NAM reasserts its relevance

As should be expected, Western media commentaries and reviews of the recently concluded 14th Nonaligned Movement Summit of Heads of State and Government in Havana, focused mainly on the US-Iran nuclear issue, the Israeli military incursion into Southern Lebanon, the US military invasion of Iraq and some questions flowing from them.

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'Urgent need to invest developing world's youth population'

Developing countries which invest in better education, healthcare, and job training for their record numbers of young people between the ages of 12 and 24 years, could produce surging economic growth and sharply reduced poverty, according to a new World Bank report launched at the Bank's annual meetings in Singapore.

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Importance of being a good friend of the US

Recently, one of the most important and significant piece of information, we read, was the arrest of LTTE activists by undercover agents of Uncle Sam. How meticulously they followed the leads and waited in the bush to trap the terrorists and finally pounce upon them.

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Looking at the Lighter side: Now, there is sunshine

Keep the blue helmets, throw those blue passports

The General Debate starts today. But, there is more, roundtable discussions, breakfast meetings, lunches, dinners, receptions, events and functions and all sort of happenings with different names. Will the world say farewell to Kofi Annan well or otherwise?

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