As Europe confronts the challenges of an aging population, workers from relatively poor countries relocate to wealthier communities to provide care. “Badante” is an Italian term for caregiver that also refers to foreign women, especially the Romanians who leave home and family to work long hours...
Age-old dilemma: As Europe struggles with aging populations, women leave Eastern Europe to provide care for the elderly in Italy, top; in Romania, the town of Concesti tries to restore a depleted workforce by offering homes to families fleeing abuse...
An insurgent movement within the Thai Muslim community has led to over 200 deaths in southern Thailand this year. The presence of the expensive, brand-new Yala Islamic College, primarily funded by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, is not unrelated to this violence, says this article in Singapore’s...
HIDDEN a few kilometres down a remote country lane in the heart of Thailand's troubled deep south, where a Muslim separatist uprising has so far this year left more than 200 dead, is the brand new, multimillion-dollar...
A new study out from an American university says that the EU-US rift over military action in Iraq could do great damage to the cause of global free trade. "The US and the Europeans have to collaborate and lead the way, or else there's really no other real incentive for other countries to...
WASHINGTON - The rift over Iraq between the United States and key European allies threatens the trans-Atlantic economic relationship that is the main engine of the global economy, analysts say.
A deep rift...
Saudi Arabia has a diverse arsenal for squashing dissent against the repressive regime, ranging from bribes and government jobs to harassment and long jail sentences. Two moderate activists received 10-year prison sentences for supporting a constitutional monarchy and human rights, reports author...
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After six months of fighting, Libyan rebels rallied for an enthusiastic entry into Tripoli. The images were reminiscent of early victories in Tunisia, Egypt and also Iraq, as rebels and other Libyans gathered in Green Square, destroying symbols of the previous regime. A few holdouts from the...
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Pakistan’s biggest problem may not be poverty or insurgency, but potential conflict due to climate change. Current estimates suggest that in as little as 25 years, climate change could wreak havoc on the rivers in Kashmir, the source of 90 percent of Pakistan’s supply of irrigated water, creating...
Hopelessly overcrowded, crippled by poverty, teeming with Islamist militancy, careless with its nukes—it sometimes seems as if Pakistan can’t get any more terrifying. But forget about the Taliban: The country's troubles today pale compared with what...
The US invasion of Iraq secured the illusion throughout the world that the US reacts to hostile nations with regime change. The US has many methods at its disposal for regime change, but the common thread was that the leader was a threat and had to be removed. Yet a new approach to US foreign...
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A New York Times article on May 5 says that “tacitly acknowledging that North Korea may not be deterred from producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, President Bush is now trying to marshal international support for preventing the country from exporting nuclear material.” While preventing the...
Pakistan test launches Ghauri, the renamed North Korean Nodong and [inset] Kim Jong Il: Washington wants to choke off this export.
SEOUL: It is still uncertain whether North Korea, as it claims, really possesses, or is capable of producing,...
