By Melanie Nathan. SEE LIST OF EMPLOYERS BELOW   A team of Bingham McCutchen lawyers today filed on behalf of 278 businesses, cities, and other employers and employer organizations an amicus brief in United States v. Windsor, the United [...]

By James M. Dorsey. When militant supporters of right-wing soccer club Beitar Jerusalem last month vowed to keep their team pure in protest against the hiring of two Chechen Muslim players they went beyond what are usually accepted expressions [...]

By CMFR, Melanie Pinlac with research by Paul Dawnson Formaran. JUST TWO days into the year 2013, a radio anchor was killed in the city of San Pablo, Laguna province. The victim, city councilor and dentist Edgardo “Egay” Adajar, hosted [...]

  By Uyghur American Association.Briefing: Refusals of passports to Uyghurs and confiscations of passports held by Uyghurs indicator of second-class status in China The Uyghur American Association (UAA) calls on the Chinese government to [...]

By Jaime Ortega.   Benedict officially announced resignation as Pope for his “advanced age”. Here we present the full text of his farewell: Bellow the resignation of his Pontiff Benedict XVI ‘The force of body and spirit [...]

By Sanchia Alasia. The French president Francois Hollande, last week snubbed British Prime Minister David Cameron at his drive to reduce the proposed EU budget, in which he eventually succeeded. As Cameron walked into the meeting he said: “The [...]

  By Jaime Ortega. The number of French soldiers in Mali will start to decline “in  March, if all goes as planned,” said the head of French diplomacy, Laurent Fabius, in an interview with Metro newspaper to be published on [...]

by Teri Buhl. A Southern California government official tried to go up against Wall Street this summer when he shocked the mortgage bond community by telling them he was thinking about using eminent domain to force-buy underwater mortgages out [...]

By Sanchia Alasia. In June 2012 David Cameron said that Britain would roll out the red carpet for wealthy French nationals wanting to leave France due to François Holllande’s implementation of the 75% tax rate for those earning over one million [...]

By Teri Buhl. Today the Wall Street Journal has a story showing how Darien banker William Bryan Jennings got totally screwed over by Morgan Stanley after he was arrested for a hate crime the state of Connecticut later dropped. One of [...]

By Nwachukwu Egbunike. “Africa’s most populous country and it’s brightest hope. Nigeria is an odd place to find a silver lining. In spite of its all-too-visible failings, I believe that Nigeria’s mix of talent, resources, [...]

By James M. Dorsey. Escalating street violence in the wake of a partial verdict in the Port Said soccer brawl case pits arch enemies – militant soccer fans and Egypt’s security forces – against one another, highlighting the urgency of [...]

  By Jaime Ortega. U.S. will supply French aircraft’s during the military operations in Mali, today reported the U.S. Defense Department. The Pentagon’s decision comes after the telephone conversation today between Defense Secretary [...]

  By James M. Dorsey. Synopsis Political turmoil and violence promise to shape events in the Middle East and North Africa this year. Monarchies are replacing republics in facing the tidal wave of reform demands in the region. Syria continues [...]

By John Ray. Tony Abbott has signalled that economic management will be at the heart of his election pitch, promising to “increasingly detail” the Coalition’s policies during the year. The Opposition Leader has seized on the [...]

By James M. Dorsey. Middle Eastern soccer associations have launched a campaign to put women’s soccer on par with men’s football in a region in which a woman’s right to play and pursue an athletic career remains controversial and at a [...]

 By Malik Al-Abdeh.   The leaders of the fractured Syrian opposition movement met in the Qatari capital, vowing to put aside petty squabbling and create a more inclusive body that would better represent the country’s democratic aspirations. [...]

By Oscar Nkala. Gold production in Zimbabwe during the first nine months of this year increased by 61% to 11 140 kg, driven largely by the firming bullion price. In its latest report on the performance of the mining sector, the Chamber of [...]

Posted by Amrit Naresh.   About a month ago, President Salva Kiir said South Sudan’s oil production would restart in a week. Famous last words, it turns out – not a drop of crude has come through the pipeline since. It’s not that [...]