El Salvador: Women Face Imprisonment If They Miscarry
Imagine that you are a woman in El Salvador and suffer a miscarriage, there is a chance that you may be jailed up to 50 years for aggravated homicide.
Do Egyptians Know or Care who Bassem Youssef is?
What are the chances that an average Egyptian watches Bassem Youssef’s show? Considering digital-television penetration in Egypt is less than 58%, slim to none. Bassem Youssef’s arrest has garnered international media atten...
Daily News Roundup – 13 November 2012
Asia North Korea ‘testing at rocket site’ Recent satellite images show that North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket launch site, says the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University in the USA. The Institu...
Sorry, Sarah: Why The Left Owes Palin An Apology Over Ukraine
As one of the most derided political figures of the 21st century, Sarah Palin’s authority to speak on American foreign policy is by all accounts non-existent. Unrelenting attacks by the liberal media have rendered this forme...
Armenia’s Power Shortage: A Lesson For A Post-Fossil Fuel Age?
Through a combination of renewable energy, power conservation and using 12-volt systems, households could significantly reduce their power usage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Abovyan Street, which leads into Yerevan’s ...
The Hidden Value Of India’s Space Program
On the fifth of this month the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) became the fourth space agency in the world to attempt to reach the Red Planet. ISRO’s Sriharikota assembly and launch facility, in the very south of An...
