Month: September 2008

Cross Posted from the European Tribune In the last two weeks I have had half a dozen Letters to the Editor published in the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, and the Sunday Tribune on the topics of the South Ossetia crisis and...

The right-wing is going to be all over this. It’s all innocent. Joe Biden acknowledged the obvious…that Sarah Palin is good-looking…better looking than he is. He engaged in a little self-deprecation and had a...

. Human Rights Watch – Georgia admits to dropping cluster bombs GENEVA – A prominent human rights group says Georgia has admitted dropping cluster bombs in its military offensive to assert control over the restive...

. Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan suspended fighting in the volatile northwest for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and some of the 300,000 people displaced by air strikes and...