China aircraft carrier confirmed by General Staff The 300m (990ft) carrier, under construction in Dalian, is thought to be nearly finished The head of China’s General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed that China’s first aircraft carrier is under construction. Gen Chen Bingde refused to say when the carrier – a remodelled…
From Abbottabad to Worse Hating the United States—which funds Islamabad’s army and nuclear program to the humiliating tune of $3 billion a year—Pakistan takes its twisted, cowardly revenge by harboring the likes of the late Osama bin Laden. But the hypocrisy is mutual, and the shame should be shared. By Christopher Hitchens• Illustration by Barry…
Old globes are comforting relics. They show how old rivalries and threats fade — just as today’s will do. al-Qaeda Crippled If you are looking for a date on a globe, you probably won’t find one. Most manufacturers want to preserve shelf life as long as possible. But half the fun of…
Aurangabad is a very small town, but a very hungry set of entrepreneurs live here
“THAT’S WHAT I THINK IS SO GORGEOUS ABOUT WIKIPEDIA — IT’S THIS LIMITLESS SPACE; IT CAN BE AS BIG AS IT NEEDS TO BE. IT CAN ACTUALLY CONTAIN THE SUM OF EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW,” SAYS GARDNER. April 2011 Photograph by Robyn Twomey Wikipedia director Sue Gardner has transformed the site’s broken business…
Obama thinks that the rise of India will be good for American jobs. There is another side to the story
Seven years ago, Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had started a secret mission “Karachi Project” to bleed India white through serial urban terrorism strikes with the help of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT) and Harkat ul Jihad e Islami (HUJI). The existence of Karachi Project may not have come to light ever but for…