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Is Fact Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on March 8, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Is Fact Stranger Than Fiction

Both President John Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln were fascinating presidents, but when you compare one with the other some really strange facts are discovered. Read more…

Current Conflicts Globally

Posted on March 8, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Current Conflicts Globally

According to a recent survey there are around 38 wars taking place concurrently across the globe, although some of them are ‘One Country involved in more then one conflict’. Read the List…

Freezing Libyan Assets

Posted on March 8, 2011 by in Finance, Politics

Freezing Libyan Assets

A vessel carrying around $160 million worth of Libyan currency was impounded after turning back from a planned trip to Libya, a British government official reported. Read more…

Revolutions Of Colour

Posted on February 22, 2011 by in Politics

Revolutions Of Colour

Holding a dry umbrella to protect himself from the ‘rain’ in a Mary Poppins attitude, Colonel Gadhafi sits in his ‘dry’ car for a 20 second television announcement. Read just what colour revolutions are all about…

View The latest Updated On Arab Uprising

Posted on February 22, 2011 by in Politics, Society

View The latest Updated On Arab Uprising

Through the use of cell phones and social networking, demonstrators are rising up simultaneously, all carrying the same banners, with the same slogans on their lips, in often violent anti-dictatorial sentiment, throwing the Arab nations into unprecedented turmoil. With the Arab world in unprecedented chaos read the latest on the countries in turmoil…

Pople call For Gadhafi To Go On Trial

Posted on February 22, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Pople call For Gadhafi To Go On Trial

The deputy ambassador for Libya to the United Nations called for the worldwide community to step in to stop genocide from taking place in his home nation. There were reports of a string of Libyan ambassadors abroad also defecting. Read more about the bloodiest battle in the Arab revolt…

Widespread Intimadation Of The Media

Posted on February 17, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Widespread Intimadation Of The Media

During the recent Egyptian demonstrations, all forms of media appeared to have been the target of a thoroughly organized clamp down, with at an estimated 141 direct attacks on the media and news facilities, including journalists being arrested and beaten. Take a look at the nations whose journalists were under intimidation…

Latest News On Arab Reform Wave

Posted on February 16, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Latest News On Arab Reform Wave

Finally fed up with decades of living under oppressive dictatorships, the Arab world is being caught up in the reform wave, as far south as Bahrain in the Gulf.  The Arab nations are in unprecedented turmoil, as through the use of social networking and cell phones, demonstrators rise up simultaneously, all carrying the same banners, [...]

Internet Activists Met With Egyptian Generals

Posted on February 16, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Internet Activists Met With Egyptian Generals

The Egyptian military generals met some of the young Internet activists who triggered the revolt against Mubarak, reportedly promising a referendum on a new constitution within two months. The council set a six-month timetable for holding elections but said the cabinet Mubarak hastily appointed on January 31 — headed by a former air force commander [...]

Arabian Hezbollah Waits In The Wings

Posted on February 16, 2011 by in Politics, Society

Arabian Hezbollah Waits In The Wings

Demonstrations became violent in Lebanon when the Hezbollah nominated a billionaire businessman as a candidate for the post of prime minister to follow on from caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Read just what the Arab Hezballoh stands for…