- Cost Of Living International Rankings For 1 April 2009
By: Steven Coleman - Apr 23, 2009
International cost of living rankings are the result of comparing the cost of an expatriate's personal budget, using the local prices for the same...
- Rice Tries to Block Israeli Attack on Syria
By: Leslie Hardy - Oct 16, 2007
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, tried to block US approval for an Israeli attack on a Syrian nuclear site. Despite her opposition, the...
- U.S. Foreign Policy and Terrorism
By: Leon Newton - Aug 17, 2007
The public ask the question "Why Do They Hate Us" The title sums its findings succinctly, U.S. Image Up Slightly, But Still Negative: American...
- President Gul of Turkey - An Islamist in Disguise ?
By: Leslie Hardy - Sep 4, 2007
The election of Abdullah Gul as President of Turkey on 28 August 2007 is controversial because of his Islamic background. Now that both the Prime...
- Tony Blair and the Seduction of Global Power
By: Leslie Hardy - Aug 17, 2007
Mr Blair reportedly stated that we might be a lucky generation that will never have to send people to war. In reality, he has engaged in more...
- Aksai Chin, China's Kashmir
By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis - Apr 21, 2009
Aksai Chin is an ethnic Tibetan, Buddhist, yet pro-Muslim region sandwiched between China's Xinjiang Province, Northeast Pakistan and India's Jammu...
- The Powers Of Tidal Power
By: James Copper - Oct 18, 2007
Tidal Power, often referred to as tidal energy, is achieved through the capture of the energy created as water moves in ocean currents and tides...
- Natural Gas
By: Thomas Kerrin - May 30, 2009
It may surprise you to know that the gas we use around our homes every day is made up mainly of methane - the same chemical gas that's found in the...
- China's Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
By: Derek Dashwood - Dec 3, 2008
Shenzhen, formerly a quiet sea town near Hong Kong, is now China's showpiece special economic zone. It was also the first.
- What Are The Pros And Cons To Solar Energy
By: Gavin Dye - Apr 17, 2008
Using the power of the sun to power our lifestyles, on paper looks like a natural fit As with all things in life there are two sides to any...
- The Battle of Vienna - 1683
By: Markus Jong - Jan 5, 2009
Summer in Vienna is hot and humid As July, 1683 began, Hapsburg Archduke Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, had retreated to his estate at...
- The Welsh Flag And Red Dragon
By: Jeff Cuckson - Nov 24, 2007
The Welsh people proudly use the symbol of the Red Dragon to represent Wales and their heritage. The bright and fierce red dragon on a background...
- Fairtrade - The New World Order?
By: Chris Ashton - Jan 19, 2009
Why shouldn't all trade be fair? We all know the high street brands and how most of their products are manufactured. The supermarkets are the worst...
- Part III - A Cavalry Officer on the Road to Calvary: Philipp Baron Von Boeselager
By: Helena P. Schrader - Dec 17, 2008
Philipp Baron von Boeselager made no claim to be a hero - despite his Knight's Cross and other lesser decorations for bravery he had received...
- Kobe Earthquake - Interview With A Survivor
By: Diane Diekman - Apr 3, 2008
The earthquake that struck Kobe (ko-bay), Japan, in 1995 registered 72 on the Richter scale and lasted twenty seconds
- Healthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Evolutions - Idealist Chairman Mao to Now
By: Derek Dashwood - Mar 29, 2008
There was a brief period when the Communist take over of China seemed to grant them, certainly in their minds, a pure, wholesome sense, of all...
- From Hitler's Kangaroo Court to Judge in West Germany: Marion Countess Yorck Von Wartenburg
By: Helena P. Schrader - Dec 17, 2008
She was not born a countess On the contrary she came from solid bourgeois stock
- Chinese Architecture - Past and Present
By: Derek Dashwood - Nov 21, 2008
Much of old China around any major cities is being torn down and people being housed in towers.
- Gifts For Earth Day
By: Jessie Jones - Mar 29, 2009
In these days of environmental awareness, Earth Day is more popular and important than ever It's celebrated on April 22nd, and is intended to...
- Man-Made Climate Change - Fact Or Fiction?
By: Gareth Black - Jan 8, 2009
In the past dozen years or so a major controversy has developed through out the world about changes that are supposedly taking place with the...
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