Haroon's devlog

An excellent personal reflection by Richard Jackson on the meaning of the death of Osama bin Laden, published in The Hindu , India's bes...

I have just read an excellent article by Arundhati Roy, the famed Indian novelist, entitled 'Walking with the comrades', in which sh...

The international community has turned its full attention to Yemen in the wake of the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound aircraft on Christm...

The international community has turned its full attention to Yemen in the wake of the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound aircraft on Christm...

Last week there was near euphoria around the world when Barack Obama was inaugurated as 44th President of the United States. I must confess...

The Israeli Defence Force's air and ground assault on Gaza has been disproportionately deadly on one group of Palestinians: children. I...

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto yesterday has left me, momentarily, stunned. Although I was highly critical of Bhutto, even before she f...

Readers of this weblog will know that I was deeply hostile to the invasion of Iraq, that I remain staunchly opposed to its conduct, and that...

After a week of taking a pounding in the press, Canada's Conservative government has yesterday concluded a new deal with the Afghan gove...

From The Economist , 21 April, 20077: 'It was one of the bloodiest weeks for Baghdad since the American invasion fours years ago...Baghd...

On the television, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is speaking of the glory of the battle of Vimy Ridge, on the day when, 90 years ag...