Mar
9
Week 3: Is water part of or is it the root of the conflicts in the Middle East?
March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Elmy Lung
The Middle East is loosely defined as consisting of states stretching from the borders of Western Asia (i.e. Turkmenistan) to North Africa (i.e. Egypt). When talking about the Middle East, we tend to focus on main oil producing states around the Persian Gulf. Depiction of the region is somewhat reinforced by the [...]
Mar
9
Dog of war barks names of alleged conspirators
March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Penny (5)
Just when the British establishment thought they might have heard the last whimper from imprisoned Dog of War Simon Mann, he has given an interview about his failed coup attempt. He names British political figures who he alleges, gave their tacit approval to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, an oil rich African [...]
Mar
9
Being an Afghanistani
March 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Violet Wang
Being a young Afghanistani, first of all, it may mean that you could never get a decent job. Secondly, opium poppy is immediately available to you. Thirdly, one can be holding a gun to fight after luring by small gifts like a mobile phone from insurgents.
According to the latest official figure by Central [...]
Mar
9
What does Opium mean to them in Afghanistan
March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Violet Wang
What Afghanistan doesn’t have, to name a few, include a functional government, health care service, schooling, and jobs for young men. What Afghanistan does have, already notorious in the world, is opium. When people in the country use opium as an alternative to all those
they don’t have, the country suffered,
Good news did come [...]
