Sep 5, 2010
Pravda World News
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Why Does Everyone Talk About the Importance of Education but Few Do Something to Improve It?
Hypothetically, imagine the situation in Brazil after receiving two atomic bombs in any war. Imagine further, that all the pride of the country has been devastated, like its infrastructure and economic and social development. Compounding this scenario of pure imagination, imagine that Brazil has no wealth of natural resources (anything from the...
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Will Armenia and Turkey Shake Hands Ever?
It seems that it would be possible, without abandoning their positions, to establish diplomatic relations, open borders, and address other specific issues. But the mutual distrust in both countries is a serious constraint in the normalization of relations. In Armenia, there is a concern that the settlement of relations with Turkey could lead to...
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Arctic: Canada's Sabre-Rattling and Russia’s Strategic Interests
The recently completed Operation Nanook (August 6 to 26), an operation which Canada began after Russia made claims to Arctic territories in 2007, involved an unprecedented degree of collaboration among military forces from Canada, the USA and Denmark: NATO member states. Yet is there not a commercial interest behind the sabre-rattling?
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Doomsday Scenario: Food Prices to Shoot Through the Roof
The worst weather on record coupled with the practice of speculation in the commodities markets are set to send food prices skyrocketing, bringing misery and starvation to large swathes of the world’s population. Are we set to see food riots this winter?
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The European Justice: Blame Only The Serbs
Deportation of Veselin Vlahovic, who is accused of war crimes in former Yugoslavia, from Spain to Bosnia, became one of the main news of the last week. A native of Montenegro, Veselin Vlahovic is accused of murdering over a hundred people, as well as rape and torture. In addition to war crimes he was involved in robberies and burglaries in Spain...
Now, a 'crystal ball' to predict climate change effects
Researchers and scientists are turning to comparative physiology - an approach gives the scientific community a "crystal ball" for predicting the effects of global warming.
Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near US-Mexico border
A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects in northern Tamaulipas state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said.
Mexico plane crash kills 6, including 2 lawmakers, mayor
At least six people, including two Mexican federal lawmakers and a governor, were killed when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico, the attorney general's office said.
Indian woman burns herself to death over failed marriage
A young Indian woman in the UK burned herself to death to escape the shame of her failing marriage in Leicester, a judicial inquiry was told.
24-year-old Harsimrat Kaur Bains moved from India to marry Dalvinder Bains, 30, in 2007 but soon began complaining of domestic abuse.
One killed, three injured in Israeli air strikes
Israeli warplanes launched three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, killing one, wounding three and leaving one more missing, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
5 killed, 39 injured in suicide attack in Russia
A suicide car bombing on a military camp in Russia's restive North Caucasus region of Daghestan killed at least five servicemen and injured 39 others on Sunday, the latest in a series of terror strikes that have rocked the area.
Nepal fails to elect PM in 6th run-off poll
Nepal's parliament failed to elect a new prime minister for the sixth time on Sunday as Maoist supremo Prachanda and his Nepali Congress rival Ramchandra Poudyal could not muster a majority, deepening the two-month constitutional crisis in the country.
Nine killed in New Zealand's worst plane crash
Nine people, including four foreigners were killed in New Zealand's worst air accident in 17 years, when a skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames at the remote Fox Glacier tourist spot.
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