Archive for July, 2011
Muslim Woman, Raped by IMF’s French Chief, Abandoned by U.S. Prosecutors, Speaks Out
Newsweek | 24 July 2011 The Maid's Tale She was paid to clean up after the rich and powerful. Then she walked into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's room—and a global scandal. Now she tells her story. See also (in French, Opens in New Window): Nafissatou Diallo : "Je n'ai pas le choix, je dois me montrer en public" “Hello? [...]
Vietnam’s Karzai dies at 80, in Malaysia
Associated Press | 23 July 2011 Nguyen Cao Ky dies at 80; wartime leader of South Vietnam The former general, who sometimes took ruthless action, lived in Southern California after Saigon fell to North Vietnam. Nguyen Cao Ky, the flamboyant former air force general who ruled South Vietnam with an iron fist for two years during the Vietnam [...]
Drone War in Pakistan: Photos from the Ground Show Civilian Casualties
Der Spiegel | 18 July 2011 By Hasnain Kazim Noor Behram remembers why he started on his mission to photograph the scenes of drone attacks in Pakistan. The reason was 12 dead people -- an entire family extinguished in what was officially a US attack on militants. But the 39-year-old, who works for Arabic language news network Al Jazeera, [...]
America Hosts Pakistan’s Non-Heterosexual Community
U.S. Embassy, Islamabad | Press Release | 26 June 2011 Embassy Islamabad Hosts GLBT Pride Celebration Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Richard Hoagland and members of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFFA) hosted Embassy Islamabad’s first ever gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Pride Celebration on June 26. [...]
U.S. to Spend $33-40 billion on Drones through 2020
U.S. Congressional Budget Office Report: Policy Options for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Download Full Report: pdf | Alternate Source: pdf Executive Summary Over the next 10 years, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to purchase about 730 new medium-sized and large unmanned aircraft systems based on designs currently in operation, while [...]
