U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the United States will dole out $ 25 million in 2011 to bloggers and Internet activists in authoritarian countries. The financial support will help politically active figures in such…
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Iram Zahra Raymond Davis, an American National, opened fire and shot dead two people in Lahore, Pakistan in the end of January, 2011. According to him, it was self-defense. Then later he hit a man by…
CANBERRA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Thousands of Australians have embraced the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra in the past two days, local media reported on Sunday. The Festival kicked off on Friday night with a…
History Makers is an organization of broadcasters and producers from around the world concerned with the challenges and opportunities faced by factual broadcasting. Bill Moyers was the keynote speaker at the 2011 convention on January…
By Shiv Malik An American jihadist who set up the terrorist training camp where the leader of the 2005 London suicide bombers learned how to manufacture explosives, has been quietly released after serving only…
The schedule of events for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been released. The first action will be women’s football in Cardiff, Glasgow and Coventry on 25 July, two days before the official opening of…
Brazilian legend Ronaldo has confirmed his retirement from football. The 34-year-old had a glittering career, helping Brazil win two World Cups and being named Fifa World Player of the Year in 1996, 1997 and 2002….
Europe could save €900bn (£762bn) and still hit its 2050 carbon reduction targets if it built fewer wind farms and more gas plants, a coalition of gas producers including Gazprom, Centrica and Qatar Petroleum has…
While the West has approved the democratic will of the people of Tunisia and Egypt, there are still many oddities in the reasons and events of the revolutions in the countries. As Aleksey Kornilov noted…
After diplomatic relations were formally established in 1979, we witness something called “the honeymoon stage” in relations between China and the United States. It was during this time that many Americans, especially a wide range…