At a time when Libya was providing arms to the IRA to support their attacks on Irish and British targets, Irish officials were happily and covertly engaged in international trade with the then pariah state of Libya. Alleged deals included aircraft maintenance contracts, airline technology tran
While much of the Western military action is confined by nominal national boundaries, the insurgents and jihadists they fight have no such restrictions. The West is committed to an outdated model. It is engaged in Afghanistan, for example, but the forces they fight there are a transnational move
In a case of where cutting edge telecommunications and need intersect, Australian scientists have tagged 70 sharks with a device that sends an SMS message to authorities. It sends an alert when the dangerous creatures approach a beach and potentially create a threat to humans. It may finally pro
01.2.2010 | Asia, Rest of the World | Clarity Staff Reporter
It appears that the African peace keeping troops did what escaped the US and European authorities, and arrested a potential bomber with a syringe and explosive chemicals before he boarded the flight. It is no surprise that Somalia lies just across the Gulf from Yemen, but this is a fact that see
We suspect few in the US would know a great deal about the Hmong people. The Hmong are a rugged hill people from Laos, many of whom gave their lives in a clandestine war on behalf of the US in the Vietnam era. Many Hmong fought under that catchall phrase for Vietnam black ops, “CIA advisers”
Internet security is a transnational issue which is why you see unlikely allies such as the US and Russia link hands and attempt to improve matters. How serious is the issue? Enough to have people taking notice of the more high profile attacks. Earlier this year, some of the plans for a new figh
France has the largest population of Muslims in Europe. This community has at times fitted quite neatly and other times abraded violently against French societal values. France carefully guards its secular nature, and religion plays a much less visible role than it does in other places, such as
When you have a modern capitalist society sandwiched to a traditional Islamic culture some solutions have to be creative. Such is the case for successful Egyptian women from fields such as business, entertainment and society who need protection while maintaining an image of decorum. This has cre
Imagine you were the crème de l la crème of the Italian police force’s crack high speed pursuit team. Imagine the hours and hours of additional training to be put in charge of one of only two 200 mph plus Lamborghinis donated to the Italian police to combat speeding. Now imagine the embarr
The global interconnectivity of nations is no surprise, but the specifics of the engagement can be intriguing. Nepal, the evocative remote mountain Kingdom, has long been a source of domestic workers for Lebanon. Nothing so unusual about that. There are large numbers of Asian laborers in the Mid
12.9.2009 | Asia, Lebanon, Middle East | Clarity Staff Reporter
Cape Town has problems ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. All countries hosting such an event have issues to address such as logistics, crime, traffic jams and more. Cape Town has all these and in addition has a problem with rogue baboons. According to local reports, there are about 420 baboons
There are about 93,000 Afghan police at present. Based on fatality statistics, it is a far more dangerous job than being a member of the army. Like many in the region, the police have a terrible reputation for corruption. This is not a unique situation in the developing world. In many police force
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