Davos to Detention: Why I Hate Coming Home to America
It's not easy coming back home to America when your name is Ahmed. I want to look forward to returning home from a trip abroad, but thanks to my name or as the TSA officer put it -- my "profile" --...
View ArticleOAS Head Arrives At Regional Summit In Cuba As Observer
HAVANA (AP) — The secretary-general of the Organization of American States arrived in Cuba on Monday to attend a regional summit, in an unusual encounter 52 years after Cuba was kicked out of the...
View ArticleWTO Back on the Agenda at Davos
As this is my first blog on the Huffington Post, it seems like an appropriate opportunity to talk about my first visit to World Economic Forum in Davos as the Director-General of the World Trade...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Apologizes For 'Share A Coke' Promotion Deemed Homophobic
For months corporate sponsors of the upcoming 2014 Sochi Olympics have been warned that their support of the Games could bring about the fury of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists who are...
View ArticleWhy Do We Take Doctors From Countries That Really Need Them?
Last year the Canadian health care system managed to save $400 million. Sounds great, right? Now what if we told you that Canada did it by poaching trained doctors from the poorest and most vulnerable...
View ArticleArming Iraq to Fight Al Qaeda Has a Downside
The rise of Al Qaeda in Fallujah and Ramadi in Iraq's Anbar province has stirred well-deserved concern and fears of renewed violence and despair. The Obama administration's proposal to fix the...
View ArticleCrisis In The Central African Republic
Human Rights Watch's director of emergencies, Peter Bouckaert, is on the ground in the Central African Republic. The violence shows no sign of abating as the desperate situation is "getting worse",...
View ArticleThe News Is What the New Gitmo Hearings Don't Tell Us
You probably won't hear much about the new hearings taking place for many of the remaining 155 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, even though, starting Tuesday, they were supposed to be made "public." That's...
View ArticlePunched in the Face: A New Leadership Contract Emerges
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." The Mike Tyson quote elicited a ripple of laughter at the Davos breakfast last week - but the somber truth is that traditional leadership...
View ArticleThat One Time A CATNADO Actually Happened In England
Severe weather swept across parts of the United Kingdom earlier this week, bringing heavy downpours and strong winds that left thousands without power and "lifted cats in the air," according to the...
View ArticleDianne Feinstein Claims No Evidence Proves Russia Helped Edward Snowden Steal...
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON Jan 28 (Reuters) - The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein, said on Tuesday she has seen no evidence that Russian spies helped former...
View ArticleWhat Cristina Fernandez And Fidel Castro Did When They Met Up This Week (PHOTOS)
Cristina Fernández has not only returned to the public eye -- she's fully embracing Twitter. After a 40-day silence following her head surgery, the Argentine President reappeared last Wednesday, ending...
View ArticleAxolotl, Mexico's 'Water Monster,' May Have Disappeared
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's salamander-like axolotl may have disappeared from its only known natural habitat in Mexico City's few remaining lakes. It's disturbing news for an admittedly ugly creature,...
View ArticleNew York Philharmonic Concert Is Latest Sign Of Western Embrace Of Chinese...
NEW YORK -- Those who attend the New York Philharmonic's Chinese New Year concert this weekend will witness China's top soloists playing Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Dvorak. It's a program that would...
View ArticleIf The Capitol Building Gets Sucked Into A Black Hole Tonight, This Man Will...
United States Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will serve as the designated survivor during the 2014 State of the Union. The designated survivor is appointed every year to watch the address from a...
View ArticleFatal Privilege for Serbian War Criminal
It seems that Serbia has never truly faced up to its own war past despite dozens of international and national trials for war crimes. This was confirmed over the New Year when Serbian notorious war...
View ArticleCardinal Joachim Meisner's Remark On Muslim Families Criticized By German...
Archbishop Joachim Meisner of Cologne, a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, landed in hot water for a comment that offended many Muslims living in the diverse city. While speaking on Friday to...
View ArticleJournalist Detained, Arrested While Reporting Olympics In Sochi
As questions linger about how the media will be treated in Sochi during the upcoming Olympic Games, one journalist's recent experience offers a glimpse into how strict the media regulation might be....
View ArticleSochi Olympics Chief Promises 'Most Secure Venue At The Moment On The Planet'
LONDON (AP) — After all the talk of terror threats, corruption, overspending and anti-gay legislation, the head of the Sochi Olympics is determined to show the world the games will be a huge success....
View ArticleSandy, A Bowlegged Dog, Gets The Life-Changing Surgery He Needed
Who could turn away this lovable pooch? Sandy, a severely bowlegged pup nicknamed "the wonky dog" by British press, was abandoned in Greece. After learning about the animal, however, United Kingdom...
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