Af-Pak: End this End Game
Pakistan will have to focus on bilateral trust building: with US, Afghanistan and India. This sounds daunting but there is no alternative to stronger diplomatic engagement
Raza Rumi Kabul
World
Hiroshima
Surely, if Cain could kill Able justifiably, what is Teheran to a Cain multiplied a trillion times since god destroyed Babel?
Badri Raina Delhi
Seven dead in shooting at Wisconsin Sikh temple
Nasa lands rover on Mars safely
Mind it
LONDON, AUG 2- Claudio Capelli of Switzerland competes in the vault during the men's individual all-around gymnastics final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August
Olympics 2012: Quintessentially London
Even before the full implications of the LIBOR fixing were available came reports of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars to Al-Rajhi Bank of Saudi Arabia through its London branch.
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Meeting of Traditional Cultures of Chapada dos Veadeiros
SAO JORGE:- An indigenous child swims in the Sao Miguel River during the "Meeting of Traditional Cultures of Chapada dos Veadeiros" in a multiethnic village in Goias July 25, 2012. The annual event, currently in its 12th edition, celebrates Brazilian popular culture and the intersection between the various manifestations of traditional culture around the Midwest and across the country. It lasts from July 20-28.
"Xiquenada"
XICO, JULY 23:- A man is gored by a bull during a traditional festival known as "Xiquenada" at the Hidalgo street in Xico, state de Veracruz, July 22, 2012. The bulls are let loose as part of celebrations to honour Santa Maria Magdalena. Six people were wounded in the celebrations, according to local media.
Farewell, Alex, My Friend
Tribute: Alexander Cockburn, 1941-2012
Jeffrey St. Clair
Speed of Light
DONELLSON:-Lighting strikes over a barn surrounded by a soybean crop in Donnellson, Iowa, July 13, 2012. U.S. ranchers are rushing to sell off some of their cattle as the worst drought in nearly 25 years dries up pastures, thins hay supplies and sends feed costs sky-rocketing. The drought in the Midwest follows another one last year in the southern Plains.