Articles inside the category: The Out of Towner
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Wednesday, 11 Jan, 2012
Around two months ago, 170 nations met in Spain for a UN environmental conference and agreed to accelerate a ban on exporting e-waste from rich nations to the developing world. For green campaigners and the marginalised poor forced to sort toxic e-waste in developing countries, this was a resounding success. This hard-won victory, however, wasn’t celebrated by all. Some e-waste campaigners raised concerns that a blanket ban would in fact starve highly skilled repairers in the developing wo...
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Friday, 23 Dec, 2011
This week’s coordinated bombings in Baghdad are only the latest instance of growing sectarian tension in Iraq. The competition is at the very heart of Iraq's government, between Shi’ite Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki on the one hand, and on the other Maliki’s deputy Salih Mutlaq and Vice-President Tariq Al-Hashimi, who are both Sunni, and is threatening to split Iraq at regional seams.
The rift is widened by regional tensions that include Iran, Turkey and how how to deal with the Sy...
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Friday, 28 Oct, 2011
Mathematics is without a doubt a difficult subject. For those not arithmetically inclined, the thought of equations, algorithms and calculus can speed the heart rate. But as ha...
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Thursday, 22 Sep, 2011
There was no falafel to be had in Hama’s bus station. The fast-food joint was bricked up, a spattering of bullet holes above the entrance explained why. Caught in t...
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Monday, 12 Sep, 2011
The lady in the ticket office blinked. “Yes, the road is safe” she answered quickly in response to my question. $4 for a seat on the bus to Aleppo. The coach lurched out of...
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Friday, 26 Aug, 2011
As Bashar al Assad memorised his lines before addressing the Syrian people on Sunday evening his Libyan counterpart Moammer Qadhafi went into hiding in his former regime strong...
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Welcome to the fairytale land of Abu Roumaneh, Damascus’ Knightsbridge, complete with matte tinted Porsches and Costa coffee. Home to the untouchables of Syrian society: bank...
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Friday, 15 Jul, 2011
As I sit overlooking the Singapore harbor that in a mere 46 years transformed from a series of low-lying colonial buildings, docklands, and aged traditional structures of a col...
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By Nima Khorrami Assl
Since the failed assassination attempt on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his subsequent arrival to Saudi Arabia, where he is receiving medical...
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Tuesday, 21 Jun, 2011
The escalating violence and repression unleashed by Bashar al-Assad against protestors in Syria has been "as horrific as it was predictable". In spite of officials call on Syri...
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