Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 14, 2010
France begins process to ban the burqa
France has just taken a major step to ban the burqa from its territory. In a 335-to-one in favor the country’s National Assembly has voted against the women wearing a full face veil such as a burqa or niqab in public. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 14, 2010
The company name is BP Amoco!
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a tragedy in more ways than one. Unfortunately, in our anger and impotence to solve it we have been too quick to find a culprit: BP, which contrary to what most people think -even President Obama made that mistake- does not stand for British Petroleum but for Beyond Petroleum. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 16, 2010
Volcanic ash causes chaos in Europe
The chaos in European airports due to a volcanic ash plume from Iceland continue today and nobody knows really when things will go back more or less to normality. The hope is this weekend those hundreds of thousands of travelers who have been stranded all over Europe will be able to reach their destinations. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
March 4, 2010
Clinton departs from Brazil empty-handed
During her Latin America tour, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, stopped in Brasilia where she did not get the news she wanted. Among talks of trade, which also did not go too well for the US, Clinton had hoped to get support from the Brazilians for a UN resolution on sanctions against Iran. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 28, 2010
Sarkozy visits Rwanda
A couple of days ago Nicolas Sarkozy, during a tour of French-speaking African countries, visited Rwanda, the first visit by a French leader for 25 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 22, 2010
A daring killing in Dubai
The murder of a top Hamas official in Dubai, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, could be a fantastic plot for a bestseller. Unfortunately, never mind what we think about Hamas, it was nevertheless the killing of a human being in cold blood. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 20, 2010
Among chaos and suffering, a 6.1 aftershock strucks Haiti
When some rescue teams were giving up on the task of rescuing more people alive from the rubble and planning to return to their countries, a magnitude 6.1 aftershock, the strongest since the 7.0 magnitude original quake, struck Haiti Wednesday morning. Read the rest of this entry »
