World Affairs Articles

Much of old China around any major cities is being torn down and people being housed in towers.

The company operates the worlds largest retail electronic payment network, managing payments among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities.

The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on a former World War II fort. HM Fort Roughs is located in the North Sea, six miles off the coast of Suffolk, England.

Human beings have become their own worst enemy and the prospect of ever living in a world where everyone is equal seems unfathomable. Nevertheless, it is vital that we are aware of what is happening in the world around us and continuously strive for change.

The forthcoming trial of former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and crimes against humanity is the latest high-profile, international case to be conducted in The Hague. At a time when the world's media descend and set-up camp in the Dutch city, this article takes a brief look at the seat of government for the Netherlands.

He may well be the President in waiting, but how much is known in the UK about Democrat candidate Barack Obama? Following his fleeting visit to these shores in July, this article takes a brief look at the rise of the Senator from Illinois.

Everyone knows about the Panama Canal, and how it connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. However, not everyone knows that the United States originally wanted to build this canal through Nicaragua.

An unusually large section of the American media is doing the American voter a major disservice. Rather than simply applauding the wisdom of the pre-war stance adopted by Barack Obama, journalists and anchors must demand specifics which are verifiable today.

We all know our Earth is in serious trouble. If there is one person who can really turn around things in our country it is the president.

Maybe it would be helpful and a good idea for the New York Times to take a real look at Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and not just report what they would like to believe.

When we see and hear leaders of Europe on a British television speak to a delegate from Russia, and from Serbia, we hear of their amazing brilliant thinking. Their minds are beyond beyond those of the man from Russia and the man from Serbia.

This is a rather limited victory, the fact just reported, that more Chinese will be on the web this year than Americans. But try to type in words such as Tibet.Will there be a knock at your door by a man with a club?

Go ahead, it won't hurt. Just remember that in China not only would you not be allowed to read this article but it would be banned on the search engines as well. Or rather it would be banned to the extent the search engines could filter it out. The government would also ban you from forwarding it.

There was a brief period when the Communist take over of China seemed to grant them, certainly in their minds, a pure, wholesome sense, of all sacrifice for the better of all. They looked down on the heathens in Moscow.

What an irony that while Chinese police apply their batons against Tibetan monks, just over those mountains Bhutan has just voted for their first time, and have a leader they voted in. Joy, next to sorrow and pain.