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News from Bangkok would hit the headlines, as the arrival of a new political power is expected. Waves of democracy are on high spirits time after time, the generals of Thai are no exceptions to the concept. They have seized power 15 months ago during a revolution but now the sparks of elections are ahead. [...]

Kenya is heading for a change. President Mwai Kibaki is on the verge of defeat to a former political ally and leader of the Orange Democratic Movement(ODM), Raila Odinga. Early election results suggest that Mr.Odinga is leading President Kibaki by a comfortable margin and although there are still some results yet to be declared, it [...]

With 2007 nearing to its end, a marked decrease in violence has been noticed in Iraq. It is although a different matter, whether the uneasy calm will persist as Prime Minister Maliki has failed to bring the different communities politically together. Returning to the much hailed decrease in fighting in the country, three major factors [...]

Awaiting an independence day The battle between autonomy and complete independence has reached its finishing stages close to the shores of the Adriatic. The autonomy lobby includes Serbia backed by the Russia while the independence lobby is filled with allied westerners like the European Union and the United States. Yesterday, the deadline for the extended [...]

Georgia is the latest country among several former Soviet states to get into a new political crisis. It is hardly surprising to see that political turmoils in the Black Sea and Caucasian region have an inevitable Russian shadow over them. The basic reason for this instability being Moscow’s rise as a superpower once again and [...]

In response to increasing incidences of crimes against women judiciary in all nations are becoming stricter and more intolerant towards offenders, even if they are prominent politicians or rich businessmen. A classic case relates to former Thai senator, Charlerm Promlert, who was accused of sex crimes against four underage girls about six years ago while [...]

The kingpin or sole emperor of globally renowned and feared Sicilian Mafia locally known as Cosa Nostra, Salvatore Lo Piccolo, was arrested on November 5. Police sources revealed that he had eluded arrest and was on the run for nearly a quarter of a century. Sixty five-year-old Lo Piccolo, was arrested along with his son [...]

A land of soccer and samba, Brazil was struggling to reduce its huge income and social gap until now. A recent study has revealed that the largest South American nation is one of the very few developing nations to have been able to reduce its economic inequality by almost 5%. But if we look into [...]

Russia continues to disappoint the west, particularly the United States, when it comes to its international and domestic policies. In an increasing proof of President Putin’s growing influence over Russian politics, Moscow has forced the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE)to withdraw its election monitoring mission during next month’s Russian parliamentary elections. This is [...]

The Congolese conflict involving neighboring Rwanda is another illustration of armed African conflict resulting from ethnic hatred and greed. It is surprising that in this era of globalization the continent of Africa is still plagued by human problems that show no signs of abating. Leaders of war-ravaged African countries like Congo are corrupt, but powerful [...]