Spotlights On Our Global Village As A New Society
The mother of the writer accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape says she had “brutal” sex with the former IMF chief. Christopher Dickey on the saga’s sordid new twist. Jul 19, 2011 That the winsome Tristane Banon resented her mother’s negligence and despised her father’s absence we can glean from her first novel, I Forgot…
Robert Fisk: Now the Arab Spring becomes an Arab Summer Saturday, 16 July 2011 Rex Features Motorised French troops in Syria, near the border with Palestine, in June 1941. After the Second World War the French were persuaded to abandon their former mandated territories Syrians shot down in the streets across…
The Global Temper Tantrum Fury is spreading. But the mobs ignore the real culprit behind broken economies. Yiorgos Karahalis / Reuters-Landov Riot police at a protest against austerity measures in Athens on June 28, 2011. This is the age of indignation. Politics in the Western world are becoming more emotional—because our problems are so intractable….
Egypt’s Rising Power Player Amr Moussa is on track to succeed Mubarak. And that spells danger for Israel. Head of the Arab League, Moussa has a long history of anti-Israel diatribes. At first glance, Amr Moussa would seem to have scant hope of winning Egypt’s upcoming presidential election—the first truly free contest in…
Members Only: The Chronicle of Philanthropy builds a LinkedIn community by keeping people out By Andrew Phelps The Chronicle of Philanthropy is building a community on LinkedIn by breaking a rule from the social media playbook: In this group, not everyone is welcome. Membership in the newspaper’s LinkedIn group is free, but self-promoters, spammers, and…
Reuters All of the IMF’s Problems Now Belong to Christine Lagarde John Hudson Jun 28, 2011 97 The International Monetary Fund’s newly-minted leader Christine Lagarde has a lot on her plate. As the 55-year-old French Finance minister replaces Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director, she’ll be saddled with reviving a disgraced institution mired with challenges as…
The struggles and successes of India’s start-up culture Is Bangalore Asia’s answer to Silicon Valley? Start-up Stories Delhi start-up rethinks ink Michael and Xochi Birch, Bebo Brent Hoberman, lastminute.com Krishnan Ganesh, TutorVista Twenty years ago in the vibrant entrepreneurial paradise of Silicon Valley in the US, it was said that you would find…
Gore’s rallying call: ‘Climate crisis is a struggle for the soul of America’ Gore evokes the Iraq war, credit crunch, civil rights and emancipation to argue the US electoral system is broken and only a mass movement can deliver reason on global warming Al Gore, pictured in Florida in September 2010, argues in…
Naked riders pedal for respect Laura Burke (from L), Erin Leal and Becca Bolstad gather before the celebration of the annual World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, Oregon June 18, 2011. World Naked Bike Ride is a globally observed event among hard-core bikers designed, at least ostensibly, to promote the use of the bicycle for…
World’s oceans in ‘shocking’ decline By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News Coral reefs are subject to “multiple stressors” that could destroy many within a human generation Related Stories Acid oceans turn ‘Nemo’ fish deaf Coral reefs heading into crisis 2010 sets new temperature records The oceans are in a worse state than previously…