One side of modern Iraq: Abdul Hussein Abdul Razzaq laughs wearily when asked if racism is a problem in Iraq. As a black Iraqi, Razzaq says, he faces job and social discrimination and has little chance of getting a political appointment or being elected if he ran for public office. That’s why Razzaq, a longtime…
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Highlighting the forgotten
China’s economic development has come at a hefty price: An illegitimate girl of primary-school age in Zhuhai , South China, was turned away by the local schools, because her mother is not able to afford the hefty fine for illegitimacy, according to sohu blogger Han Tao’s report. Just one more way how the Chinese blogosphere…
Celebrity stories matter so much
The 25 top censored stories of the year, according to Project Censored.
In his own words
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to CNN and host Larry King can’t seem to understand why the Islamic Republic may be upset that the US supported Saddam Hussein for many years:
Running out of access
Beijing, your web users have a problem: The internet in China may soon run out. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, under the current allocation speed, China’s IPv4 address resources can only meet the demand of 830 more days and if no proper measures are taken by then, new Chinese netizens will not…
I won’t do what you tell me
A new film project that sounds intriguing. Welcome to Resist Network: Economic Apartheid is the dominant system. The Green Zone is fast becoming a global state of mind. Instability is the new norm. Walls are built from suburbia to borders, to protect those in power from the chaos they themselves have caused, to keep the…
Jews who love money a little too much
Israel is ranked 33rd out of 180 nations in terms of corruption, according to the latest study by Tranparency International.
I blog, you blog, we all blog
The latest statistics about the blogosphere, courtesy of Technorati: 94.1 million US blog readers in 2007 (50% of Internet users). 22.6 million US bloggers in 2007.
Terrorists are our friends
Farnaz Fassihi, Iranian American correspondent in Iraq for the Wall Street Journal, Democracy Now!: I think that the fact that the violence came down is because of three reasons. It’s because of the surge, one reason. It’s also because of the Americans putting the Sunni insurgents on the payroll. They’re paying about $300 a month…
How to ruin a country
The reality of Iraq all too easily ignored by our mainstream media (including the murder of one million people). The truth on CSPAN: The most shocking testimony I have ever heard about the war”¦.Today 3 Iraqi men testified, one who was Chief Investigator of the Iraqi Public Integrity Commission (likened to the CIA here) to…