DAMASCUS: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “massacred” about 100 people including women and children, the opposition said, as the US demanded a full transfer of power in the country. The call by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton set the stage for a renewed diplomatic stand-off over Syria, after Russia and China said they [...]
A year after the start of a popular uprising against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fear is everywhere in Damascus. Deadly car bombings have rocked the capital and clashes are on the rise. Shafiza, like most people in and around the Syrian capital, lives in fear that security forces will raid her home [...]
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No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg
There is a ridiculous debate going on after the reports on spot-fixing emerged: should IPL be scrapped? Even if IPL were the first sporting event to be tainted by spot-fixing, it would be senseless to even suggest that it be scrapped. Since that is not the case, talking of scrapping is, pardon the coarse expression, [...]
This must be the greatest moment of crisis that Barack Obama has faced till now in his entire time at the White House. There’s the tax agency scandal, 100 emails regarding the Benghazi attacks have been released and also the scandal of the justice department hacking the phones of reports of the nation’s biggest news [...]
The inglorious case of Sreesanth
It may be said there was something amiss about the way S Sreesanth’s career spanned out. He was the hope of a whole state that had never seen any of its cricketers hold their place in the national team. Once there was time when vernacular papers and sports magazines debated deeply about why Kerala could [...]
Reforming the Cockatoo Bureau of Investigation
Of all the acronyms that Indian public associate with investigation, CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) is the most common. However, if its functioning is anything to go by, the motto ‘Industry, Impartiality, Integrity’ would be one of the longest-running jokes in the history of the country.
Don’t fall for Sharif’s charisma
Political pundits of our country are already in La-La Land airspace over the great opportunities the return of Nawaz Sharif presents. The intelligentsia still seems to be buying the explanation that Sharif was actually serious about peace with India — and unaware of Kargil intrusions. We forget that Sharif was, at that time, facing serious threats [...]
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