Global/International

How can the United States best promote freedom in Afghanistan?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/07/2013 - 3:34pm

The United States with its planned withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014 has the opportunity to reset its approach to democracy building in Afghanistan. The democracy building record of the United States in Afghanistan at best can be considered as patchy because of its over militaristic approach aimed at promoting legitimacy for Islamicist rule in Afghanistan.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
United States War on Terror Afghanistan Withdrawal COIN Counterinsurgency

Scratching the surface of Mauritius's illegal fishing industry

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 09/07/2013 - 6:23pm

The ocean that surrounds Mauritius on any given day is as tranquil and sublime from January to December. Equally you will find on any given day , ships rolling past far out as the eye can see, many of them fishing trawlers and vessels .

Underneath this visually serene facade an unbridled issue of illegal fishing which is going on out there in the vast Mauritian territorial high seas. A criminal activity that costs Africa per year over 600 million USD.

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Global/International
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fishing
environmental
Crime
Mauritius
Illegal
Unreported

Where is educational attainment in paradise heading ?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 09/07/2013 - 6:17pm

It is widely believed that education is a distinct human necessity, whether it is formal or informal, education in itself is universally a basic human right alongside food, shelter, and the prerequisites of humans fundamentally worldwide in egalitarian societies.
Education unlocks the innate potential of citizens in nations,more so in developing nations spanning to Africa and South East Asia and many other nations around the globe.

Geography: 
Global/International
Keywords: 
education
Analysis
Mauritius

The Shortwave Report 07/05/13 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/07/2013 - 10:38am

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (July 5) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, the Voice of Russia, and NHK World Radio Japan.

Geography: 
Global/International
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International news and opinion
shortwave
China Radio International
Radio Havana Cuba
Voice of Russia
Spanish National Radio
Radio Deutsche-Welle
NHK Japan National Radio

What future does this little boy have? 5 hours ago the first car bomb was detonated in Samawa

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 04/07/2013 - 8:05am

I woke this morning to a message and photo from Samawa, Iraq, hometown of my good friend Riyadh Al-Hakimi. Riyadh came to Australia in 1993 as a child refugee with his family fleeing the prospect of persecution. We met at university, I was the general manager of a Student Guild and coordinator of Students Without Borders and Riyadh was an international relations student, now graduated.

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