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Greg Mortenson’s Half-Empty Cups of Tea: Lessons for Philanthropy and Policy
Apr 20th
Mosharraf Zaidi Under the burden of a 60 Minutes exposé on CBS and a blistering, 75-page takedown by adventure writer Jon Krakauer, Greg Mortenson’s phenomenally successful weaving together of fact and fiction has already faced more scrutiny than most pop philanthropy ever receives in its entire shelf life. While opinions about Greg Mortenson have always varied within [...]
Facts and fiction about the war on terror
Apr 18th
None of the writers have first-hand knowledge of the unfolding of events.
Over 12,000 murders across Pakistan in 2010: HRCP
Apr 14th
State of Human Rights 2010 released by HRCP. US drones strikes responsible for 957 extra-legal killings.
NATO allies split over scope of Libya air strikes
Apr 14th
BERLIN: NATO foreign ministers meet Thursday amid a growing rift over the pace of air strikes in Libya, as calls mount for allies to intensify the bombing campaign to prevent a stalemate on the ground. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Euro…
Britain, France push NATO allies to step up in Libya
Apr 13th
LUXEMBOURG: Britain and France pressed NATO allies Tuesday to step up air raids in Libya by deploying more combat jets to protect civilians, as rebels claimed Moamer Kadhafi”s regime killed 10,000 people. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, complaini…
Violence: Israel kills five in Gaza air raid
Apr 10th
Israel kills five Palestinian militants in a third straight day of air raids across the Gaza Strip.
Israel kills four more Palestinians
Apr 9th
GAZA: Israel killed four Palestinians and wounded half a dozen others as it pursued air raids in Gaza for a third day on Saturday. Israeli forces killed a local Hamas commander in the southern Gaza town of Rafah bordering Egypt, as well as two of his b…
12 killed in Gaza’s deadliest 24 hours since 2008-9 war
Apr 9th
Israeli tank round kills another Palestinian bringing death toll in latest violence to 12.
11 killed in deadly day of Gaza violence
Apr 9th
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes and tanks hammered Gaza on Friday and early Saturday, killing 11 people in the deadliest day of violence in the strip since the end of the Gaza war two years ago. A truce declared by Palestinian armed groups unravelled even…
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli Gaza air raid: medics
Apr 9th
GAZA CITY: Two Palestinians were killed and one was seriously wounded early Saturday in an Israeli air raid on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics said. The three unidentified Palestinians were travelling in a car that was targeted…
