Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 as Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.
Filed under: History, Society | Tagged: Anne Sebba, Catholic Church, Gëzim Alpion, Katryn Spink, Mother Teresa, Religion, Vatican | Leave a Comment »
Who will own the Nort Pole?
Posted on 22/08/2007 by matisak
Perhaps nobody but at stake is the soil and subsoil of almost all of the Arctic Ocean. Russian explorers planted their national flag on the seabed bellow the North Pole. Under international law, the five states with territory inside the Arctic Circle — Canada, Norway, Russia, the United States and Denmark via its control of Greenland — have a 320-kilometer economic zone around the Arctic coastline.
Filed under: Global Politics, North America, Politics, Security, United States | Tagged: Arctic, Canada, Denmark, Foreign policy, North Pole, Norway, Rob Huebert, Russia, Security, Security policy, United States | Leave a Comment »
Dispute over Kashmir: A decades of animosity
Posted on 13/08/2007 by matisak
The modern day states Pakistan and India were established sixty years ago on August 14, 1947, respectively on August 15, 1947.
Filed under: Asia, History, Politics, Security | Tagged: Asia, Foreign policy, History, India, James Revill, Kashmir, London School of Economics (LSE), Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Security, Security policy, Sumantra Bose, Theodore Wright | Leave a Comment »
Leaders from North and South Korea are to hold their second-ever summit
Posted on 08/08/2007 by matisak
It was announced the summit between the South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun an North Korea’s Kim Jong-il will take place in Pyongyang. The new summit comes seven years after the first one, when Kim Jong-il met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
Filed under: Asia, North Korea, Politics, Security | Tagged: Asia, Foreign policy, John Swenson-Wright, Kim Dae-jung, Kim Jong-il, Korean War, North Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, Security, Security policy, Six party talks, South Korea | Leave a Comment »
