It has been 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall reuniting East and West Germany. Berlin Wall that physically, politically and economically divided East and West and existed for more than three decades fell in November 1989. The unification of two Germanys completed in 1990. West German politicians vowed to help East Germany […]
Month: October 2014
Whereabouts of kidnapped girls still unknown
It has been almost six months since the Islamic group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 Nigerian school girls in the northeastern part of the country from a government run Secondary School. By May of 2014, 53 girls have escaped. It appears that extremists are still holding 219 teen age girls and the government is unable to […]
Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai
The school girl that Taliban shot in the head at close range and got seriously injured while going home in a school bus after school shocked the world in October 2012. She was a fearless fighter for educating women in Taliban dominated northwest Pakistan. After the assassination attempt, the Pakistani government sent her to Birmingham, […]
Indonesia to sworn in a new President
Newly elected President, Joko Widodo, of the Indonesia is expected to be sworn in on October 20, 2014. The former Governor of Jakarta and the country is at a crossroad. Diminishing growth, budget issues, and more importantly lack of power over the Parliament are key issues for the newly elected President. Mr. Widodo won the […]