Archive for March, 2008

Iraqi Shiite Leaders Denounce Ahmadinejad Visit

More than 130 tribal leaders from the predominantly Shiite provinces of southern Iraq signed a letter denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to their country. The letter states: “Since five years ago Iraq has turned into the scene of the Iranian regime’s meddling and aggression....
March 8th, 2008 | Politics | Read More

Pakistani Censors Control YouTube across the Entire Globe

On 22 February, the government censors in Pakistan ordered the popular video sharing site YouTube blocked because the web site was publishing a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders which they fear may portray Islam negatively. Four days later, YouTube censored the video and...
March 8th, 2008 | Politics | Read More

Help Defeat S.2433

S.2433, the Global Poverty Act of 2007, is a bill introduced by Barack Obama, the Junior Senator from Illinois. This bill would require the U.S. government to spend an additional $845 billion of your taxpayer dollars over the next 13 years to subsidize poverty in Africa. This money won’t stop poverty,...
March 8th, 2008 | Politics | Read More