Monday, 2. May 2011

3 May : World Press Freedom Day 2011


21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers” is the theme of this year’s World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3 May, with major events in Washington DC and New York (USA), alongside local and regional events all over the world.

World Press Freedom Day 2011

unesco.org .wpfd2011.org wan-ifra.org World_Press_Freedom_Day [wiki]

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Killing the alibi


The killing of Osama bin Laden is more of a symbolic victory for the Obama administration than a game changer for the US strategy in the "Greater Middle East".

After 10 years of pursuing al-Qaeda's leader, responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks, the US has closed a chapter, but not the book, in its war on al-Qaeda and "international terrorism".

Since the attacks on New York and Washington, "al-Qaeda central" which was being run from the Pakistani Afghan border, has mutated into a global network of affiliates.

Killing the alibi

aljazeera.net/

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Osama bin Laden is dead


whitehouse.gov

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