http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Once upon a time, eunuchs ranked high in the pecking order of mighty empires by virtue of the trust they enjoyed as guardians of the ruler’s harem. Their close proximity to the shah, sultan, pharaoh, king or noble ensured their... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2368898 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:14:21 -0800 Inauguration Day January 20, 2009 will live long in the memory of people of the American people. In particular, it was a day of unparalleled emotion and joy for tens of millions of African-Americans who lived to see the day... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2311021 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:03:40 -0800 (Updated January 23) The ruling house of Windsor seems to have a penchant for falling repeatedly into the same treacherous pit of indiscretion. Recently, a private video filmed in 2006 surfaced showing dashing Prince Harry , who is third in... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2236061 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:08:06 -0800 In an Op Ed article in the NYT dated January 5, Paul Krugman writes that for many years, the predominant view has been that it would be quite easy to prevent another Great Depression. For example, Robert Lucas of the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2197380 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:25:52 -0800 In one the most bizarre explanations of the present global financial and economic situation, a NYT article of December 26 titled Dollar Shift: Chinese Pockets Filled as Americans’ Emptied gives the absurd impression that China is taking away America’s riches.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2101176 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:14:25 -0800 For the past couple of weeks or so, India has been ratcheting up tension and carrying out a war of nerves against Pakistan. Inevitably, threats emanating from across the border are forcing Pakistan to resort to certain defensive measures to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2077278 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:59:37 -0800 Barack Obama's historic election as President of the United States has electrified the world by re-defining what can be considered possible in politics. According to the Economist of December 11, Europeans are eager to show that they too have their... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2038287 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:21:50 -0800 The goonch is a huge catfish that can weigh as much as a man. It lives in the Great Kali River, between India and Nepal - often used to dispose of human bodies after Hindu funeral cremations. Some of the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2023875 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:26:01 -0800 According to a report by Jawed Naqvi of DAWN newspaper, datelined 12 December, the head of India’s rightwing Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS, National Volunteers Corps) has warned that a nuclear war with Pakistan could become inevitable unless other means are... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2009808 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:26:51 -0800 According to Raveena Aulakh of the Toronto Star, Trung Le of Brampton has become an Internet celebrity after his "robot girlfriend" was featured on the websites of two British tabloids. He is reportedly both happy and embarrassed by the publicity.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2002694 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:44:46 -0800 In a blatant display of chauvinism bordering on racism, an incensed Ford dealer opposed the proposed bailout of American automakers, blamed Congress for the economic and financial crisis and mocked buyers of Japanese cars in a radio ad, calling the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1996234 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:18:33 -0800 In a moving Op Ed titled The Terrorists Want to Destroy Pakistan, Too which appeared in the print edition of NYT dated 8 December 2008, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan expressed his feelings of empathy with the Indian people... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1975170 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:38:35 -0800 In a devastating expose titled Rot at heart of Indian intelligence, which appeared recently in BBC news, Soutik Biswas cites glaring security lapses in the Indian government’s "amateurish, sluggish and feeble" response to the devastating Mumbai attacks, which left nearly... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1948803 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:56:57 -0800 (Updated December 1) The ease with which 10 or so young men armed with automatic rifles and grenades were able to attack two luxury hotels, a restaurant, a railway station, a Jewish center and a hospital in Mumbai on 26-27... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1896789 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:06:16 -0800 According to a story by Jane Perlez in the IHT, dateline November 23, a redrawn map of South Asia that has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites has made a lot of people uneasy. It shows Pakistan more than... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1858571 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:51:24 -0800 Ever since the end of 2001, when the Taliban were pushed out of Kabul into the countryside and the badlands, restrictions on various activities banned under their draconian rule have eased considerably, at least in the major cities. The Al-Qaeda... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1795279 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:38:43 -0800 Al Gore’s Academy Award winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” followed by his award of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007 failed to convince skeptics that global warming was a critical issue for our planet. Now we have the somber... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1751694 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:58:25 -0800 Senator Barack Obama’s historic landslide victory by 364 electoral votes to 162 for Senator John McCain, with 12 votes undecided as of Saturday Nov 8, will make him the 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009. This... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1719013 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:18:28 -0800 On the eve of an historic presidential election, the latest Gallup poll shows that Senator Barack Obama has taken a commanding 11 points lead (53-42) over his Republican rival Senator John McCain. If this lead could be translated across the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1693564 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:39:56 -0800 Updated October 30 The global financial system is beset by a crisis that appears to be resistant to the therapeutic effect of the $700 billion bailout approved by the United States Congress, and the equivalent measures taken by the governments... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1644212 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:33:32 -0700