The jury is still out on the cost of providing fast-track residency to affluent foreigners
There are many ways in which modern societies are getting shaped across the world. Australia cast its vote recently in favour of crafting one by handpicking well heeled citizens from other countries.
On May...
(0) Comments | Posted 11 February 2012 | (07:58)
More than 20 years after a vote in its Senate asked the United States to vacate large-scale military bases in the country and leave, the Philippines announced on 27 January that it was looking for more joint military exercises with the US, as well as having a greater number of...
(1) Comments | Posted 6 January 2012 | (14:12)
A November 2011 report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a US congressional advisory panel, urged the White House and US Congress to scrutinize China's military expansion and pushed for a tougher stance against, what it dubbed as, anticompetitive Chinese trade policies.
While China's military, which benefited...
(0) Comments | Posted 25 December 2011 | (23:35)
South Asia is often described as the most dangerous place on earth and the most promising emerging market - both in the same breath. The year 2011 illustrated in ample measure the implausible irony.
The biggest international story of the year, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of US...
(0) Comments | Posted 30 July 2011 | (18:25)
A little after Rahul Dravid reached his 34th test hundred on the second day of the India-England test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Alan Wilkins expressed his gentle displeasure to fellow commentator Ravi Shastri about the nickname 'Wall' given to the Indian batsman. "A wall can be brought down", he...

(0) Comments | Posted 25 June 2012 | (14:42)