IRIN Africa | SOMALIA: From refugee camp to university campus | Horn of Africa | Somalia | Education Governance Conflict | News Item

They spent most of their lives in crowded refugee camps after their families fled violence in Somalia but now 22 men and six women have won scholarships to study in Canada.

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Indonesia upholds blasphemy law

An Indonesian court has ruled to uphold a 1965 blasphemy law that allows for criminal penalties and bans on people or groups that "distort'' the central tenets of six officially recognised religions.

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IRIN Africa | NIGERIA: Bringing perpetrators of mass violence to book - or not | West Africa | Nigeria | Governance Human Rights Conflict | News Item

JOS, 13 April 2010 (IRIN) - To what extent are the perpetrators of mass killings, such as what took place in central Nigeria's Plateau State recently, held accountable for their actions? This conflict can not simply be marked as a religious ideological battle or it will quic …

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What are 'mini' black holes? - University of Oxford

In films and books black holes capture unwary spaceships and planets, gobble up whole galaxies or offer portals to other parts of the Universe.

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DAWN.COM | World | Qaeda local chief killed in Yemen strike

SANAA: A suspected local chief of Al-Qaeda in the south Yemen province of Abyan was killed in an overnight air raid, a security official said, as air strikes continued for a second straight day.

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What the Neocons Got Right

Believe it or not, they made a few good calls.

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Bruce Graham, SOM Designer of Hancock and Willis Towers, Dies at 84 - Architects, Engineering - Architect Magazine

Bruce Graham, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) principal behind such legendary 20th century designs as Chicago's Inland Steel Building, Hancock Center, and Sears Tower...

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End Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Urges Amnesty International

Amnesty International today called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to protect human rights defenders, who continue to be arbitrarily detained by security agencies and subjected to an alarming number of death threats.

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US-China differences set to scupper agreement on Iran sanctions

Six of the world's most powerful countries are set to meet soon to discuss Iran's refusal to accept a deal over its nuclear program. But the United States and China don't agree at all on how Tehran should be treated.

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So Who's Getting Fired

An examination of the NCTC from the department it heads, to the analysis of data and the processes that are taken in distributing intelligence information to the intelligence community. Was this a case of systemic failure, perhaps the system itself seems to have worked just fine.

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Manufacture for Green and Sustainable Design (Part II)

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What did you do when they came for the nonconformist?

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Picture This: Fight Fire with Fire -SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

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Ailing Athens: Should the EU Intervene in Greek Debt Woes? -SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

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Free Radicals

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Professor Richard Antoun, murdered Fri. Dec. 4, 2009: We Will Miss You, May God Bless You

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Patriot Act Renewal Moving Forward

Renewal of two controversial Patriot Act provisions set to expire at the end of the year have been approved by House and Senate Committees over the past month, and appear headed for floor votes in both bodies. President Obama has endorsed extending the provisions.

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