Secular Europe and some of its Muslims citizens continue to clash – not in direct battle but over cartoons, operas, newspaper essays and school customs. The clashes are a product of a globalized media system, according to French journalist Patrick Sabatier, with instant information about any...
Shouting match to culture war? Acts of terror have brought tension to the surface between European secularism and all-embracing Islam. (Photo inset: Reuters) Enlarged image
PARIS: A year after the wave of violent...
The world has become accustomed to low-cost loans since late 2007 and many dread a hike in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve. Low interest rates encouraged corporate borrowing and speculation, weakening some firms. “Companies have had easy access to cash to write cheques for multibillion-...
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Torture victims in Bahrain report that interrogators confronted them with detailed transcripts of mobile phone conversations. Surveillance equipment in Bahrain was sold by Siemens AG and maintained by Nokia Siemens Networks and Trovicor, according to company employees who requested anonymity. “The...
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India’s outsourcers are preparing to develop their next business sector from the United State’s health care reform by covering its administrative and technological needs. A demand for lower administrative expenses and treatment of more patients for every dollar requires low cost labor that comes...
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The global technological center of gravity seems to be slowly shifting away from the developed world towards Asian countries like India. Recognizing that their scientific prowess commands increasing respect on the world stage, leading biotech associations across the continent joined together this...
[NEW DELHI] Biotechnology associations in countries stretching from the Middle East to South-East Asia have come together to promote biotechnology and build on each other's strengths in the field.
To this end,...
As President George W. Bush’s tax cut for the rich did not help to stimulate a lagging economy during the 2001 recession, the Fed sought to lift by a drastic interest rate cut. Unfortunately, this only made matters worse as more Americans went into large debt. In recent years, lured by "...
The pessimists who have long forecasted that America's economy was in for trouble finally seem to be coming into their own. Of course, there is no glee in seeing stock prices tumble as a result of soaring mortgage defaults. But it was largely...
Korean politicians are fond of claiming that Korea’s cutting-edge technology industry will be the engine of its success in the global economy. However, managing editor of the Korea Policy Review Jason Lim contends that relying on the ability to churn out the latest in high-tech gadgets is no recipe...
For all their dysfunctional partisanship, Korean politicians agree on one thing: they all love to speak about how Korea will successfully compete in a globalized world by leveraging its power as the foremost leader in technology.
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Speaking to the UN Security Council in 2003, just prior to the US invasion of Iraq, Iranian Ambassador Javad Zarif warned the world that, “extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.” As the US prepares to escalate troops in Iraq to confront an ever-growing...
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