Aljazeera.net Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country’s siege on Gaza. More than 10 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, the Israeli military said. The Israeli Army Radio had earlier said that up to 16 people had been killed.
A cross post from PakTea House By Salman Latif We witness yet another saga of terrorism at Lahore where about 70 people were brutally murdered. The terrorists attacked mosques of Ahmedi community and sprayed those in the mosques with bullets and grenades. Eventually, some of them blew themselves up inflicting maximum damage.
By Vision21 A 29 year old Pakistani-born in United States made the headlines of all the leading international newspapers and magazines in May. That however, for all the wrong reasons. It was for something that has apparently come to be the sole defining feature of Pakistanis around the world these days. Yes, I am talking about Terrorism! I won’t be defending Mr. Faisal Shehzad and giving a rhetorical argument about how we are a peace loving nation. Not in Global Kaleidoscope. Mark Mazzetti, Sabrina Tavernise and Jack Healy in “Suspect, Charged, Said to Admit to Role in Plot” Published on May 4, 2010 share that Faisal Shehzad, arrested for a failed attempt at car bombing in Times Square has not only admitted his role in the terrorist activity but also confessed on receiving explosives training from Pakistan. The investigators are strongly probing into the matter for any possible links with Pakistani Taliban. Who do they quote? There is nothing novel about this incident. Ever since the 9/11 incident there have been a number of similar …
DynaNama- The Global Kaleidoscope Who am “I” among the myriad of all of “we” and many of “them”? The question is not a new one. And it’s definitely not something that has annoyed and perplexed the philosophers, sociologists and psychologists alone. The matter at hand has been lingering on some conscious and most unconscious minds for ages now. Identity, or perhaps crisis of it, is the indictment of our modern world. I’m not saying it did not exist in preceding generations. Yet, the intensity of the crisis and its implications are alarming as never before. I came to this somewhat dismal conclusion as I sifted through April’s articles. The identity struggle is everywhere. This was most evident in James Estrin’s article “Listening to (and saving) the World’s Languages” published in The New York Times on April 28, 2010. The author asserts the virtual need of language diversity in modern times. Language is perhaps the greatest symbol of consciousness. It represents the world we live in. It is the identity. Yet numerous languages are nearing extinction …
Awaam by Vision21 