Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar: A bloody road to apartheid
30 Oct 2012: MYANMAR'S government has reported that 82 people have died in the past week's ethnic violence in the western state of Rakhine, and 2,800 houses been razed by fire. Both figures are almost certainly underestimates. The whole length of the state, aSamsung wins in Apple battle
31 Aug 2012: A court in Japan has ruled that Samsung did not infringe on an Apple patent, in the latest episode of the global legal war between the technology giants. The Tokyo court's three-judge panel awarded legal costs to Samsung on Friday and refused Apple'sLondon Met and Paralympics 2012: a tale of hypocrisy in international policy
31 Aug 2012: During the inspiring (and often moving) opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics, news began to filter through on Twitter that London Metropolitan University (LMU) had had its status as a Highly Trusted Sponsor for international student visasBurma's Rohingya Muslims: Aung San Suu Kyi's blind spot
20 Aug 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi's continued silence on the plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims is sparking concern that the Nobel Peace Prize winner is failing to live up to her stature as one of the world's most celebrated pro-democracy campaigners. Scores of peopleThe most persecuted group in Asia
14 Jun 2012: THIDAR HTWE's short life was not much older than Myanmar's democracy movement. After a quarter-century of struggle the movement has scented victory of a kind, taking seats in parliament just this year. But now the untimely death of Miss Thidar Htwe, aNotes From a Guantánamo Survivor
16 May 2012: I LEFT Guantánamo Bay much as I had arrived almost five years earlier - shackled hand-to-waist, waist-to-ankles, and ankles to a bolt on the airplane floor. My ears and eyes were goggled, my head hooded, and even though I was the only detainee on theOIC-Arab League to establish Al-Quds Support Committee
20 Mar 2012: JEDDAH, 26 Rabi al-Thani/19 March (IINA)-The Joint Committee on the follow-up of the implementation of OIC-Arab League Cooperation Agreement concluded its Second Session at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah. The agenda of the meeting included various issuesTwo Days in Gaza
20 Mar 2012: I have read several accounts over the last few days of how life in Southern Israel has become unbearable for the people living there. In retaliation for the latest provocation by Israel over 200 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel. 11 people wereReinventing the Middle East lexicon
12 Jan 2012: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "TheYemen Cabinet approves immunity law for president
10 Jan 2012: SANAA: Yemen's Cabinet approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed during his 33-year rule. Sunday's decision came as a surprise to many in Yemen, whoslashnews
Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar: A bloody road to
apartheid
MYANMAR'S government has reported that 82 people have died in the past week's ethnic violence in the western state of Rakhine,
and 2,800 houses been razed by fire. Both figures are almost certainly underestimates. The whole length of the state, a
London Met and Paralympics
2012: a tale of hypocrisy in international policy
During the inspiring (and often moving) opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics, news began to filter through on Twitter
that London Metropolitan University (LMU) had had its status as a Highly Trusted Sponsor for international student visas
Burma's Rohingya Muslims: Aung San Suu Kyi's blind
spot
Aung San Suu Kyi's continued silence on the plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims is sparking concern that the Nobel Peace Prize
winner is failing to live up to her stature as one of the world's most celebrated pro-democracy campaigners. Scores of people
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
