Lse students disrupt Isaraeli foreign minister lecture

by | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012

Students and activists protested and disrupted a lecture at the London School of Economics (LSE) by Daniel Ayalon, the controversial Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel. By James Caspell (source: Electronic Intifada)  Over 50 students and activists greeted Ayalon...

Europe is poor so should live within its means

by | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012

By Justin Rowlatt (source: BBC News) For decades the West has lectured the East on how to manage its economies. Not any more. Now the emerging economies of Asia look like models of steady, consistent policy and sustained growth while Europe, America and Japan are...

Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent

by | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012

Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent By CESAR CHELALA NEW YORK — There is now enough evidence to try former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes, Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, recently told “Frontal 21,” a...

Bibi to move against Palestine unity

by | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012

Bibi ‘to move against Palestine unity’     The Israeli prime minister-designate is mulling over lobbying the US against Hamas participation in a Palestinian unity government. “We shall try to convince our American friends that this is not something...