Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 26, 2008	NATO – the paper alliance
(John Laughland for RIA Novosti) - As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia - and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press - one thing has become overwhelmingly clear. It is that Georgia will now never join NATO and that the balance of power in the world...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 9, 2008	The Bloody Drumbeat Of Crime and A Young Sovereign Bahamas
This Independence Day, Bahamas: Bahama Journal Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: Even as our people celebrate Independence, they are being obliged to note and understand that the popular tourist myth of their country and the wider Caribbean as a string of island paradises is being undermined...... [view]