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  1. Is the Financial Advantage for Senator Obama Too Huge?

    by Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - 2008-06-24
     Senator Barack Obama has opted out of the public financing system in his contest for the U.S Presidency, and John McCain has decided to stay in the system. It appears that Obama may have about $250...
  2. The Politics of India-us Nuclear Agreement

    by Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - 2008-06-24
     The India-US Nuclear agreement is the subject of hope and debate, yet again, in India. Apart from the substance of the pact, the politics (and timing) of the negotiations is mystifying.First, the s...
  3. Mugabe Should Go Now, and the World Should Insist on This

    by Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - 2008-06-24
    It is time for ZImbabwe's Mugabe to go. Under 28 years of uninterrupted Robert Mugabe's brutal rule, the country has become a basket case -- inflation is staggering, the unemployment is at 80 percent...
  4. The United Nations and the Junta in Myanmar

    by James William Smith - 2008-06-23
    Albert Einstein was quoted as saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. Unfortunately, Einstein's definition of insanity fits...
  5. How the Igbo Nation and Communities are Marginalized

    by Emeka Esogbue - 2008-06-23
    A lot of people have on the contrary continued to question the assertion or what they call claim that the Igbo and indeed any nation with Nigerian larger society are marginalized. This school of thou...
  6. Sarkozy Starts Visit to Israel

    by Johnny Summerton - 2008-06-22
    The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, begins a three-day visit to Israel on Sunday in what the press back home is reporting as further proof of an improvement in relations between the two countries....
  7. Investing Soon to be Illegal

    by J.J. Jackson - 2008-06-22
    The pea brains in Congress and many of their cronies around the country have found the problem that, they feel, is causing us so much pain at the pump. First they tried to demonize the oil companies...
  8. If Tobacco is a Product Which Can be Sold Legally Then Why Can it not be Advertised?

    by Gianni Truvianni - 2008-06-22
    I believe that tobacco advertisement should be legalized given the fact that first it is not illegal to manufacture tobacco. Second, it is not illegal to sell or distribute tobacco and third it is al...
  9. Tusk is Boycotting the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games

    by Gianni Truvianni - 2008-06-22
    Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland has decided to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic games in an act of protest against Chinese actions in Tibet. This is a fact that few peopl...
  10. Religious Terrorism

    by Nawaz - 2008-06-21
    Acts of terrorism are not confined to Muslims alone. Terrorists come from every religion. But the media often uses the term Islamic terrorists or Islamic terrorism, implying terrorism is associated w...
  11. Securing Energy Independence for the USA

    by Klaus H Hemsath - 2008-06-20
    Crude oil prices have reached $140. The US dollar has lost hugely against the Euro and the Canadian dollar. Petroleum prices will continue their unstoppable surge, which is driven by steadily increa...
  12. Sarkozy Gets Tough on Eu Reform

    by Johnny Summerton - 2008-06-20
    It's just under a fortnight until France takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union and already the rest of Europe is getting a taste of what it can expect.At a meeting of EU ...
  13. A Tour of the Navy Seal Museum

    by James Kara Murat - 2008-06-20
     Located at the northern part of the Hutchinson Island in Florida, the U.S. Navy SEAL Museum is nestled at the original place where the Frogmen underwent their training back in the early 1940s. The ...
  14. What Do Navy Seals Do When They Retire?

    by James Kara Murat - 2008-06-20
     The U.S. Navy SEALs, or the United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land Forces, are the U.S. Navy's elite Special Operations Forces. They conduct clandestine operations from the sea, air, and land. Navy...
  15. How to Identify a Fake Navy Seal

    by James Kara Murat - 2008-06-20
     The U.S. Navy SEALs are America's premier naval special operations force. SEAL is the acronym for Sea, Air, and Land and highlights the arenas that SEALs can operate in. Whether the U.S. military n...
  16. Most Common Wrong Perceptions About U.s. Navy Seals

    by James Kara Murat - 2008-06-20
     Navy SEALs are a top antiterrorist unit that goes to any place at any time in any weather conditions to fight for and protect the American way of life. We hear a lot of stories, frequently hair-rai...
  17. Top 5 Hollywood Moments of US Navy Seals

    by James Kara Murat - 2008-06-20
     The Navy's elite SEAL or Sea, Air, and Land Forces squad is made up of the best of the best. In order to provide the public with an insight as to what the Navy SEALs is all about, the U.S. Navy had...
  18. Petulance and Pandemonium in Petra

    by david singer - 2008-06-20
     Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa must have had a brain explosion during a lunch time speech delivered by Israel's President Shimon Peres to Nobel Laureates attending a conference in Petra t...
  19. Thoughts On Candidate "leadership"

    by Thomas L. Knapp - 2008-06-20
    " I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, somebody else would lead you out." -- Eugene DebsAs a candidate ...
  20. Alternatives To Being Roman

    by - 2008-06-19
    We look down on the Romans. Oh sure, they set up the largest Empire that Europe has ever known, and their city state lasted for over 800 years, which is about four times the length of time that the Un...