Pakistani intel says US gunman is CIA (AFP)

A Pakistani intelligence official said Monday that an American being held for killing two men was an undercover CIA contractor, in remarks set to stoke a brewing crisis with the US. Washington insists that Raymond…

America’s Next War Looms in Libya

Most people around the world assume that the war on terrorism since the 9-11 attacks definitively ended any American and British support for Islamist insurgents. It didn’t. Washington isn’t just double-dealing; it’s been triple-dealing in Tripoli. Oil and Religion In possibly his last televised speech, Qadhafi described himself as a child of the desert, a “Bedouin revolutionary” who dared to challenge the colonial powers and their regional puppets.

NZ leader says at least 65 killed in earthquake

A powerful earthquake slammed New Zealand’s already-bruised city of Christchurch on Tuesday, killing at least 65 people, and sending rescuers scrambling to help people trapped under collapsed buildings. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the country’s…

Uganda’s Museveni re-elected

Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC) on Sunday declared incumbent President Yoweri Museveni as winner of Friday’s general elections, extending his 25 years in power. Museveni, one of Africa’s longest serving leaders won by 68.38 percent of…

Hu points way to harmony, stability

President Hu Jintao called on Saturday for improved social management and innovations to “ensure a harmonious and stable society full of vitality”. “The overall aim of enhancing and innovating social management is to stimulate vitality…

The Struggle for Self-Determination in the Arab World

The modern-day neo-colonial powers maintain control over Arab countries through the supervision of their economies and the control of their political leaders, who serve their vassal interests. Thus, 2011 is not only the start of the second wave of Arab revolt against foreign rule via imposed dictators and corrupt regimes, it is also part of a braoder struggle against neo-colonialism.