Tag Archives : Egypt

After 18 days of intense and violent protests that took several cities of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak the dictator, 82, gave up power after leading a dictatorship with an iron fist for 30 years. The announcement was made by Vice-President of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, on state television. Within minutes, hundreds of thousands were celebrating and shouting at Tahrir [...]

We are witnessing political protests and uprising in different parts of Middle East. The year 2011 began with an uprising in Tunisia which started with an act of protest of one single man, news of which spread like a wild fire and soon people of Tunisia took to the streets and overthrew the oppressive regime almost overnight. Now the same protests have [...]

Recent Tunisian uprising seems to have woken up a part of the world which has been quiet and suffering for a long time under dictatorial regimes. Egypt is witnessing wide-spread protests against the corrupt ruling authoritarian government led by President Hosni Mubarak who has been at helm for nearly 30 years. The protests have turned violent and there [...]

After four years of waiting and intense speculations, one of the world’s biggest and most cherished sporting events has finally went underway and has taken the world by storm. Yes, we are talking about the 2010 FIFA World Cup that kicked off on June 11th, 2010 in South Africa. From England to Brazil and soccer fans all over the world had been dreaming [...]

Water scarcity has ceased to be a desertification issue in dry regions. The phenomena of climate change and global warming have now come into consideration. Arching over these serious problems are the twin realities of food shortage and hunger. All these are connected to the most basic problem of water shortage. Scott James in blue living ideas reports [...]

New colonialism in a globalized world is a curious thing. Countries buying vast parcels of farmlands in poor countries poses new emerging problems. In such cases, only the countries’ respective heads of state know the full details. It gets complicated when provincial governors have auctioned off their land to the highest international bidders such [...]

According to a study that was partly funded by NASA, ‘volcanic eruptions in high-latitudes can greatly alter climate and distant river flows, including the Nile.’ The Nile River is the world’s longest river. The research states that ‘Iceland’s Laki volcanic event, a series of about ten eruptions from June 1783 through February 1784, significantly [...]

According to a new research study, ‘the Egyptians started building the Great Pyramid of Giza on August 23, 2470 B.C.’ The Egyptian researchers that came up with the exact date of the construction of the pyramid ‘arrived at the date based on calculations of historical appearances of the star Sothis—today called Sirius.’ The Sothis star rises [...]

At the height of the swine flu scare last spring, the Egyptian government ordered the killing of all pigs, thinking that the mass slaughter of the animals is the way to stem the spread of the swine flu virus. Unfortunately, it is the pigs that eat the trash in Egypt. Now without pigs, the country is overwhelmed with trash. The garbage problem is so [...]

They say that hunger is what separates order and anarchy. Social peace is only possible when citizens get their basic needs. Failure to provide food may spark a revolution. Food shortage is largely due not on the failure of the land to produce food but on the fact that the cost of food (cost of food production, really) has skyrocketed, making it inaccessible, [...]