Vanishing Jungles: Guyana Moves To Save Its Jaguars
As many as 18,000 wild jaguars were killed every year until 1973.
Gang Rape In Sri Lanka: Will It Spark Nationwide Outrage As In India?
In Sri Lanka, the authorities and public are generally apathetic about acts of violent crime.
Delhi Gang-Rape Aftermath: Right-Wing Party Hands Out Knives To Women For Self-Defense
Local police in Mumbai are concerned about the sudden influx of knives in circulation. Chili powders also are being used as a defensive weapon.
Isabel Dos Santos: Africa’s First Female Billionaire
Despite Angola’s oil wealth, it remains one of the poorest nations on earth.
Japan Has Many Problems, But Obesity Isn’t One Of Them
Only about 3.5 percent of the Japanese population is obese, versus rates as high as 30 percent or greater in the U.S.
Bernard Arnault, France’s Wealthiest Man, Shifts Assets To Belgium In Likely Tax Dodge
Belgian authorities have already rejected an application from Arnault for citizenship.
Haggis: Scotland’s National Dish Honors Poet Robert Burns, But Banned in The US
Haggis remains a popular dish in Scotland and with the global Scots diaspora.
David Headley: The Pakistani-American Who Hated India
Headley provided crucial information regarding LeT’s links to Pakistani military and intelligence officials.
Australia Desperately Seeking To Save Wombats From Extinction
Of the three living species of this creature, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is at most risk of extinction.
Can Huge Shale Oil Discovery Solve Australia’s Energy Needs?
Arckaringa Basin could be sitting on the equivalent of anywhere between 3.5 billion and 233 billion barrels of oil.
Morocco Scraps Law That Allowed Rapists To Marry Their Victims
Activists now want more laws to reduce the sexual violence perpetrated on Moroccan women.
Caffeine Crisis: Iran Cracks Down On Purveyor Of Dissent … Coffee Shops
Coffee shops have been a mainstay in Tehran for almost a century.
Dead Men Waiting: Vietnam Plans To Make Own Drugs For Use In Lethal Injections
532 inmates are currently languishing in Vietnamese jails waiting to be executed.
Kenya Starts Building ‘Silicon Valley' City, As Quiet Tech Revolution Transforms Country
The Kenyan government hopes Konza will have created more than 200,000 IT-related jobs.
Japan’s Finance Minister Suggests Elderly Should Die Quickly To Ease Health Care Burdens
One-fourth of all Japanese citizens –- about 32 million people -- are now above the age of 60.
Stan Musial: Baseball’s Perfect Prince
Musial led a very long life utterly and refreshingly free of any hint of scandal, bad behavior or controversy.
The ‘United States Of Africa’: Mugabe Calls For Formation Of Continental Superstate
Almost one-third of the continent’s entire population currently lives in just three states: Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt.
Netanyahu Expected To Win Lackluster Israel Election, But With Smaller Majority
Netanyahu’s overall popularity has been sagging, with his right-wing Likud-Yisrael Beitneu coalition losing some support to far–right parties.
Blackbucks: Unique Indian Antelope Species Threatened By Hunters, Poachers, Farmers And Predators
The blackbucks’ range has been encroached upon by humans seeking more land to farm and build homes.
Rahul Gandhi’s Speech On India’s Future (FULL –TEXT)
Rahul Gandhi is the son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and current Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Bangladesh Tribunal Sentences Convicted War Criminal To Death, But Where Is He?
The court found him guilty of arranging large-scale atrocities during the 1971 war, including genocide, rape, abduction and mass murder.
Bulgarian Turks: From Imperial Rulers To Marginalized Minority
The Turkish/Muslim minority of Bulgaria accounts for about 12 percent of the total population
Algeria’s Brutal DRS Intelligence Agency: The Nation's Real Power?
Algerian domestic and foreign policy has actually been dictated by the government’s super-secret state intelligence agency.
Hundreds Of Hostages Reportedly Freed From Algerian Gas Plant, But Details Sketchy
World leaders complained that news coming out of Algeria has been confusing and even contradictory.
Hong Kong: Heavy Air Pollution Threatens Peoples' Health And Local Economy
High pollution levels lead to 3,200 premature deaths annually in the bustling, affluent metropolis.
Who Is Stephen McFaul? Irishman Somehow Escapes From Kidnappers At Algerian Gas Facility
McFaul was bound and gagged by his captors and had explosives tied around his neck.
Algeria Hostage Crisis: Nobody Knows Anything
Algerian sources are now stating that hundreds of hostages remain trapped inside the facility –- their fates unknown.
The Madonna Of Bentalha: The Iconic Image From Algerian Civil War
One of the most notorious massacres of the civil war occurred in the village of Bentalha in 1997.
Aslan Usoyan: The Yazidi Kurd Who Became The Russian Mafia Godfather
Aslan Usoyan belonged to one of the world’s most mysterious and obscure ethnic groups – the Yazidi Kurds
Islamic ‘Marlboro Man’: The One-Eyed Jihadist Who Quarreled With Al-Qaeda And Seized An Algerian Gas Field
Belmokhtar is one of the best known warlords of the Sahara.
