March 22, 2008

A cartoon from the Ovi magazine

Turkish police clash with Kurds
Clashes have broken out in a number of cities in Turkey between police and demonstrators celebrating the Kurdish spring festival.Dozens of people were hurt and scores arrested in the protests, media said.

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March 22, 2008

US air strike kills ‘Iraq allies’

If you have …allies like this you definitely don’t need …enemies!!!
 
Six people have been killed in a US air strike near the Iraqi town of Samarra, with some reports suggesting they were US-allied anti-al-Qaeda Sunni fighters. The US denied claims by a police source and a militia member that those killed at the checkpoint were [...]

March 22, 2008

Turks forgot the Kurds when supporting Kosovo

Clashes have broken out in a number of cities in Turkey between police and demonstrators celebrating the Kurdish spring festival. You see in Turkey Kurds have no rights in anything, language, believes, traditions.
 
Dozens of people were hurt and scores arrested in the protests, media said. In the worst violence, police used tear gas and water [...]

March 22, 2008

Ma wins Taiwan poll

Official results put Mr. Ma, of the Kuomintang party, nearly 17 percentage points ahead of Frank Hsieh of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Both candidates advocated closer economic ties with China, but differed over the pace and degree of change.
 
Mr. Ma pledged to strengthen commercial ties more quickly than Mr. Hsieh, who took a more [...]

March 22, 2008

Afghan Pop Idol

The grand finale of Afghanistan’s hit pop music talent show, Afghan Star, has taken place in Kabul. Rafi Naabzada, 19, saw off his rival Hameed Sakhizada, 21, to win the contest at a heavily-guarded hotel. The program has become a sensation in Afghanistan where it is estimated that 11m viewers, or over one-third of the [...]

March 22, 2008

Pakistan for a new PM

He’s name is not going to Musharraf but Musharraf will make sure he’s a clone of his! The party that came top in recent elections in Pakistan is expected to name its candidate for prime minister.
 
The Pakistan People’s Party will put forward later on Saturday the candidate it wants to lead a coalition with the [...]

March 22, 2008

Is Taiwan the next Kosovo or not?

Taiwan is voting in a presidential election in which both candidates favor closer economic ties with China. Frank Hsieh, of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, faces a tough battle against Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang.
 
Mr. Ma, whose party has traditionally taken a more conciliatory line towards Beijing, has led consistently in opinion polls. But analysts [...]

March 22, 2008

Today the Ovi magazine says Water is Life!

Water is life! Water is capital! by Leila Dregger
The development of a lake landscape as a model for the ecological regeneration of the Alentejo.
The IT Tsunami Wave rolls into China by Valerie Sartor
Cyrill Eltschinger, celebrated author of ‘Source Code China’, confessed that he wrote his book out of personal frustration: he wanted to advertise to [...]