BY MICHELE MOGHTADER Nasim Sabounchi, a 21year-old Iranian was ecstatic when she received her acceptance letter to Virginia Tech’s PhD program in 2002. Nasim’s excitement soon turned to worry as she thought of how she had to be away from…
Category: America’s Wars
Foreign Aid Sustains Fragile Afghan Media
BY ANNA KORDUNSKY Bashir Ahmad Gwakh, 28, a journalist from Afghanistan, credits the training he received in 2003 at a US-funded skill-building program with starting his career. Born in the village of Khwaizi in the Goshta district, Gwakh fled Afghanistan…
UAE Pressures War Allies for Economic Favors
BY KARA SUNDBY Canadians travelling to the United Arab Emirates will face substantially higher travel costs in 2011 following the Gulf nation’s decision to impose a costly visa on all Canadian citizens. The visa requirement is the latest strike…
In Colombia the price of a life is $770
BY STIG ARILD PETTERSEN Luz Marina Bernal straightens the sheet on the top of the bunk bed in the narrow, florescent-lit room. “This is where I last saw my son alive,” she says calmly. “When the rest of us came…
Afghan Deployment Questioned
BY SARA SCHONHARDT NEW YORK – President Barack Obama announced a changeover from one war to another Friday when he outlined his timetable for withdrawal from Iraq and committed an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan. The move comes weeks…