Photo credit: NPR The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. AP reports that the man who read the statement said the Operations Room To Conquer Damascus, an opposition group,…
Photo credit: Times of India A 20-year-old Punjab student has been shot dead in \Canada. The Times of India reports that the student was shot down in an apartment in Edmonton on Friday. Canadian police have named the two accused as Evan Rain and Judith Saulteaux. Both have been arrested and charged wiy=th first-degree murder….
Photo credit: vision and humanity It’s traditional that people who have made an impact are declared men of the year at the end of the year. The title itself is sexist. Why not Woman of the Year? Without a doubt, we human beings qualify for that title. To avoid doubt, a minority may be exempted…
‘Justice is the first condition of humanity’. – Wole Soyinka ‘No agreement’ – Fela Kuti. I believe that album is one of the many that describes the very essence of Fela Kuti, who himself was a lifelong victim of man’s inhumanity to fellow human beings. The Abacha junta sentenced Beeko Ransome-Kuti for faxing Obasanjo’s travails…
Photo credit: UNHCR The revenue department has decided to cut power and water supply to Rohingya refugees in Jammu. The Telegraph online sports that this has caused a row, with a minister from the Omar Abdullah government opposing the move. The department has identified 409 refugee families in Jammu who will lose power and water supply….
Photo credit: Global News A negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (OUPW) says Canada Post’s latest offer to end the ongoing strike shows the carrier is moving in the “opposite direction.” CTV News reports that CPUW negotiator Jim Gallant said, in a televised interview on Friday, that the union received a low offer from…
