Sweden's Pirate ISP Offers Aid to Keep Wikileaks Afloat BY Kit EatonToday The Swedishpolitical Pirate Party has gone and embroiled itself in some hot news: It's offering servers and hosting to Wikileaks, the "whistleblowing" site that's just published thousands of...
Filed at 10:45 a.m. ET BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- International donors pledged $1.1 billion in aid Tuesday to help Kyrgyzstan rebuild after months of political and ethnic violence. The aid will be allotted over just 30 months -- good news that is likely to boost the...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - International donors pledged $1.1 billion in aid Tuesday to help Kyrgyzstan rebuild after months of political and ethnic violence. The aid will be allotted over just 30 months — good news that is likely to boost the caretaker government...
While fevered speculation in Whitehall continues over spending cuts and ministers are in tough battles to defend their budgets, one department is left untouched, nervously watching from the sidelines. The Department for International Development (DfID) is the only area...
In the last year, the nation's private colleges have laid off staff, shelved construction projects, slashed sports teams and turned down thermostats to cut costs. But studentfinancialaid has kept flowing. Now the weak economy is forcing some institutions to limit...
By NICHOLAS CASEY The U.S. risks wasting the aid it is offering earthquake-torn Haiti, a Senate report to be released Thursday says. The government has failed to make basic reforms such as ensuring transparent elections and reducing barriers for private investment,...
webBAGHDAD, 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - A lack of funds from international donors in 2010 has hindered UN and NGO assistance programmes for the most vulnerable Iraqis, leaving many of the country’s pressing humanitarian needs unaddressed, says a UN mid-year review report....
Wagons were being hastily circled around Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, last night as top aides absorbed the shock of one of their own blasting him for allegedly thwarting attempts to combat corruption in the world body and leading it into a "process of decay"...
By Rami G. Khouri Commentary by Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - Powered by I was intrigued to see several recent calls for bids by the US Agency for International Development for programs that would, among other things, train young Arabs on how to better use the internet and...
