The Daily Parrot

Welcome to Hell, Madam Secretary

2009-03-04T12:38:00.002+13:00

Ha'aretz's Bradley Burston takes a look at the byzantine politics Secretary Clinton can expect

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068057.html

Arabs unnerved by nuclear Iran prospects

2009-03-04T12:34:00.001+13:00

Israeli paper Ha'aretz says Prince Saud al-Faisal told Arab diplomats they must stand up to potential Persian nuclear bullying.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068342.html

Medvedev the moderate ?

2009-03-04T12:28:00.000+13:00

The Moscow Times says Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's electoral reforms may distance him from Prime Minister Putin.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/375006.htm

Airbus in trouble

2009-03-04T12:22:00.002+13:00

Der Spiegel reports Airbus Industries could be facing ruinous repayments following the cancellation of Germany's order for 60 A400M military transports. The A400M is over a year behind schedule and still has not flown. Further cancellations could jeopardise the European challenger to the Lockheed-Martin C-130.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,610732,00.html

Afghanistan - more work needed

2009-03-04T12:18:00.001+13:00

Der Spiegel talks to US security expert Jeremy Shapiro on strategy in Afghanistan.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,610065,00.html

Can the Ukraine hold it together?

2009-03-04T12:07:00.002+13:00

The New York Times on the Ukraine's teetering on the brink

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/world/europe/02ukraine.html?em

African Leaders see troubling parallels in prosecuting architect of Dafur genocide

2009-03-04T11:59:00.002+13:00

New York Times commentator Bishop Desmond Tutu on African leader's lack of principle in the matter of Sudan's Presiden Omar al-Bashir vs The People.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/opinion/03tutu.html

Roots of Crisis

2009-03-04T11:31:00.002+13:00

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on the roots of the credit crunch

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/opinion/02krugman.html?em

Women's Shelters in Afghanistan

2009-03-04T06:51:00.004+13:00

The New York Times on the new phenomenon of Women's shelters in Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/world/asia/03shelter.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=women's%20shelters%20Afghanistan&st=cse

evolution meanings are evolving

2009-03-01T12:05:00.002+13:00

evolution: not survival of the fittest individual but of the fittest species - its our ability to co-operate not compete that ensured our survival.

selection is about the culling of the weakest, not an unseen semi-religious scientific hand bestowing advantage to the strong...so its not about survival of the fittest - but failure of the least fit...this Scientific American article below doesnt get it quite right either...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=darwin-misunderstood

crims r us - best yet recession scam

2009-02-27T23:30:00.003+13:00

At a time when no job is safe, Levine is among a small but growing number of consultants who are poised to find work in the economic meltdown as prison life coaches to the perpetrators of Ponzi schemes, mortgage scams and financial swindles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-prison-consultant27-2009feb27,0,3238979.story?track=ntothtml

Election Poems

2008-11-06T14:46:00.001+13:00

The New York Times publishes five poems on the election

Election poems

Greenspan's Testimony

2008-10-24T12:19:00.003+13:00

The Wall St Journal carries the full text of Alan Greenspan's questioning of free market risk management

Greenspan Testimony

Letter from Jaffna

2008-10-24T12:12:00.002+13:00

Newsweek reports that though the Sri Lankan Army is pushing back the Tamil Tigers there is still a long way to go before normality will return to the Northern city.

Letter from Jaffna

NSA Law unto itself

2008-10-24T12:08:00.002+13:00

Newsweek reports the Congress is finding the National Security Agency's decision to classify a 'public' report galling.

NSA law unto itself

Al Qaeda on trial - in Saudi Arabia

2008-10-24T12:03:00.002+13:00

The Economist reports on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's intention to try 991 terrorist suspects under Sharia law.

Saudi 991

European gas pressure builds

2008-10-24T11:58:00.003+13:00

The Economist looks at the contest between Russia and Iran to supply the European Union with natural gas. Its a strategic Hobson's choice.

Gas Pressure

Spy vs Spy: NSA & Mossad

2008-10-17T11:44:00.001+13:00

Ha'aretz's Yossi Melman reviews David Bamford's latest book on the US national Security Agency and his allegations that Israel is a dubious ally.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029006.html

Water

2008-10-17T11:35:00.001+13:00

Vaclav Havel writes for the Jordan Times on the problem of water scarcity in the Middle East

http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=11403

Who is in charge in Poland?

2008-10-17T11:14:00.000+13:00

Der Spiegel on the spats between Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,584259,00.html

Ukraine has Kremlin tail twitching

2008-10-17T11:09:00.002+13:00

Der Spiegel talks to Kremlin-aligned political strategist Vyacheslav Nikonov about the Russian view of Ukraine joining NATO

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,584631,00.html

Khatami for 09 ?

2008-10-17T11:04:00.000+13:00

Der Spiegel asks if the former Iranian President will stand in the 2009 elections

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,584526,00.html

Victory of a sort

2008-10-17T10:59:00.002+13:00

MacLeans magazine looks back on the 2008 Canadian election

http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20081016_84666_84666

ANC rifts continue

2008-10-17T10:35:00.002+13:00

The International Herald Tribune reports that Mbhazima Shilowa, one of the ANC's more respected officials and a supporter of Thabo Mbeki, is to join the splinter group led by former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/africa/15saf.php

Aceh leader returns to tension

2008-10-17T10:30:00.001+13:00

The International Herald Tribune reports that the return of the 83-year old leader of the Aceh independence movement Hasan di Tiro will do little to settle tension on the Indonesian province.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/aceh.php