July 2011
441 posts
poeticislam:
Never answer an angry word; it is the second one that starts a quarrel.
UN declares famine in parts of Somalia →
aljazeera:
United Nations says 3.7 million people “now in crisis” and more than 10 million affected by worst drought in decades.
“The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens...”
– The Upanishads (via illuminatedbeing)
U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in...
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
A bleak Ghazni Province seems to offer little, but a Pentagon study says it may have among the world’s largest deposits of lithium.
By JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps...
“Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden, do you look at the...”
– Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi (Taken In Context)
Inside France's secret war →
zeitgeistmovement:
For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and fuel the most vicious genocide since the Nazis. Today, this war is so violent that thousands are fleeing across the border from the Central African...
