Somalia is ‘most ignored tragedy’ – BBC NEWS

The world should be shocked at the systematic destruction of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and its residents, says lobby group Human Rights Watch. The organisation told the BBC the city had become a zone of free-fire between government and insurgent forces. It said if such a situation was happening anywhere else in the world, like Georgia [...]

Turning to the Taleban in Pakistan – BBC News

US raids on Taleban and al-Qaeda targets in Pakistani territory have caused outrage in Pakistan. And that has added to the loathing that some people there have long felt for the way that the US conducts itself on the world stage, as Owen Bennett-Jones discovers. “I would rather live in the dark ages under the [...]

US marks September 11 attacks – Al Jazeera English

With my deep condolences to those who died at the scene of 9/11, I think that civilians who die everyday in Iraq and Afghanistan not with the hands of terrorists but by the hands of those who suffered terror, those are worth being mentioned. Unless they are an affordable price on the war on terror. [...]

Palin hits out at ‘elite’ critics – Al Jazeera English

The US Republican party’s nominee for vice-president has come out fighting against her critics, calling them “the Washington elite” who are out of touch with everyday life in the country. Sarah Palin touted her small-town roots and spoke glowingly about her family while lashing out at Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, as she accepted [...]

Gaddafi ‘to hand out oil money’ – BBC News

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said oil profits should be given directly to citizens, as part of sweeping economic and political reforms. Speaking during celebrations to mark 39 years in power in Libya’s second city, Benghazi, Col Gaddafi extolled the virtues of privatisation. BBC NEWS | Africa | Gaddafi ‘to hand out oil money’. This [...]

Zimbabwe opposition MPs arrested

Two MPs from Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have been arrested as parliament prepared to meet for the first time since controversial parliamentary elections in March. Al Jazeera English – Africa – Zimbabwe opposition MPs arrested. Who’s going to stop Robert Mugabe. All that arrogance and the country is going drastically down every [...]

Spectacular end to Olympic games

China spent $43bn on the games, making it the most expensive sporting event ever. Al Jazeera English – Asia-Pacific – Spectacular end to Olympic games. This is the same country that still have more than 1 million people homeless due to the Szichuan earthquake and 1 Billion people live in fear for free speach. It’s [...]

Somalia

Armed opposition group is reported to have taken control of the port city of Kismayu. Mortars shells fired at presidential palace in Somali capital of Mogadishu. One wonders how the whole arab nation forgets about Somalia which has been without a government for a very long time and civil war is eating the country throughoutly. [...]

Russia ‘not pulling out troops’ – Al Jazeera English

Russia said it was leaving Gori but its forces were instead fortifying positions [Reuters] Georgia has said there are still no signs of Russia withdrawing its troops from deep inside the country as Nato foreign ministers meet in Brussels to work out a response to Moscow’s military action. Shota Utiashvilli, the spokesman of Georgia’s interior [...]

US: Quds, Hezbollah training hit squads in Iran – Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran’s elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi troops, according to intelligence gleaned from captured militia [...]