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Aditi Phadnis: The other candidate
In Central Hall last week, at a chance meeting with journalists, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee made a case for why Pranab Mukherjee was not a candidate for the president of India. “His own party has said he is too important to be sent to Rashtrapati Bhavan,” she said. When asked how she could oppose the appointment of a Bengali as president, she said: “I am an Indian.
In Central Hall last week, at a chance meeting with journalists, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee made a case for why Pranab Mukherjee was not a candidate for the president of India. “His own party has said he is too important to be sent to Rashtrapati Bhavan,” she said. When asked how she could oppose the appointment of a Bengali as president, she said: “I am an Indian.
Military class suspended for its view on Islam
A course for U.S. military officers has been teaching that America's enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggesting that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic
Dutch writer Hirsi Ali to receive German award
Dutch writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali is to receive a special award from German publishing house Axel Springer in recognition of her "courage and commitment to freedom as a women's rights campaigner and
Algerian vote touted as fair, but voters apathetic
Algeria's parliamentary elections on Thursday are being billed as the fairest in 20 years, but Algerians appeared to be showing little interest and even outright scorn for the vote.
Algeria's parliamentary elections on Thursday are being billed as the fairest in 20 years, but Algerians appeared to be showing little interest and even outright scorn for the vote.
Algerian vote touted as fair, but voters apathetic
Algeria's parliamentary elections on Thursday are being billed as the fairest in 20 years, but Algerians appeared to be showing little interest and even outright scorn for the vote.
Algeria's parliamentary elections on Thursday are being billed as the fairest in 20 years, but Algerians appeared to be showing little interest and even outright scorn for the vote.
Voters skeptical of change in Algeria elections
In the gritty, working class Algiers suburb of Harrache, activists sporting the green baseball caps of the Islamist "Green" alliance hand out election leaflets outside their party headquarters,
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