L’etendard Sanglant World News

KFC to raise prices in Japan due to cost increase of materials reports the Japan Times.  Read Story

Arab Calligrapher talks about Life in Baghdad in The Guardian. Read Story

Arthur C. Clark dies at 90. “The visionary author of more than 70 books, who was nominated for a Nobel Prize after predicting the existence of satellites, was most famous for his short story “The Sentinel”, which was expanded into the novel that was later adapted for Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001: A Space Odyssey“. The Times of London. Read Story

Independent Bangladesh reports that unsafe drinking water is a major cause of illness in Bangladesh. Read Story

Japan Times: Women are not well represented in Japan’s positions of power. Read Story

The Daily Star writes that Imad Mughniyeh, reputed to be one of Hizbullah’s top security officials and high on America’s list of wanted “terrorists,” was killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria. Read Story

Mona Alami provides an analysis of the present goals and frustrations of the Hizbullah party in Lebanon. The Daily Star Read Story

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Guantanamo prisoner, Abdul Razzaq Hekmati, known in Afghanistan for opposing the Taliban, dies after being incarcerated for five years without trial. Miami Herald Read Story