Society & Culture

1. Charles Manson and The family — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   'A criminal is not a criminal by birth but made by the world'. This holds true in the case of Charles Manson. Born on 12th November 1934 to an unwed teenage mother in Cincinnati, Charles never knew his biological father. His mother later married William Manson who gave Charles his last ... »
   
    
2. Philosophy & Ideas: Hot & Cold Evil — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   Have you ever heard of hot and cold evil? A few years ago a friend introduced me to the concept. Hot evil, he said, was the kind that outraged most people immediately. Examples might be a violent crime against innocent children, or an attempt at genocide. Cold evil was far more ... »
   
    
3. China Auto Industry: Running Fast — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   The Chinese automobile industry is growing at an unprecedented pace. American car manufacturers take China as a burgeoning market that could aid them make up for declining profits. European and Japanese carmakers also hold big hopes for Chinese automakers. China's entrance in WTO (World ... »
   
    
4. The Territorial Conflict on Shebaa Farms in the Middle East — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   The Shebaa Farms and International Law By Gabriel Sawma Esq. Background Following World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the territories of Lebanon and Syria, which were considered one single political unit prior to the War, were mandated by the League of Nations to France. The ... »
   
    
5. Are We Humans Really The Masters Of This Planet? — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   Are we humans beings really the masters of this planet? Do we have the authority to self-righteously assume global dominance? The following article is my view to the questions. It is certainly not definitive. It is just an expression of my own thoughts and opinions. In my opinion, ... »
   
    
6. There are people in more trouble than you — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   Last week I was not able to sleep very well one night so I was just surfing the TV channels and then I came accross a movie channel where they were showing a movie The Pianist.It is a very famous movie (Accademy award for Best Director) about a Jew Pianist in Poland , about what he faced ... »
   
    
7. New Delhi gets its First Convenience Store — 06.02.06 — World Affairs
   It was the last week of January 2006, when Delhi got its first 24x7 convenience store. Changing lifestyle and increased purchasing power of Indians is encouraging the rapid growth of shopping malls and new retail chains in the country. The Indian customers now prefer international ... »
   
    
8. US QDR Impacts the World Scene — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
   US QDR Impacts the World Scene By Brig Gen (ret) Muhammad Aslam Khan Niazi@ US Quadrennial Defense Review Report-2006 is a document that combines in it the attributes of philosophic prose of realities and phenomenal wishes studded ... »
   
    
9. Gas Prices, Hurricanes and a Madman — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
   Crude Oil and Gas Prices, Ready to Pay More, Much More? Did you think the non-inflation adjusted record high in oil and gas prices form hurricane Katrina last September was just a blip on the radar? If you did, you may be in for a very rude awakening. Directly below are some very ... »
   
    
10. Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    Between 1989 and 1993 more than 95,000 Lhotshampas (Bhutanese Nepali-speaking Hindus of Nepali origin who live(d) in the southern plains of Bhutan), nearly a sixth of the kingdom's total population of approximately 600,000 have been forced to leave or forcibly evicted from the country by ... »
    
     
11. TV Evangelist Pat Robertson and Muhammad — Do They Think Alike — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    One group of people is sailing up a roller coaster ride of emotional rises, falls twists and turns driven by daily news flashes and bits of the latest gab from around the globe. The other group spends the time to get the history or the background of a matter and through some open minded ... »
    
     
12. Meaningful 'Giants' in Eurasian Balkan — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    Meaningful Giants in 'Eurasian Balkan' written by: BrigGen (ret) Muhammad Aslam Khan Niazi, 28-Feb-06 Introduction Five newly independent Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and three South Caucasus countries (Georgia, Armenia, and ... »
    
     
13. Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir - PART II — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    Operations Other Than War Operations Other than War (OOW), relate to activities devolving around the strategy of 'Winning the Hearts and Minds'. It focuses on people as the Centre of Gravity, it believes in Conflict Prevention. For in the strategy of Conflict Prevention efforts are ... »
    
     
14. Thoughtfulness — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    Of paramount importance and relevancy to true and lasting human accomplishment is the way we deliberate between short term gain and long term accomplishment. The overriding consideration must be our degree of thoughtfulness. Thoughtfulness means an honest examination of the desired ... »
    
     
15. Denmark Cartoons or Islamic Caricatures — Six of One or Half Dozen of the Other — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    Denmark's Jyllands-Posten newspaper issued an apology and whisked it off to the Jordanian news agency Petra for publishing cartoons that supposedly were insulting to the prophet Muhammad. The arguments about the poor taste of the cartoonist notwithstanding, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, ... »
    
     
16. The Hurricane Katrina survivors will be victims again... GUARANTEED! — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    This time it will be our own governments mostly that will do the victimizing but some businesses will get it on it as well. Its simply one of the biggest revenue generating processes utilized by various levels of governments that very little is known of by the regular citizen. It causes ... »
    
     
17. Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) PART I — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    India and Pakistan have in the past fought four wars over J&K and held several talks to resolve the 56 year old problem, but till now no tangible results have emerged, except for a composite dialogue. Although, both India and Pakistan are trying to move the peace process ahead, yet there ... »
    
     
18. Military Media Relations — Kargil War — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    There have been media reports that the military has been talking out of turn, and counter views have also been expressed on the topic by some supposed thinkers. It is not by individual perceptions that policies are made and the subject, in today's context needs to debated with select ... »
    
     
19. "A HOLY TERROR" - OUR FREEDOM IS AT STAKE — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    ?A HOLY TERROR? ? OUR CHERISHED FREEDOM IS AT STAKE Vosselaar, Belgium - 29-Dec-05 ? Muslim terrorism is actually as well in the United States as in Europe and the other states belonging to the ?West?(Australia, New Zealand and Israel), the main concern of the populations and ... »
    
     
20. Am I Gay? — 05.02.06 — World Affairs
    Am I Gay? I guess this is a question a lot of young men will have asked themselves during their confusing adolescent years; it's certainly one that every gay man will at some time have had to tackle, and come to terms with on discovering the true answer. Of course, there are the lucky ... »