. Economy Risks and Strategies for 2007-2017

Sunday, 11 February 2007, 9:00 pm | Guest Opinion

On Jan 31st, 2007, the president of the United States gave his speech on “State of the Economy” citing strong economic growth, record Dow Jones performance and low unemployment rate. This report finds a different picture than the one announced. More >>

Livermore Pro-Nukers Move to Kill More in San Fran

Thursday, 25 January 2007, 11:11 am | Guest Opinion

(San Francisco) In a truly bizarre development, the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, in Livermore, California, has gotten underway even larger nuclear radiation open air explosive detonations at "Site 300" near Tracy, California. More >>

Deepa Fernandes: Free Press Plenary Speech Memphis

Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 5:08 pm | Guest Opinion

There is a very fundamental question that we are all here in Memphis to answer, and that question is exactly what I want to go right to tonight. It's not a difficult one. But it is one that demands we act together as if our lives depended on it, because ... More >>

Doyle Mills: TeenScreen - The Last Straw

Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 3:11 pm | Guest Opinion

The TeenScreen program is in big trouble. TeenScreen is a highly controversial child suicide screening initiative with major ties to pharmaceutical companies. It is simply a marketing ploy to funnel massive numbers of our youth into the mental health system. ... More >>

Guest Opinion: Shame in Andover

Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 5:07 pm | Guest Opinion

Andover tonight was an illustration of the new america; and it was shameful beyond belief. [I took my pictures early, before the school library filled to overflowing ; there were rows of standing-room only.] More >>

Nirupa George: Black Christmas

Thursday, 28 December 2006, 6:11 pm | Guest Opinion

What are you doing this Christmas? Maybe if you live in the northern hemisphere, you'll put on your winter coat, go out into the snow and wish it was summer so it wouldn't be so cold. More >>

Faisal Kutty: The Universal Lessons Of Hajj

Thursday, 28 December 2006, 6:01 pm | Guest Opinion

Millions of pilgrims from all over the world are converging on Mecca this month. They will retrace the footsteps of millions who have made the spiritual journey to the valley of Mecca since the time of Adam. More >>

Dr. Chandrakala: Percept and Practice

Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:49 am | Guest Opinion

Students affiliated with the seven political parties disrupted Rashtriya Prajatantra Party Nepal's (RPPN) western regional meeting in Pokhara The two-day long gathering of the party had begun on December 10. The students barged into the hall where a ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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