Obama ditches soft approach towards China
If 2009 was the year of treating China with kid gloves, 2010 is likely to be much more tumultuous with President Barack Obama gearing up to prove that he has the mettle to defend American ...
Military Coup a Blow to Democracy
US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton said "the action taken against Honduran President Mel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all. We call on all ...
Australia to host 2011Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, and the Attorney‑General of Australia, Robert McClelland, have announced that Australia will host the next Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting, in Canberra in 2011. “I am delighted that Australia has agreed to ...
First study to link earlier butterfly emergence with climate change
Butterflies are emerging in spring over 10 days earlier than they did 65 years ago, a shift that has been linked to regional human-induced climate change in a University of Melbourne- led study. The work ...
Hindu-Sikh Minorities in Pakistan: The Vanishing Communities
I was inspired to write this essay by a Pakistani journalist friend. Later, during a lecture tour in South East Asian countries, where Indian and Chinese origin minorities are also discriminated I noticed that the ...
Quartet reiterates its call on Israel and the Palestinians to respect international law and obligations
The Quartet reiterated its call on Israel and the Palestinians to act on the basis of international law and on their previous agreements and obligations – in particular adherence to the Roadmap, irrespective of reciprocity ...
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