Saffron instead of opium?
The whole world would benefit from farmers in Afghanistan replacing poppy farming with alternative crops. Saffron yields about the same price as poppy and would hence be a viable possibility. Saffron...
View ArticleWikiLeaks – what a public relations coup!
What was new about the “WikiLeak scoop” a few days ago? Anybody following international news have heard about alleged Pakistani involvement in Afghanistan from US officials. Anybody following...
View ArticleIs Ahmadinejad provoking a strike on Iran?
Just days after President Barack Obama voiced willingness to talk to Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed 9/11 had been trumped up as an excuse for the United States to invade...
View ArticleBlood Diamonds on Linkedin?
Sounds like part of the plot to a thriller doesn’t it? Makes you think of Leonardo diCaprio and the movie that claimed “it will cost you everything” But it may actually be going on. Would you buy...
View ArticleWhat would make you flee to Iran?
Exactly, desperation. And that’s precisely why there are one million refugees there. They have escaped war torn Afghanistan and Iraq for the relative safety of Iran. That refugees are not a threat, but...
View ArticleHow many people live in shantytowns?
Even in the West, inequality and poverty are on the rise. Poverty has, in fact, reached the levels of 1933. Devote 4 minutes to watching Thomas Pogge, professor of Yale University, talking about the...
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