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By Arturo Ignacio Sánchez. Published in the hardcopy edition of QueensLatino.com In a previous column, I suggested that the incoming de Blasio administration would be well served to include immigrant New Yorkers as full members in the post-electoral governing coalition.…

Relations between Turkey and Iran are on a new path, which is directed toward elimination of certain tensions and political differences between the two countries. Officials both in Iran and Turkey have indicated their interest in further expansion of bilateral…

“FortressEurope” is Gabriele Del Grande’s blog. Gabriele’s blog subheading writes: “For six years I have been travelling around the Mediterranean sea, along the European borders, in search for the stories that make History. The History that will be studied by…

Fissile Materials versus Strategic Materials A “strategic nuclear material” is any substance that can be used as a nuclear explosive – that is, capable of causing an atomic explosion. A “fissile nuclear material” – or simply “fissile material” – is…

MSM AND TRANSGENDER PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Date: Sunday 17th November 2013 Location: Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) Once again, APCOM is hosting its popular pre-conference focusing on MSM and transgender young people. This stand-alone one-day event is conveniently hosted at…

By Pierre Klochendler for IPS News – BATTIR, Occupied West Bank, Nov 3 2013 (IPS) – “O green Battir, mother of the air,” Mariam Ma’mmar sings in praise of her village. As the hot season draws to a close, the…

Occupy London Press Release Protesters arrested for taking action against an international arms fair in London have vowed to defend their right to challenge the arms trade. A solidarity demonstration will take place in their support when they appear in…

PESHAWAR, Nov 2 2013 (IPS) – The drone attack that killed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mahsud this week seems also to have killed hopes that drone attacks will end. “After the recent debate in international media about U.S-led drone…

Not being a Bible reader I can only take my information from Wikipedia-style hearsay. So, apparently, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were originally in the Book of Revelation named as Conquest, War, Famine and Death. But somewhere along the way,…

  The story of Maria, the fair-haired child found recently with Gypsies in Greece, has exacerbated the already negative reputation of Europe’s Gypsy minority, which suffers from poverty and lack of education and now has to thwart accusations of child…