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World Cup 2011: Most competitive sports event

World Cup 2011: Most competitive sports event

The battle for supremacy in cricket will begin from February 19, 2011. It seems that 10th Cricket World Cup 2011 is going to be the most entertaining and competitive World Cup. Fourteen teams are participating in the World Cup and six are in a position to clinch the title, writes Fawad Mustafa

Civil society: the OSCE Moscow Mechanism – a way out of the “Belarusian deadlock”

Civil society: the OSCE Moscow Mechanism – a way out of the “Belarusian deadlock”

Civil Society representatives from 27 OSCE member countries sent an appeal for urgent action in response to the human rights crisis in Belarus to the embassies of OSCE member countries.

Making sense of the START debate

Making sense of the START debate

Last week, the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which had been signed in April.

CIVICUS and the Eurasia Network condemn the recent violence in Belarus

CIVICUS and the Eurasia Network condemn the recent violence in Belarus

World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and the Eurasia Network condemn the recent crackdown of Belarusian government authorities on election monitoring personnel,

A Commonwealth Perspective Against Blasphemy Laws

A Commonwealth Perspective Against Blasphemy Laws

In November, international NGOs spoke out against the OIC proposed resolution on “combating religious hatred and vilification of religions.” writes Heather Blake

Wikileaks: Early details from the leaked cable

Wikileaks: Early details from the leaked cable

With the imminent release of 3 million controversial and potentially damaging US government documents detailing information within diplomatic cables, “whistleblower” website WikiLeaks has reported being under attack from hackers, Asia Despatch’s Director Carol Grayson writes

UK government gives payouts to former Guantanamo detainees

UK government gives payouts to former Guantanamo detainees

The British government has announced it is to make payouts to former detainees once held at Guantanamo Bay military detention centre, writes Carol Grayson for Asia Despatch

US on track to Afghan dissolution?

US on track to Afghan dissolution?

After the nine years of failed battles in Afghanistan, war fatigue has set in, Asia Despatch’s Syed Waqas Shah writes

NATO makes alliance with Russia

NATO makes alliance with Russia

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials have revealed their proposal with Moscow regarding a vastly stepped up Russian involvement in the Afghan war is in the final stages of negotiation and they are hopeful of formal agreement being reached at the alliance’s two-day summit in Lisbon from November 19.

Spiegel interviews Iran’s Foreign Minister

Spiegel interviews Iran’s Foreign Minister

In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, 57, discusses the stoning of adulterers, the consequences of Western sanctions against Iran and the risk of a military strike against his country. SPIEGEL: Mr. Foreign Minister, you are the senior diplomat of the Islamic Republic of Iran. You represent a nation that prides itself on [...]