03 September 2010
Can Obama risk considering a one state solution based on secular values and principles? Can he convince the two to beat de Klerk and Mandela? The questions are many and there is always more than one way – the other way. Risking the untrodden utopian path may finally be the best solution. The challenges are too many and the detractors infinite – one mistake and this fragile effort may blow into a naught.
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03 September 2010
Single-idea books with cute titles are supposed to be one path to big profits. So consider “The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations” by Ori Brafman, Rod Beckstrom (Author)” or “Brainticklers : Beyond Y2K : Questions for the New Millennium and the Year 3000,” by Elizabeth Arnold and Rod Beckstrom (which [...]
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02 September 2010
The fact that there is a model for sharing resources of all the six rivers flowing into Pakistan through the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 is known. The fact is that the Indus water Treaty has so far stood the test of time. Few countries in the world have signed and honoured such treaties as the two nations have; a fact often forgotten. India has just accepted the Bagliar Award and Pakistan has accepted publicly India’s assurance of no diversion of Chenab waters. India also has the Ganges Agreement with Bangla Desh that has held in place regardless of ups and downs.
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01 September 2010
The Chinese government realized one of its old dreams today as the “real-name” system went into effect for cellphone users. Home to many of the largest markets in the world, China has implemented a real-ID system for its cellphone users. Representatives from China Unicom Limited., China Telecom, and China Mobile Limited announced a new adopted [...]
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01 September 2010
Obama’s watered down version of “Mission Accomplished” statement originating from the Oval office, rather than a warship on high seas, is indicative of a lot that America has endured in Iraq and is likely to endure in Afghanistan. These wars were not Obama’s choices but inheritance. Inheritance that he was well seized of when he took the plunge for presidency. That Afghanistan today has turned into Obama’s Iraq is a well known fact.
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31 August 2010
Using the words “Science” and “Salvation” in the same breath needs some preparation so people in both camps don’t hyperventilate. “Science” means “knowledge.” It can’t guarantee that the knowledge is good, or that it will still be considered true in a year. “Salvation” can mean “to save,” or to make healthy and whole (with its [...]
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30 August 2010
Two Fronts India today is passing through interesting and challenging times along its periphery. Pakistan, with its focus on Afghanistan despite the floods, has not lost its balance, and continues fomenting trouble in Kashmir and elsewhere in India. Kayani, with an extended term on American insistence, has redoubled his efforts at keeping India out of any progress in Indo Pak relations. This was evident in [...]
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30 August 2010
The English club Manchester City brought so-called “superstar” Mario Balotelli from Italian club Internazionale for a hefty 24 million pounds. The English side signed the 23 year old keeper Joe Hart for a fraction of that. Ironically, it has been Joe Hart that has kept Manchester City from plummeting in the tables in this very [...]
29 August 2010
By 2013, Mobile money will exceed 300 Billion USD. Today, any person can pay their bills on the phone. People are paying for their services, products, customers, clients, shops, and friends with their mobile phone. Mobile money began to take shape on itself. When the flow of the economic system began to realize [...]
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29 August 2010
In summary, Dr. Mohler’s warning that I represent “where the rejection of biblical Christianity inevitably leads” may well backfire. When given the choice between an unnatural otherworldly paradise available only in the afterlife and an actual heavenly existence—the peace that passes all understanding—here in the real world, my hunch is that most young people will [...]
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