The Whole world is just an idea. Me too.

IRAN-"Mr. President the student movement train has no brakes now; it will go to the end" Unified students shout

At least 3000 Students in Tehran University shouted:" Down with the demagogue Government ", "Mr.

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The changing face of Sub-Saharian Africa

After a long period of decay and stagnation, Sub-Saharan Africa has recently been enjoying its strongest economic period in more than three decades.

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The IQ Race

The driving test is every teenager's nightmare. So much seems to depend on it. It is a ticket to independence. Many people do not pass it at first try. The driving test is in many respects like a test of fitness for citizenship.

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Dirty Little Secrets of Subprime

I was reading through various blogs today when I stumbled upon Paul Krugman's summary of the Report and Recommendations by the Majority Staff of the Joint Economic Committee (the "Report") by Senator Charles Schumer, Chairman, and Rep Carolyn B. Maloney, Vice Chair.

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Stem Cell Breakthrough Defuses Debate

Scientists have created the equivalent of embryonic stem cells from ordinary skin cells, a breakthrough that could someday produce new treatments for disease without the explosive moral questions of embyro cloning.

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Blatter's Blathering and the decline of international soccer.

The great allure of international football is gone. The greatest moments in the sport used to come from such classics as Brazil vs Argentina at the Maracana, or Germany vs Holland at the World Cup, complete with racial insults and spit missiles.

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Australism: diagnosing our twisted views of the global South

I would like to draw urgent attention to an affliction that is rapidly spreading around the world's high-income areas. The disease, 'Australism', is a particularly virulent strain that seems to have evolved from Orientalism.

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Georgia Court Frees Man in Teen Sex Case

A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest court, which ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Genarlow Wilson spent two years behind bars in the case that led to widespread protests of racism and heavy handed justice.

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Ron Paul's Resonance and How Bush saved the Welfare State

Long time libertarians keep saying that Ron Paul's support would dry up if people knew what he stands for. Some of his views on race and slashing the size of the US Federal Government could be characterised as out of the mainstream.

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70 Punished in Accidental B-52 Flight

The Air Force said Friday it would punish 70 airmen involved in the accidental, cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber following an investigation that found widespread disregard for the rules on handling such munitions.

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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee is a Hippie Group

Al Gore won the Nobel Prize as you know. His victory is the latest in a long line of capitulations to irresponsible pinkos. A quick run-down of Nobel Peace Laureates;

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The last campaign against bigotry is within selves

There are not many people in general who consider themselves bigoted. David Duke, who has the name that pops up in a lot of minds when the word "bigot" is mentioned once said of himself; I don't call myself a white supremacist.

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Fantasy Sports for Red-blooded males, Brazilian style.

If someone asked you what has been Brazil's main contribution to current World civilisation what would you say? If you like football (or soccer if you want to call it that) like I do you'll be tempted to say it is the greatest Brazilian contribution wouldn't you?

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"Why only in Columbia, We have questions too", Iranian students ask Ahmadinnejad

I first received the news on my sms, as an Iranian friend from Iran, send an sms from the Tehran University campus, which read" On the March!!" This was followed by interrupted three or more ones, and a few pictures from the scene.

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The Top Ten Historical Events That Shaped America - and Why They Did

Selecting the top ten events was a difficult job indeed. I narrowed it down in a couple of ways. First, I only included historical events that actually happened or generally started in the United States itself.

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Easter Island revisited

I've been puzzling for a long time over something I read in Jared Diamond's book Collapse. He tells the story of Easter Island, in the centuries before Europeans' occasional visits, and of an ecological disaster caused by deforestation.

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Just a couple of reminders on international law

"The best defence of our security lies in the spread of our values. But we cannot advance these values except within a framework that recognizes their universality. If it is a global threat, it needs a global response, based on global rules." - Tony Blair, 5th of March 2004.

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8 things you don't know about me-but hell you probably know nothing about me anyways.

I can usually find many things to say about me. By Zodiac, I am supposed to be an egotist, and a looking-at-own-picture -and wanking type. Today though-and I hope it's a representative day- I can not find many things to say. I will therefore blame Raat ki Rani for tagging me.

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Who wants to follow the Leader of the Free World?

When was the last time you heard about George W. Bush's domestic agenda. One would bet it was just before you heard the loud sucking sound as Iraq swallowed his presidency.

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Hunting Guido Sohne

I do not know exactly why it was that Guido Sohne decided he had had enough. I however got this email from him; Oluseye,

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A surreal, in the family, book review. 3 stories included.

My youngest brother Paul has published a book of short stories. All the stories were written inside pubs he drank in. He carries a small pad and writes in tiny spidery letters. He's very funny.

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Genarlow Wilson Update: No Bond Without Trial

Genarlow Wilson, the young man whose 10 year sentence for having had consensual oral sex with a 15-year old when he was 17 was voided by Monroe County Superior Court yesterday, is still not free.

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White Males and Power Structures

This Claus Jacobsen article was as usual cutting edge, original and very well thought out. The actual trigger for the article was this exchange by the Fox News loudmouth Bill O'Reilly and US Senator John McCain.

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A vision of the future: How the vast, global distribution of ideological power will lift the heavy crown from the head of the Western patriarch

Mao was once asked: "Do you think the French Revolution was historically significant?" He replied: "It is too early to say". Right about now would be a good time to make a bid at answering that question.

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Genarlow Wilson Nightmare Over?

Thomas H. Wilson (no relation) threw out Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17. So why the question mark at the end of this headline? Because Wilson is not yet free.

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