In early October 2014, the United States announced that it is easing certain parts of the arms embargo against Vietnam. The easing of the policy comes after 40 years after the Vietnam War. The easing will help Vietnam to improve its maritime security and allow defense articles to be shipped to Vietnam in the future. […]
Solving Legal Disputes Over Construction
Construction projects are not prone to legal disputes, but they do happen in the industry. Contractors try their best to follow protocol, but deadlines are tight and materials sometimes don’t arrive when they need to. That’s not counting the host of problems that can happen during the planning or execution phase. Disputes eat up valuable […]
Jihadi killings worldwide on the rise
According to the BBC, several thousand people including innocent children and women are killed every month worldwide by jihadists. Four of the most affected countries include Iraq, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Syria. Many of the killings are done by extremists groups including Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Taliban and the Islamic State (IS) militants. The sad part of […]
Statute of limitation for collecting a debt in the United States
Do you know that debt collectors can’t contact you before 8 am and after 9 pm? Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) the statute of limitation to collect a debt can run between three years to 15 years depending on the state you live and the type of debt. The FDCPA is one […]
The United States military to help with Ebola
Heeding calls by affected West African nations, the United States is sending its troops to help with Ebola crisis. The first group of the military will be going to Liberia. The deployment will include 3,000 army troops and personnel in various categories. It is part of a multi-million dollar program to fight Ebola that was […]
Fall of Berlin Wall, 25 years later
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 […]
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 […]
The Middle East mess
The United States and its allies are aiming to degrade and destroy ever increasing ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). But fighting them in Syria creates a dilemma for the US. Destroying them helps the Bashar al-Assad’s regime which the US is aiming to get rid of. Since Iran and Russia are also […]