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Noam Chomsky on Somali piracy!

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Dastur May

Dastuurka Qaybya qoraalka Federalka Soomaaliya qaybtiisa Af-mayga. Meesha ku qoran Dastur May guji ka dibna ka aqriso isagoo afmay oo kaamil ah. "Didiinglay dhamaateih"

THE ORIGIN OF AIDS

THE ORIGIN OF AIDS By Tom Curtis Rolling Stone Magazine, March 19th, 1992 African Genesis "It's Not Good to Know Too Much" The Fortieth Monkey Virus The Marburg Monkey Virus The Congo Vaccine Monkey AIDS Contamination A Tale of Two Maps The Zaire Connection Testing Seed Stock? Monkey Virus == Human Virus A Theoretical Possibility It Could Happen Epilog: Avoiding Future Catastrophes It was almost thirty years ago, but I clearly remember one event on that hot and humid day early in August 1962. Like communicants in some universal mass, my two brothers, my parents and I slowly moved to the head of a very long, snaking line composed of thousands of people -- a significant part of the population of Galveston, Texas. All were awaiting admittance into the central hallway of Ball High School so we could approach a simple wooden table -- a kind of altar of science --where a volunteer nurse handed each individual a tiny paper cup containing a sugar cube. I gazed in

Pakistan News

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The Politics of International Trade

Behind much of the recent posturing over exchange rates and currency regimes is a real concern among politicians and policy makers that outsourcing and global competition are threatening jobs in the US and Europe. If protectionist sentiments are in fact on the rise, perhaps it is time to take a look at the political economy of international trade to see how these debates might play out. Domestic political considerations are the main causes of both support for and opposition to protectionism. Interest groups are perhaps the single most important factor, but governments may also restrict trade in order to protect public health and safety, private property rights, national security; correct market failures and, of course, secure revenue sources. Note that the interests of political actors and policy makers are often not identical with those of the state. From a macro-economic perspective, international trade serves essentially to extend the size of domestic markets, granting competitive

Does that Friday Farewell just one Farewell?

In my last article on the title of “the Impact of Sidi Bouzid in MENA region” has clearly predicted that this region would sooner or later invite a precarious situation. With in two weeks, that view amazingly came to be true when one of the strongest; maybe the most difficult walls was forcefully fallen down on 8:30pm Friday night in the history of Arab world. Perhaps it won’t be the last wall to fall, but it would likely be the beginning of a complete series shattering walls. Martin king Luther said; “oppressed people can not remain oppressed forever”. In the light of the fact that most Middle East youth generations preserve a common suppression since long time their frustration would most likely prove the same as Egyptian youths came over a long-fear that has rooted not only in the Egyptian minds but the region as a whole. What is more fortunately is the Social Media, thanks for 21 st century information machines that have excitedly boiled the nuisance till it explodes! But unfort

THE IMPACT OF SIDI BOUZID REVOLUTION IN MENA REGION

Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, is facing an unprecedented challenge after the Tunisian uprising sent warning messages across and beyond the region.  Unemployment, rising food prices, lack of freedom of speech, lack of accountability and transparency are widespread in this region, but on December, 2010, a 26-year old Tunisian youth, Mohamed Bouazizi; had ignited the candle to disclose the cause of these problems. Bouazizi has opened a new page for the history of Arab world after he continuously tackled to improve his family’s situation in the face of heavy police crackdowns. The Tunisian police as usual treat their citizens in a tyrannical way and a lot of young Tunisians as a consequence have been compelled to be unemployed and therefore are frustrated. That frustration ultimately led Bouazizi to set fire on himself in front of Municipal Office just struggling for his dignity and to get a solution for youths’ exasperation in Tunisia. The world has experienced much more bitter

Mental Maps about Pakistan: From Perception to Reality.

Naturally, people adopt personal views about countries and other things they don’t usually have a good knowledge about them. Any one who has never travelled beyond his borders must casually imagine the culture, behavior, believes of another country. Nevertheless these personal perspectives would not be completely true as one arrives in a foreign country. Pakistan which is the only Muslim Nuclear armed country suffers a lot about mental maps. Even sometimes the name of Pakistan is replaced by ghastly names which are intentionally intended to cover up its real characteristics. There is no doubt today that any one who is outside from Pakistan is constantly surprising why this country virtually behave in that particular manner. But the reality on the ground is extremely suggests on the other side and it is upside-down different from that view of outside world. One of the most commonly misperceptions which are connected to Pakistan is, its Islamic Religion. It is clear to every one that