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Balochistan: No Expectations

The state simply sees the Baloch aspirations and their demand for rights as an obstacle to their strategic and economic plans.

(KARACHI Daily Times) - The Supreme Court hearings on the missing persons in Balochistan are ending inconclusively without having done anything for the majority of the missing or reducing the agony of their relatives.

Moreover, it seems that these hearings may become a reason for further aggravating the already bad conditions for the Baloch because the Chief Justice’s statement ‘there is a constitutional breakdown in Balochistan’ has serious implications.

Part Two of the Netahyahu, Olmert Sagas: Murder for Power

A personal story of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

(ST AUGUSTINE, FL) - In part one, I wrote about the close ties of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Mitt Romney, and the amazing acquittal of the previous prime minister Ehud Olmert of deep corruption charges. If you missed the article, catch it here to read it.

In this, part two of the saga, we discover that the last two prime ministers of Israel owe their power to murder: Netanyahu blackmailed the Rabin murderer, Shimon Peres, on the road to takeover, while Olmert finished off Sharon.

The Arrogance of Power

Many politicians are increasingly ignoring the law.

(COLOMBO, The Island) - The story of a plane, a pilot and a puppy would not ordinarily interest the average Sunday newspaper reader.

Add to this an account of an angry and vicious outburst by a powerful public official and you have an explosion which raises issues that should concern all citizens of this country.

Israel, US Bent on Brewing Iran Crisis

Ihe US is hell bent on distorting the realities of the Islamic Republic as well as brainwashing public opinion in the world into believing that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons.

(TEHRAN) - A report published on Sunday in Ha’aretz reveals that US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has presented Washington's contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once the nuclear negotiations reach an impasse.

However, the report was immediately denied by a top Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Sunday Editorial: Consider Balochistan

Serious analysts count Balochistan as one of the top most failures of the PPP government.

(KARACHI, Pakistan) - Every few months we are reminded of Balochistan, on one pretext or the other. T

he last time the media approached the issue with some degree of seriousness was when the Republican legislators’ resolution came, demanding right of self-determination for the Baloch.

Guns in Alberta

Did a grizzly bear warn Canada Customs that George Foster was on his way?

(Calgary, Alberta) - On February 21, 2012 George Foster, 54, of Florida, casually pulled up to customs at Sweetgrass, Montana, intending to cross into Canada. He pleaded guilty to four criminal and two smuggling related charges.

He said he had no firearms but officers found 75 guns, including 48 handguns, four of which were loaded; a blowgun, one pistol crossbow, and 12 high-capacity magazines hidden inside his pickup truck.

It`s not all about `Abuse` -- Let`s tell it like it is -- It`s `Addiction` and pharma and the FDA is responsible for it

Part 1 of a series

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) have filed a Citizens Petition to the FDA putting pressure on the agency to change the labeling of Opioids.

Before the pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharma, maker of their lethal drug, OxyContin continue their marketing of the word "abuse", let's throw out the word "addiction" to them.

Transform Now Plowshares Continues a Long Tradition

Includes two statements from Transform Plowshares about Y-12 nuclear weapons facility.

(OAK RIDGE, TN) - Early this morning three plowshares activists performed a disarmament action in response to Government plans to invest $80 billion to sustain and modernize the nuclear weapons complex.

Muhsin Corbbrey and a Different Kind of Fight

Muhsin and those like him answer “no!” to the cloud that hands over Palestine.

(TUCSON, AZ) - With flying fists and kicking feet, Muhsin Corbbrey has, over the past decade, made quite a name for himself in the volatile world of mixed martial arts.

He has been fighting the good fight in sports arenas at home and abroad. More recently, he has undertaken another kind of battle, one that requires weapons of a different kind.

How the Mighty have Fallen...

African Development Bank on whose board sits India delayed payment of $38.9m to Rwanda ~FT.com

(WASHINGTON DC) - A small country in the heart of Africa it is facing an uphill PR and financial battle.

Over the last few weeks Rwanda has seen dramatic cuts in foreign aid that amounts to tens of millions of dollars. All of these actions seem to be sparked by the United Nations Group of Experts report that provided overwhelming evidences that Rwanda is support the M23 rebels in D.R. Congo with ammunition, weapons and soldiers.