SALON– For much of the day yesterday, the featured headline on The New York Times online front page strongly suggested that Muslims were responsible for the attacks on Oslo; that led to definitive statements on the BBC and elsewhere that Muslims were the culprits. The Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin wrote a whole column based on the assertion that Muslims were responsible, … Read More
ECONOMIST– On the topic of Tibet, Xi Jinping, the man widely expected to be the next leader of the Chinese Communist Party, sounds much like his predecessors. Speaking on July 19th in the capital, Lhasa, in front of the Potala Palace, former residence of the Dalai Lamas, Tibet’s spiritual leaders, he celebrated the way Chinese rule had led Tibet “from … Read More
BBC– Human Rights Watch says activists in the Philippines are still being killed with impunity, despite the president’s campaign pledge to end such violence. In a new report, the campaign group says it has evidence that the military was involved in seven killings and three enforced disappearances. Each of these occurred since President Benigno Aquino took office last year, the … Read More
NEW JERSERY– Mary Vazquez was teaching a lesson about communities at Millburn Middle School nearly 10 years ago when another teacher rushed into her classroom with a message to give if students asked: “Two planes went into the World Trade Center. You are safe.” When the 9/11 terror attacks occurred, schools struggled with how to handle the unthinkable news. Some locked … Read More
PRESS TV– A Russian official says that Libya’s ruler Muammar Gaddafi plans to blow up the capital Tripoli with missiles if revolutionaries seize the city. In his latest televised speech on Thursday, Gaddafi said that he will not surrender to NATO forces. “The Libyan Premier [Baghdadi al-Mahmudi] told me: if the rebels seize the city, we will cover it with … Read More
