When protesters began gathering in Egypt’s Tahrir Square in January of 2011, demanding that Hosni Mubarak step down, no one could have predicted the chain reaction throughout the Middle East. Of course, the implications were significant, the citizens of this North African country, and long time United States ally, had seen the success in Tunisia, and grown tired of conditions brought on by the thirty year rule of President Mubarak. One thing became clear, Mubarak must step down. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi is known for her fight to protect the rights of the people of Burma. She grew up with her mother and siblings, as her father was killed when she was very young. Suu Kyi spent most of her early adulthood attending college. She also met her husband during that time. Suu Kyi and her husband settled in New Oxford and had two children. (more…)

As the financial crisis 2010 continued after a very dark 2009, people from every part of the globe were wondering when this financial crisis would end. The people were continually being told that this was not a double dip recession that the markets are improving. However, hedge funds continued to fall, inflation continued to rise and it seemed that financial crisis 2010 might  not only rival financial crisis 2009, but even surpass it. (more…)

The International Court of Justice is the main judicial arm of the United Nations and is headquartered inside Peace Palace at The Hague in the Netherlands. The court was established by a UN Charter in 1945 to settle legal disputes brought before it by states of the world. In addition to ruling on legal disputes, the Court offers advisory opinions on legal matters submitted by authorized organizations and agencies as well as the UN General Assembly. (more…)

The Internet has become an incredible avenue for the immediate transmission of opinions, information and news for people around the world. Communist governments, like Vietnam and China, have attempted to gain a monopoly on all institutions of power; therefore, they have attempted to stifle the independent voices of critics, dissidents and opponents who use Web sites to criticize these regimes. In recent years, both Vietnam and China, have shown increased technological acumen in using the cyber attack to harrass online critics. (more…)