JUNE, 2007
Breadbasket of Africa is no more……
The Government has started taking steps against the White farmers who is holding 70% of the handy land and then by demographics amount to only 1% of the population. This has goaded so many people. More over some the land acquired went to the people chipped in the guerrilla warfare and the members of the ruling party - Zanu-PF
Focus
Beware of Avandia –The Medicinal drug
A paper (a study by Dr. Steven Nissen and Kathy Wolski ) to be published in the June 14, 2007 print copy of New England Journal of Medicine (copy of the paper is now available online) mentioned that the use of rosiglitazone raises risk of heart attack by 43% .
Juntas In A Globalised Nations Spreads Its Wings
Every day media verbalize the policies of our Uncle Sam – one day the North Korea will be on the other plane, the next day Iran, then Syria and it goes on. So is the case with other mini powers like Russia or any such dummy giant with the special dispensation to sack a motion in the Security Council of UN. But hardly one comes across the names of the three countries in East Asia.
The decision came: Paul Wolfowitz – Out!!!!!!
But the conflicts of interests that were raised against the oust president still remains obscure. What forced the official from limiting the ‘punishment’ to an “administrative leave" (as suggested by a committee)? – The Analyst Magazine Investigates
A blow to ‘Progressive Arts’
When one looks at the painting of Varma with a pure rationalistic and civilized mind there arises an issue of morality. So is the case with Husain. The difference comes to play when we consider the change in the social frame works and the fact that Husain is a Muslim.
Norway's Role in Sri Lanka
"In addition to being a development and humanitarian donor to Sri Lanka, Norway has, since the inception of the peace process, financed peace process-related costs and projects. The funding has inter alia included costs for peace secretariats and peace talks. Moreover, all Norwegian support must comply with strict rules for supervision, auditing and reporting. "
The ‘New but Old’ Interest of US
“U.S. policy towards Africa, at least in the medium-term, looks to be largely defined by international terrorism, the increasing importance of African oil to American energy needs, and the dramatic expansion and improvement of Sino-African relations since the turn of the century”
Nations Under Scan
Nigeria – Democracy or ?
The reason why the external agencies are showing interest in the affairs of the country can be attributed to the rich oil reserves in the country. It is key oil producing nation in the Niger delta. Its government is utilizing the oil export revenue to stabilize the economy.
An enchanting right turn
The people of France showed this attitude when they rejected the idea of a common constitution for the whole of Europe. And they were not that against the US invasion of Iraq. While his opponents revolted against the US aggression, Sarkozy boldly took a different stand.
Resources of the Month
GNU & FSF + REGULAR
Till 1990 the funding the foundation is use for paying software developers to make free software. Soon after that there was an increase in the number of volunteers of the organization and started discussing issues related to the free software movement and the free software community especially the legal issues.
He is of the view that softwares are not to be patented and it should be available to all people for free. He advocated the same principle through out. Emacs (the GNU Compiler Collection) and the GNU Debugger are the softwares he himself developed.
UNIX
Some times the word UNIX may be used as a substitute for "open systems" owing to its popularity. In case with networking and development of Internet UNIX (and UNIX like) plays a leading role. It is used in servers as well as workstations.
Linux
The kernel of Linux is developed with the aid of system efficacies and libraries from the GNU Project. That is why the operating system is also known as GNU/Linux.
With the augment in cyber crimes the word, in this meaning, it appears recurrently in the media. And finally the original meaning has been tainted.
Month’s Pick
Includes -Phrase: salad days
Event From History: Philippine Declaration of Independence
Word: Dopant
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