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I read a news headline this morning that said the US is refusing to recognize Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the elected head of Iran. As I read the news story, I found that the headline was inaccurate. The only reaction from...

As I was reading the paper this morning, I came across an amazing statistic: 40 % of Emirati couples end up getting divorced. The UAE has the highest divorce rate in the entire Arab world! The article said that infidelity...

A while back, I was reading about an interview that Lebanon's Parliament majority leader Saad Hariri had given to channel France 24. Nearly everything he said was reasonable and made sense... except for one statement. When he was speaking about...

A friend sent me this interesting article. My own comments appear below it. Capital suggestion By Dr Farrukh Saleem Here's what is happening in India: The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the Karachi...

I was reading Khaleej Times this morning at work, and I came across MJ Akbar's opinion piece . It is a fairly good analysis of the Indian political scene. However, I was struck by what he said about the Naxalites:...

Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan was interviewed by Al Jazeera recently. He was asked whether the US accepts responsibility for the ongoing civil conflict in Pakistan. Here is what he had to say: "This is caused...

The news media is an incredibly powerful tool. It can influence people’s opinions, and open their minds. Journalists and commentators, thus, play extremely important roles. The former reports the news of the day, while the latter helps bring context to...