Labour’s leader after Miliband Labour leaders always have a successor lurking in the shadows, waiting for their fall. So, after David or Ed Miliband, who’s next? Lance Price guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 August 2010 15.30 BST Article history After Ed or David Miliband: ‘It may well be that the next leader but one is not even yet an MP’ Photograph: Stephen Hird/ReutersIn less than a month the leadership speculation will be over. Or will it? Recent history suggests that no sooner is a Labour leader in place than questions start to be asked about who’s best placed to succeed him. Yes, … Continue reading Labour after Miliband

A trillion-dollar catastrophe. Yes, Iraq was a headline war Mission accomplished? The Iraq war did more than anything to alienate the Atlantic powers from the rest of the world Simon Jenkins guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 August 2010 20.00 BST Article history today the Iraq war was declared over by Barack Obama. As his troops return home, Iraqis are marginally freer than in 2003, and considerably less secure. Two million remain abroad as refugees from seven years of anarchy, with another 2 million internally displaced. Ironically, almost all Iraqi Christians have had to flee. Under western rule, production of oil – Iraq’s … Continue reading Iraq – The US trillion-dollar catastrophe!

The latest imbroglio in Hamid Karzai’s government suggests that the CIA is fatally undermining the US’s own anti-corruption drive Bilal Baloch guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 August 2010 12.00 BST Article history Afghan president Hamid Karzai (right), with his national security adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta. Photograph: Shah Marai/AFPDid you hear that one about how anti-corruption agents in Afghanistan arrested the country’s national security adviser – who, in fact, may have been a CIA asset – and who then called the president from his cell and was subsequently released? No? It’s quite a story. According to a report published in the New York … Continue reading Mixed US messages on Afghan graft

Al Huda — an insider’s view The writer is a hafiz-e-Quran and is about to start studying at the International Islamic University Islamabad habiba.younis@tribune.com.pk Khaled Ahmed’s recent article “Daughters of Al Huda” (August 22) met a negative and spirited response by readers. In my opinion, as a former student, the reasoning in the article wasn’t absolutely correct and seemed slightly prejudiced. But it did have some valid points. I don’t believe Al Huda to be as ideal as it is portrayed but not because of the reasons given by the writer in his article but because of my own experience … Continue reading Al Huda – Breeding Conspiricy Robots

The writer is a columnist, and TV and radio anchor fasi.zaka@tribune.com No apologies. I signed up for the backlash. If you can’t distinguish metaphors in polemics as figurative and not literal, then you are going to be self-serving to include Edhi and Imran Khan’s philanthropy and the good people of this country so you can conveniently ignore the message. So again, if you believe all Ahmadis should be killed, all Jews gassed efficiently, all Hindus made slaves, then you can be a Sialkot killer too! Casual prejudice is what creates violence, which is why there are Ahmadi villages in the … Continue reading Pakistan’s human cockroaches – II

Colonel Gaddafi  scores a three in 500 success rate after holding another Islam conversion party in Rome for glamorous models By Nick Pisa And he’s the only man allowed in the room with them Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi hosted another Islam conversion party attended by 500 glamorous women during the first day of an official visit to Italy. Gaddafi was the only man at the event – apart from security officers who were kept outside – while the women who were invited to take part were all asked to ‘dress demurely’. Three women were said to have undergone ‘spontaneous … Continue reading The Funny Colonel and 500 Chicks!

No, I’m top cat! Tiger stands up for himself at British zoo By Katherine Faulkner Whether you’re in the wilds of Siberia or deepest Bedfordshire, there comes a time in every tiger’s life when you have to stand up for yourself. And this big cat left its impudent rival in no doubt who’s the boss. Rearing up on its hind legs, front paws outstretched, it made a fearsome sight which served to settle an argument-without the need for bloodshed. Standing up for himself: The Siberian tiger shows his rival who’s boss at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire The clash between two … Continue reading Top Pussy!

 Battle of the sexes savannah-style: Moment two lionesses launch extraordinary attack on a threatening male By Mailonline Reporter Two lionesses stalk their male counterpart before launching an extraordinary attack on the stunned lion. The dramatic set of photographs capture in startling detail the moments two females trade blows with the bigger lion. The females were out hunting when they spotted the lion, and fearing he might be competition, they gave a show of force by landing powerful blows. Game ranger Malcolm Bowling captured the images of a lifetime as he instinctively snapped away during the dramatic encounter, which lasted … Continue reading The Husband, His Wife and Her Mother!

COMMENT: Re-strategising the anti-terror war —Dr Rashid Ahmad Khan Terrorism is not a legal problem or merely an issue of law and order. It is basically a political problem requiring a political approach to solve it. There should be political ownership and political control over the war against terrorism as war is too serious a business to be left to the generals only Pakistan has been waging a war against terrorism for the last nine years. Despite incurring huge losses of life and property, its efforts have often been subjected to severe criticism for lack of a comprehensive and coherent … Continue reading Re-strategising the anti-terror war