An environmental skirt to hide behind
In a dark time reason takes a backseat, and propaganda can get rash. To convince 'nose-in-the-air' liberals that Saddam is really a bad boy, he …
Online activism: internet games
Video games on the Internet no longer spell just mindless escapism for misguided kids. Many of the most popular games today also involve role-…
Iraq war: Shifty stance
US-based magazine Editor and Publisher surveys of us newspaper editorials show that a majority of the top newspapers oppose any attack on Iraq …
Iraq in the unconscious
'Embedded' -- as in reporters assigned to accompany military units during the Iraq war -- beat out 'blog' and 'SARS' as the top word of 2003, …
'Global cooperation needed to reduce food insecurity in Iraq'
About 2 million Iraqis are now displaced within the country because of the current crisis brought on by ISIS militants, the Syrian conflicts and …
Bioterrorism: Contentious content
The sudden spurt in articles on bioterrorism published by medical journals may have inadvertently helped convince the public that the war on Iraq …
An empire withers away
Recent findings suggest the Akkadian empire, which once flourished on the banks of the Euphrates, collapsed because of a sudden dearth of water.
The revenge of the boar
The wild pig can be a danger to humans, as some very special ones in northern Iraq found recently
Iraq eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
Becomes 50th country globally to eliminate at least one neglected tropical disease
Explaining the chemistry of an oil spill
Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. …
A dangerous club
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How microbes may help clean up oil spills in Iraq
The soil bacteria is fed with nutrients from manure and bulking agents like wood chips and water, to thrive in and then break down petroleum
Southern trade losses offset gains in capital
Financial transfer estimates that generously portray Northern largesse are deceptive for they camouflage huge payments triggered by the Gulf war.
World Water Forum - Shallow talk
The Third World Water Forum took place recently in Japan to explore methods to optimally harness this vital resource, especially in developing …
Iraq's favourable harvest of little help in warding off food security threat
Two administrative divisions, most affected in the current conflict, on average contribute nearly a third of Iraq’s wheat production and …
Hands off Alaska
The US, it is widely believed, can go to great lengths to lay its hands on oil -- whether this means having to unleash a full-fledged war on …
Suicide rate in US army is rising every year
American journalist Dahr Jamail has written two books on the fallout of the US occupation in Iraq. In an interview over Skype Jamail told Moyna …
With about 50 countries voting, 2014 could be world’s most democratic year
Lok Sabha Election 2014 in India is seen as the world’s biggest democratic exercise with more than 814 million people eligible to vote
April 2014 is world’s most democratic month
Citizens of about 50 countries will be voting this year to choose their leaders or governments
Iraqi Forces pushed IS fighters back from Haditha Dam
Water has increasingly been used as weapon of war in Iraq and other countries of west Asia
Germs of terror
As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality
Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report
At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …
Iraq needs US $38.5 million aid to avert collapse of agriculture sector: FAO
Many of Iraq's water resources, including two great rivers—Tigris and Euphrates—flows through areas that are under IS militants’…
Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many
Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …
Why the US is such a bully
US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …