Opinion

Tehran stifling media ahead of June 14 vote

2013-05-20 (All day)
Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud,...

Restoring dignity to agricultural sector

2013-05-20 (All day)
Farmers, pastoralists and indigenous peoples from around the world have expressed concern about the increasing levels of land grabbing and land concentration. These, they say, are embedded in wider po...

A changing balance of power

2013-05-20 00:05
Unlike the hesitant West, Russia has been providing Assad’s regime with advanced and lethal weapons that are poised to change the balance of power among the warring parties in Syria. While the W...

EU, China have much to lose if trade war breaks out

2013-05-20 (All day)
The latest tit-for-tat EU-China trade disputes could signal worse to come but both sides have a lot to lose if things get out of hand and harm the much-needed economic growth they seek, analysts said....

Seriously, it is funny

2013-05-20 00:07
I laugh at a lot of things. My friends. My job. My bosses, past and future. My bank manager (I hope he doesn’t read this) advertising people, this topsy turvy world of ours and life as it happen...

OPEC’s renewed challenge

2013-05-19 00:10
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting later this month could represent a landmark in terms of how the group will prepare to handle difficulties ahead. The difficulty arises...
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