by Dayhawk Kim | Jul 10, 2006 | Uncategorized
Can South Africa pull off the 2010 World Cup without a hitch? Even locals have doubts. South Africa’s aging or nonexistent infrastructure, corruption and violence, not to mention “taxi wars” and “highway stoning,” make the country a...
by Dayhawk Kim | Jul 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
Failed States Index 2006 shows which countries are at risk of going belly-up. Sudan topped the second annual Failed States Index [FSI], published by The Fund for Peace and the Foreign Policy journal. Zimbabwe, however, saw the steepest slide in the index. We’ve...
by Dayhawk Kim | Jul 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, who recently lost his job as the anti-U.S. terrorism supporter, has found a new enemy. In a scathing letter, he defines FIFA as the symbol of everything that is wrong with this world. Times have changed since the colonel was the go-to man for...
by Dayhawk Kim | Jun 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Joseph Kony, the kooky and brutal leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA], claims he wants peace and Ten Commandmants. (Photo: Sam Farmar via The Times) When was the last time Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony gave an interview or allowed...
by Dayhawk Kim | Jun 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Overzealous Korean parents are driving their children insane by forcing English down their throats, Chosun Ilbo reports. While this craze is not new, there is now a medical term associated with the nervous breakdown the kids suffer as a result. English Fatigue...
by Dayhawk Kim | Jun 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
How fast can a glimmer of hope disappear? (Photo: U.S. Department of State) Iran has been receiving much attention, including a proposal for détente, from the Europeans and the U.S. Envious of that kind of play, “Dear Leader” declared he was going...
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