DRUG-FINANCED SALAFI JIHADISM: The Afghan Drug Trade, A Threat to Russia and ... - Center for Research on Globalization24 May 2012

Center for Research on GlobalizationDRUG-FINANCED SALAFI JIHADISM: The Afghan Drug Trade, A Threat to Russia and ...Center for Research on GlobalizationSo I am now publishing my talk with this preface for a North American audience – to see who if anyone shares my concerns, and to learn what steps if any are being taken to remedy them. I believe that the most urgent task today to preserve the peace of ...and more »

Celebrating the language of their roots - Los Angeles Times18 May 2012

Celebrating the language of their rootsLos Angeles TimesIt speaks to me in Spanish. I write in the language of Shakespeare and Steinbeck. That's the language I was educated in, here in LA The language of the British Empire, of American Manifest Destiny, of California and the West.

Feds dismiss UN envoy's findings on hunger, poor diets - CTV.ca16 May 2012

CTV.caFeds dismiss UN envoy's findings on hunger, poor dietsCTV.caUnited Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter speaks to reporters during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS) United Nations Special ...and more »

Azerbaijan: country of great opportunities - Trend.az15 May 2012

Trend.azAzerbaijan: country of great opportunitiesTrend.azAzerbaijan is a country about which unfortunately very few people speak about truthfully in the West. In any case such a feeling comes from articles that were published about the country in recent years, particularly in connection with the Eurovision ...and more »

Immigrant's granddaughter guides a new generation of arrivals - Philadelphia Inquirer12 May 2012

Immigrant's granddaughter guides a new generation of arrivalsPhiladelphia InquirerThe 55-year-old English Language Learners (ELL) teacher at Beverly Hills Middle School takes shy and scared youngsters who speak Punjabi, Thai, or Greek, and helps them communicate — and more. When frustrations mount because a student can't open a ...