Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008	Maximum Security in the Middle Kingdom
I’ve been absent from this blog for three weeks, not because I lost interest but because I was away from Beijing on another scientific trip to Inner Mongolia - to the northwestern part of the region this time, near Mongolia proper. Travelling in China during the Olympic period was...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008	From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent
MOSCOW. (Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies for RIA Novosti) - When Europe and the US advocated the independence of Kosovo, many experts warned that its impact on the Caucasus would be destabilising. The Allies responded by repeating that Kosovo...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008	Chronicle of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict: Fact sheet
In the Soviet times South Ossetia was an autonomous area within Georgia. In 1991 Georgia's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, abolished the autonomy. The South Ossetian authorities rejected that decision and put up an armed resistance to the Georgians. In January 1991 open warfare broke...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008	Cannon fodder for the market
Reflections of Fidel: PERHAPS some governments are unaware of the concrete facts, and so for that reason Raúl’s message setting Cuba’s position seemed to us to be very timely. I shall be generous in the aspects that cannot be dealt with in a brief and precise official statement. ...... [view]

Posted By:  balinet Posted On:  Aug 11, 2008	Bluetooth.web.id
provides a uniform structure of communication for a variety of devices to connect to one another,bluetooth wireless technology utilizes short-range communications instead of cables to connect between devices, both portable and fixed... [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]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 23, 2008	God And The Homosexual
God Loves The Homosexual: Homosexuals are human beings and certainly, without a doubt, God loves them all. God does not like homosexual practices, but he did come to earth to die for all, including the homosexual. John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008	The Plague Of Prostitution In The Bahamas And Caribbean
Prostitution rings a growing problem: By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: More than two dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested and deported in the past six months for suspicion of prostitution, but officials admitted yesterday that it is just a glimpse...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 15, 2008	CHE IN 1959
• From 1959, the heroic guerrilla became one of the central leaders of the revolutionary process as a result of his proven determination, versatility and abilities and because of the dynamic of the tremendous events resulting from the aggression against Cuba • Héctor Rodríguez Lompart...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY Posted On:  Jun 14, 2008	Border Opens to Anti-War Activists
There has been a new development in the saga of anti-war activists Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright. As you may know, these two women have been turned away at our border time and time again over the past year because prior non-violent protest-related arrests had placed them on the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 11, 2008	Bahamas Seek Alternatives For Imported Food Staples
Alternatives Sought For Imported Food Staples: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: As the price of staples like wheat, corn and rice balloon in some cases out of the reach of the world’s poor, agriculture and fisheries officials have been huddled in talks about how to use another starch...... [view]