12 hours ago by Signs of the Times

Israel drastically fails to meet all requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a US State Department report issued on Saturday. The report, written by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, indicates that Israel is discriminating against Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses, Chr ...

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2 days ago by Riaz Haq

The return of democracy in Pakistan last year has once again put feudal politicians firmly in charge of the nation's affairs. Both major parties, the PPP and the PML, are heavily dominated by the country's biggest landowners, who are reliability voted into power by their poor landless peasants makin ...

Haq's Musings - riazhaq.com · Rank: 92,425 · 29 references

2 days ago by Riaz Haq

The return of democracy in Pakistan last year has once again put feudal politicians firmly in charge of the nation's affairs. Both major parties, the PPP and the PML, are heavily dominated by the country's biggest landowners, who are reliability voted into power by their poor landless peasants makin ...

Haq's Musings - riazhaq.com · Rank: 149,340 · 27 references

3 days ago by jamesb101

Contrary to the United States political and diplomatic efforts… there is no deal to return Manuel Zelaya to power (for the remaining 3 months of his term)……The countries congress must vote to implement the process…and they are in no hurry to do so…The people of the country are suffering because thin ...

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5 days ago by magbana

At today’s State Department press briefing, reporters pummeled Ian Kelly with questions about President Zelaya’s reinstatement and whether this is necessary for US to recognize the Honduran elections. Ian Kelly was the same as he always is: floating between “I dunno” and poor attempts at snarkiness. ...

HONDURAS OYE! - hondurasoye.wordpress.com · Rank: 8,589 · 23 references

5 days ago by magbana

Two events in Washington last week focused specifically on the crisis in Guinea. The first article below describes an October 30 press briefing given by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, William Fitzgerald, who also serves as the US envoy to Guinea . The second article reports ...

GUINEA OYE! - guineaoye.wordpress.com

9 days ago by Missy Gluckmann

The U. S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has announced a competition to identify potential host institutions for the inaugural 2010 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq. This 10-week program will bring cohorts of Iraqi scholars in select fields to U.S. instit ...

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9 days ago by Javakhk

The US State Department on Status of the Armenian Church in Georgia. ԱՄՆ Պետքարտուղարությունը Վրաստանում Հայ Եկեղեցու վիճակի մասին Государственный Департамент США о положении Армянской Церкви в Грузии Госдеп США обратил внимание на проблемы Армянской Апостольской Церкви в Грузии 19:28 / 27.10.2009 С ...

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10 days ago by magbana

Thanks to IFCO/Pastors for Peace for calling it like it is. IFCO / Pastors for Peace An update from IFCO/Pastors for Peace: our response to the Honduras “agreement”: This is not a victory; it’s a US State Department manipulation! In our view, the agreement signed today is neither a victory for Presi ...

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11 days ago by Jodi Liss

This is “Upgrade Your Electric” week for the Obama Administration. First, the President announced a $3.4 billion upgrade for the US electric power grid. Then yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the State Department had decided to help Pakistan upgrade its electricity to prev ...

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