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The shocking nature of US foreign policy under George W. Bush has reached a new low with the Government’s decision to cancel Fulbright scholarships awarded to Palestinian scholars. According to the report, the State Department reasons that Israel would not permit the grant awardees – seven of them – to leave Gaza. Ironically, Israeli officials [...]
Jug Suraiya writes in The Times of India that it was the criminalization of drugs that killed British teenager Scarlett Keeling in Goa, and then puts forth an almost passionate plea to legalize drugs. He bases his arguments on two contentions (or facts). First, that drugs are less of a health hazard than cigarettes or [...]
Just as my Equities portfolio was about to get out the red comes a single-day 900-point fall that pegs it back into dark red territory. God have mercy on Dalal Street.
The republication this week by some European newspapers of the controversial cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed as a terrorist (that caused considerable trouble a couple of years ago) reeks of intolerance, disrespect and sheer contempt for the feelings of other people. And for these newspapers to hide behind the comfortable veil of “freedom of speech” is [...]
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