By JustinPalmer WARSAW, June 17 (Reuters) - UEFA must make an example of Croatia by punishing them heavily for the racism charges levelled at their fans during Euro 2012, the head of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) said on Sunday. European soccer's governing body has charged Croatia's FootballFederation (HNS) for racist chants and symbols displayed by the national team's fans during the Group C match against Italy in Poznan on Thursday. FARE, an independent anti-discrimination and...
Inaction at the United Nations' Rio+20 summit this week would be disastrous to global crisis. Much is riding on the United Nations Rio+20 summit this week. Many are billing it as Plan A for Planet Earth and want leaders bound to a single international agreement to protect our life-support system and...
TweetSrinagar, June 17 (ANI): The government in Jammu and Kashmir is currently engaged in repairing a damaged stretch of road leading to the Amarnath shrine ahead of the annual pilgrimage. The construction work on the 15.5 kilometre stretch of road was under progress over the weekend. The...
It is hard for most of us to imagine the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran without thinking of turbaned Taliban, wielding missile-launchers. Therefore, Jamil Ahmad's debut, The Wandering Falcon, strikes us harder. This collection of inter-linked short stories set in that region brings to...
KABUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Up to 42 insurgents have been killed and 37 other detained in military operations in different provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan...
WASHINGTON - After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on and attack terrorists with no pilot in harm's way. Small teams of special operations troops quietly train and advise foreign forces....
Evidence mounts that economic growth is slowing around the world, including in the United States and in the European Union. Even fast-evolving economies like Brazil, China and India are slowing. Two questions emerge: ⢠Is the looming recession in the U.S. and EU a new one or a re-emergence of the...
