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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 Hunger in Darfur
The markets are smiling. After all, with American taxpayers pumping in $1.8
trillion so far to provide a life-saving shot to the failing markets,
investors couldn’t have asked for more. And who cares if all
the investment banks in Wall Street have faded into history.
Three of America’s top five investment banks have disappeared. The
remaining two — Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs —
have now been converted into commercial banks. With ace investor Warren
Buffet promising to invest $5 billion in the now-nationalised American
International Group (AIG), investor sentiments are high. |
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Contributed by Thomas Sullivan
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 World Hunger
It is a well known fact that there is enough food in the world to feed every human being on earth. Sadly, malnutrition and hunger still afflict one out of every seven people in the world today. Or, from a slightly different statistical perspective, the current world population is 4,712,200,000. The number of malnourished is 797,900,000. Therefore 17% of the world population is currently malnourished or starving. No matter how you examine the issue, a current crisis is at hand. Why is this so? |
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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 Barack & Michelle
'I
Am Reluctant To Seek Changes In The N-Deal' In an exclusive interview
with Outlook, the US presidential hopeful speaks on a range of
subjects: the nuclear deal, Mahatma Gandhi, his ability to reconcile
Islam with modernity, and how he wouldn't have put all eggs in the
Musharraf basket.
What
Obama said:
On the nuclear deal (with India)
"I continue to hope this process
can be concluded before the end of the year.... I am reluctant to seek
changes."
His remarks suggest he is opposed to
renegotiating the deal, as the BJP has demanded. Should the deal not be
sealed this year, Obama as president isn't likely to impose new
conditions, a fear the UPA has constantly stoked to compel its critics
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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 India's Manmohan Singh The Nuclear Obituary by Prem Shankar Jha. - With Obama likely to take over the White House, it's nuclear deal R. I. P.. It's official now. Barack Obama is going to be the Democrat candidate for the US presidency. What could that mean for America and what will it mean for us (India)? Across the world, the media is having a historic moment. What they are not discussing is why such a large section of the American population has cast centuries of prejudice aside and taken an unprecedented step. |
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Contributed by Daya
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 Daya Stand Being there in Delhi among so many of the young people I have grown to love renewed my energy and restored my intention to stay here among them a while longer. This is a very moving time here in Dhasa and it doesn't feel like whatever I've come here to do is finished yet.
Instead of trying to protest against the Olympic torch
in Delhi, the Tibetans decided to create their own
torch and relay. It was a beautiful huge peaceful
experience with many government officials and
Bollywood celebrities speaking at the opening ceremony
and supporting us. We marched from Raj Ghat on the
Yamuna River (where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated) to
the designated protest area near Jantar Mantar (one of
Jai Singh II's observatories just south of Connaught
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