There might be a war going on in Iraq, but the daily humdrum lives of millions of Iraqis goes on. And what is bothering the common people of the war torn country the most is the lack of electricity. It does come, but the supply is erratic. What has led...

The US faces a new and covert threat which emanates from within the country. The ‘danger persons’ are the Muslim citizens of the country. They have been living in the country for years, even perhaps for generations. They are normal and law...

The worst that had been expected by Kenya watchers has happened. Many commentators had said that the country was slowly maturing into a real democracy. They were proved to have been too hasty! The mess that occurred during the presidential elections...

Last month Osama bin Laden had denounced the Awakening movement and all those who are collaborating with the US forces in Iraq. He had termed them as traitors. These US ‘allies’ are also called CLCs (Concerned Local Citizens). They are...

The Mahdi army in Iraq has added a new and simple yet lethal weapon to its armoury. It is the Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions, or IRAMs. The US army has termed it the ‘flying IEDs.’ It is a low-tech weapon that has a propane tank with...

President Bush seems to manage to find some ratioanle for his foreign policy actions. In 2003 he told us that the bad Saddam Hussain had nuclear weapons, chemical weapoms and what not. The world half believed it then. And we have the US army sitting in...

Turkey is going through turbulent times. The Kemalists are trying to get rid of the liberal Islamist AKP through the courts. The AKP has struck back by arresting two generals for allegedly leading an armed gang that wanted to destabilize society...

Megan Fox was voted the sexiest woman of the world by FHM magazine sometime back. Now what does this lady do? She does a near nude photo session for the mag and makes statemensts like, I have the libido of a teenage boy. I’d rather have sex all...

Iraqi Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki has an unenvious job. He has to keep the Americans as well as his countrymen happy. Lately there have been increasing voices in the Iraqi parliament against any deal with the US to enable its forces to continue...

Man’s greed knows no boundaries. The next gold rush is to the freezing Arctic Ocean. The hullabaloo started after Russia planted its flag in the ocean bed and staked its claim over the part of Arctic Ocean called North West passage- which remains...