December 1st is observed around the world as AIDS Day and the occasion is largely publicized. Unlike the attention World AIDS Day receives, World Disability Day barely registers on the world media’s radar.
Circle of friends by Flickr user Jimee, Jackie, Tom and Asha and used under a creative commons license
Celebrated every year on December 3rd, World Disability Day honors the contr...... [Show More]
Rob at Media Shack has posted a summary of a discussion on al-`Arabiy ya’s “Death Industry.” Of interest to him (and me) is Montasir Zayat’s assessment of Sayyid Imam’s latest book (Zayat only read the first one and a half chapters). Here’s Rob’s take:
In Zayat’s view, what’s being printed now in Al-Masri Al-Youm is a disgrace an...... [Show More]
Surrey will play in the Pro Arch Trophy in Abu Dhabi in 2009 as part of their build-up to the new season.
Middlesex , Sussex, Essex, Yorkshire and Lancashire will also compete in the one-day tournament in March.
"It’s a great chance for some lads, who want to make a case for themselves before the season starts," captain Mark Butcher told BBC London 94.9.
"It&...... [Show More]
In answer to counterfactual assertions in the Media and from some bloggers like Matt Yglesias , Plutonium Page and John Issacs demonstrate that there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the President-Elect and the Secretary of State designee on foreign policy. Indeed, President-Elect Obama explained : I think if you look at the statements that Hillary Clinton and I have made...... [Show More]
Dutch builder Royal BAM Group said its unit Interbeton Abu Dhabi LLC and Aldar Properties PJSC celebrated the construction topping out ceremony of the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Staybridge Apartments on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The Hotel development celebrated building topping out, signifying the construction on the highest point of the 14 storey concrete structure. The reinforced concrete structu...... [Show More]
President-elect Barack Obama reaffirmed on Monday that he wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months of his inauguration. That would be well before the December, 2011 deadline enshrined in the new security agreement between the two countries. The agreement stipulates that its details can be altered by mutual consent, or by one side giving one year’s notice. Obama, who is re...... [Show More]
“America is a place founded on the idea that everyone should have the right to live up to his or her God-given potential. It is the same ideal that must guide America’s purpose in the world today”
~ Hillary Rodham Clinton [Source: The National ]...... [Show More]
When Sayyid Imam’s first book was released serially last year, CT pundits were split . Some, like Lawrence Wright and Peter Bergen, said it was evidence of a serious fissure in the Jihadi Movement and would further divide it. Others, like Michael Scheuer, said it was neither evidence of a fissure nor would it divide the movement because Sayyid Imam was being coerced, which instantly dis...... [Show More]
When I hear people say, ’Oh it’s because I’m a woman’, I say, ’Do me a favor. Stop your crying, go home and come back when you are ready to work.
That’s CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo in full on Brooklyn talking with The National, a newspaper out of the UAE. The piece profiles Bartiromo’s rise from coat-check girl in Bay Ridge, to mover of markets...... [Show More]
risk factor Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Dec 01 2008 21:12:25
Peter Beinart writes :
In liberal blogland, reports that Barack Obama will probably choose Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and retired general James Jones as National Security Adviser and retain Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense have prompted a chorus of groans. “I feel incredibly frustrated,” wrote Chris Bowers on OpenLeft.com “Progressives are being entirely left ou...... [Show More]
afghani nightmare Post Source: negevrockcity.com Posted: Dec 01 2008 21:02:08
From The National :
The situation in Afghanistan is not as bad as you’ve heard – its worse. Nir Rosen reports from Kabul and its surrounding provinces as the Taliban attempt to wrest control from Hamid Karzai’s government.
“I’m not optimistic,” a longtime NGO official with more than a dozen years’ experience in the country told me. He said the confidence of the Taliban today is...... [Show More]
Is Afghanistan Going to End Badly? : markcoatney :
Nir Rosen thinks so, in a long piece in The National that’s worthwhile even though it is a lot of outtakes from the reporting he did for his recent Rolling Stone article . An excerpt:
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we in the house Post Source: attackerman.firedoglake.com Posted: Dec 01 2008 13:17:56
At 10:40 this morning, Obama will announce the retention of Bob Gates at the Pentagon and the arrival of Hillary Rodham Clinton to the State Department, Jim Jones (balll lllll-lin& rsquo;) ; to the National Security Council, Susan Rice to the United Nations, Eric Holder to the Justice Department and Janet Napolitano to the Department of Homeland Security. There’s no shortage of progressi...... [Show More]
The proposed Trump Tower on the Palm Jumeirah, a Dh2.9 billion (US$800m) project announced earlier this year, has been suspended, says the Australian construction firm contracted to build it, according to The Australian newspaper.
Artists Impression of Trump Tower
Citing “easing market conditions,” the Australia-listed Leighton Holdings said today the project was on...... [Show More]
You Cannot Pardon a Crime You Authorized
Statement from the Steering Committee for the Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates
Twitter and Flickr replace “off icial̶ 1; news outlets in Mumbai
Alexander Wolfe of Information Week notes that the largest and most timely source of information coming out of Mumbai was from amateurs using social media like Twitter
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I recently looked through news articles to see which energy sectors were being affected by the credit crisis. I was amazed at how widespread and how devastating the impact is.
There are really two closely related problems. One is reduced access to credit, making new borrowing difficult for nearly every business that requires debt. Prices for all commodities have been dropping as well. At least...... [Show More]
Libya’s top oil official, Shokri Ghanem, stated that OPEC may need to cut production further, but did not mention any specific numbers, saying, “It is too early to say how much needs to be cut … I don’t want to start throwing numbers out without consulting my colleagues – we want a consensus.”
Crude oil prices are down 66% from a record $147.27 a barrel set on July 11th, with slo...... [Show More]
what about the policy Post Source: feedproxy.google.com Posted: Nov 29 2008 19:30:08
Matthew Yglesias has heard enough about the backroom negotiations that led to the decision to tap Hillary Clinton as the new Secretary of State, he wants to her more about the policy implications of the move and how differences between Obama and Clinton have been and will be resolved:
None of these disputes involves a gaping, unbridgeable policy void. Indeed, it’s completely common for an adm...... [Show More]
Amidst the personal attacks on Zawahiri in part 10, Sayyid Imam mentions a few more interesting historical tidbits. First, he notes the opposition of two prominent Jihadis, Abu Mus`ab al-Suri and `Abd al-Rahman al-Kindi ( died in 2003 ), to the attacks on the U.S. He also discloses that Zawahiri’s imprisoned brother, Muhammad, has been trying to cut a deal with the Egyptia...... [Show More]
Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:
The Krugman Recipe for Depression By Amity Shlaes
Massive government spending is no solution to unemployment.
Thanksgiving Cheer From Obama By Karl Rove
He’s assembled a first-rate economic team.
Irrational Obama Exuberance by John Avlon
For the first time in a long time, Americans are happy about their political leaders. Three re...... [Show More]
...mirates- 1 hour agoLuca Cordero di Montezemolo, the chairman of Ferrari, was in Abu Dhabi to observe work on the Ferrari theme park, which he said is progressing well. …
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