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Google accuses China of blocking email

By Shayoni Sarkar Mon, Mar 21, 2011 10:33PM UTC View Comments

Google has accused China of blocking its email service, after users registered complaint unable to access their Gmail accounts. With intermittent access over the last few weeks combined with foreign journalists alleging that their accounts had been hacked into, Google has now issued a statement. “There is no technical issue on our side,” said the...

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Indian media: Disproportionate news representation?

By Shayoni Sarkar Tue, Mar 08, 2011 11:34PM UTC View Comments

A quick scan of the prominent broadcasters in the Indian media reveals disproportionate reportage. On one popular news site, after a fairly long rundown of domestic news, Libya ranks seventh in the news order. Another news site has the troubles of the Middle East ranked in the eighth slot. A news order where not just...

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Egyptian ‘People Power’ ousts Hosni Mubarak

By Tonyo Cruz Sat, Feb 12, 2011 12:18AM UTC View Comments

Fire works seen over Tahrir Square as Egyptians celebrate after President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed power to the military in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Pic: AP.

In a historic move that sends shockwaves across the Arab world from Africa to Asia, Hosni Mubarak on Friday resigned as president of Egypt, a post he has held for nearly 30 years. In a one-sentence statement read over state television, Vice President Omar Suleiman said: “I, Hosni Mubarak, has decided to step down as...

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The dumbest 12 minutes in the history of television

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Feb 02, 2011 1:06AM UTC View Comments

I implore you to watch this Glenn Beck clip from yesterday (via the Daily Dish). We learn the following things (none of these are exaggerations, he actually says each of these things): 1. Egypt = Muslim Brotherhood = Sunni = Hamas. 2. Iran = Shiite = Hezbollah. 3. India will be taken over by China....

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Well, that should be the end of International Relations then (updated below)

By Ahsan Butt Sun, Jan 30, 2011 2:00AM UTC View Comments

A truly unbelievable story out of Brooklyn College, where an adjunct was hired to teach a course on Middle East politics, and then fired before the course started. Why? Because his sympathies evidently extend to the Palestinians and not the Israelis. A student complained to the university, nothing happened, so then the student contacted a...

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