Given the horrendous charges for data usage when travelling abroad, HolidayPhone is a really great way to contain those costs. It’s basically a local SIM card loaded with talk time and data allowance, with added benefit of call forwarding from your normal mobile number to the new local SIM. The instructions provided are pretty clear [...]
Are US Republicans Clinically Insane?
So, I saw this article on the Huffington Post about the local Greene County Virginia Republican Committee that has called for “armed revolution” if Obama is re-elected president in November. The call comes as the president faces allegations of everything from State treason to being the devil incarnate (literally). It seems that Republicans get more crazy [...]
Mexico’s elections too close to call
Mexico faces parliamentary and presidential elections on 1 July and the race is currently too close to call. While the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, had been the frontrunner for months, given the current unpopularity of incumbent Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) president, Felipe Calderon, recent public opinion polls have put him [...]
Iran cut off from global SWIFT transactions
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s position within the ruling hierarchy has suffered a further setback following the runoff elections for the country’s parliament. Instead, candidates loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have strengthened their representation in the majlis. Although some Western chancelleries have taken heart from the political demise of Ahmadinejad, it would be premature [...]
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