Wednesday-Night

NYT Pakistan News
CIA World Factbook - Pakistan
BBC Pakistan country profile
Reuters blog Pakistan: Now or Never?
Pakistan’s Gambit in Afghanistan
There’s a sense that Afghans are losing confidence in the allied operations, and Pakistan is looking to “exploit that advantage,” says CFR South Asia expert Daniel Markey. Pakistan would like an […]

New York Times Topics: Afghanistan
(FT) Afghanistan elections 2009
Afghan elections 2009
(Stratfor) The 30-Year War in Afghanistan
The Runaway General
(Rolling Stone) Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House
The Professor of war (Vanity Fair profile of […]

AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers.
Oxfam, a British aid agency, warned that Niger faced disaster due to persistent flooding.
(BBC) Oxfam issued its warning as nearly eight million people, or half the population, are already facing hunger because of failed […]

Greatest ever letter of complaint Not to be missed!
This is a genuine letter of complaint sent to Sir Richard Branson. We know that because we checked with Virgin. Polly in the press office confirmed that Branson phoned the man back because “he always likes to hear feedback”.
More on aviation and airlines and Wednesday-night.com ; Financial […]

More on Water and on Wednesday-Night.com Thirst a powerful slide show on water ; Stockholm International Water Institute ; Nanotechnology for clean water ; (IPS files) Troubled Waters ; Economist Special Report on Water
2 June 2000 — Dawn of a thirsty century
The amount of water in the world is limited. The […]

See also Afghanistan; Haiti;  Iran
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more […]

France, Mauritania in desert strike on al Qaeda
(Reuters) - France and Mauritania said on Friday they carried out a military operation against al Qaeda’s North African wing, believed to be holding a 78-year-old French hostage in the desert Sahel region.
Fanning the Flames of Jihad
On July 11, 2010, al-Malahim Media, the media arm of al Qaeda […]

How Terrorist Groups End
How do terrorist groups end? The evidence since 1968 indicates that terrorist groups rarely cease to exist as a result of winning or losing a military campaign. Rather, most groups end because of operations carried out by local police or intelligence agencies or because they join the political process. This suggests that […]

The mystery continues
Russia jails ‘pirate’ over Arctic Sea ship mystery
(BBC) Andrei Lunev, from the Estonian capital Tallinn, is the first to be sentenced over the incident last July. He was found guilty of piracy.
While the authorities will be pleased to see these men convicted, there are still many unanswered questions about the whole Arctic Sea […]

The evening opened with a brief video of the presentation of the Lieutenant Governor’s Seniors Medal (Médaille pour les aînés) awarded for volunteer service, to our OWN Herb Bercovitz on May 1st. Peter Trent, who had nominated Herb, was on the stage, beaming with pride. The honorees also included a great number of impressive young […]