Daljit Dhaliwal appears in the following:
Thirty years later, the Khmer Rouge is on trial
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thirty years after more than a million people died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, a United Nations-backed trial is finally underway. A former Khmer Rouge leader was in c...
Facebook is... facing criticism for changing terms of service
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Facebook, the incredibly popular social network, hit massive protests when they changed their terms of service to indicate that they owned all content posted on their site by users. T...
Sexting: Teens in legal straits over explicit text messages
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
While you certainly hope your teen isn't sending explicit photos of themselves over their cellphone, if they were, would you want them to get slapped with felony pornography charges? ...
The stimulus and the states: California and Missouri await their funds
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
California is facing down a $42 billion budget gap and now Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced lay offs of over 10,000 government workers and an immediate halt to all public work...
Autoworkers get squeezed in GM and Chrysler repayment plans
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
General Motors and Chrysler presented their repayment plans to the Treasury Department yesterday. Unfortunately in order for them to make enough money to re pay their loan they are go...
Reckoning day for General Motors
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Today is a big day for General Motors. They are preparing to announce how they plan to repay the $13.4 billion loan Congress doled out late last year. Workers at GM plants are anxious...
Inside the Meltdown: A new film illuminates the economy's collapse
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Last year more than 2.3 million homeowners faced foreclosure proceedings. Today nearly 5 million people in the United States are unemployed. It’s clear that we are in an economic cris...
Happy Birthday, Kosovo
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
One year ago, skeptics predicted dire consequences as Kosovo emerged as an independent state from the former Yugoslavia. While none of the violence, extreme nationalism, or emigration...
Get on a bus, gus: The nation is heading towards a transit crisis
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Despite the eight billion dollars the stimulus will pump into the nation’s transit infrastructure, local transportation agencies around the nation are in for a potentially devastating...
A small step towards peace in Darfur
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sudan's troubled Darfur region has been in turmoil for years in a dispute that has killed over 300,000 people and displaced more than 2.2 million. Now there is word that the Sudanese ...
Out Takes: Juan Enriquez looks for a clear road map for the stimulus
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
President Obama is preparing to sign the $787 billion stimulus package today. It’s a spending plan that will send the nation deeper into debt in an effort to buoy our economy. It’s al...
Russian economy headed for trouble
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Russia's economy is reeling from the effect of a sharp fall in the price of oil. The ruble has lost more than a third of its value since August, inflation is about 13 percent a year a...
Inside Iran in a time of change
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
As the Obama administration continues to carefully move toward new diplomatic relations with Iran, a book has just been released that gives new insight into life in Iran during the e...
Hillary Clinton takes Tokyo on the eve of Asian tour
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
In her first overseas trip as Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would be looking to Asia to help tackle global problems. She started her trip in Japan, which is faci...
Gone so soon, bipartisanship?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Obama administration is finding few Republican allies in Washington these days, despite having high hopes of reaching across the aisle to enlist Republican support for some early ...
Happy 200th Birthday, Darwin and Lincoln
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Two hundred years ago, on February 12, 1809, a pair of cosmic twins entered the universe. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. Across the Atlantic, Charles Darwin was ...
Pakistan officials admit Mumbai attacks were planned in Pakistan
Thursday, February 12, 2009
For the first time in public, Pakistan acknowledged that parts of the murderous attacks on Mumbai, India were planned on its soil and that they are holding several suspects. Why the s...
Ohio bends it like Beckham as USA and Mexico face off in World Cup match
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The U.S. and Mexico have a storied soccer rivalry and that match up has a new chapter after last night's World Cup qualifying game. Thousands of fans traveled from across the continen...
Newspapers on life support
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Newspapers are in crisis. More and more readers are migrating to the web, even as revenue from online ads plummets. Suggestions for how the industry can stay alive abound, but so far ...
Economic stimulus bill heads to the White House
Thursday, February 12, 2009
After hours of negotiations between the House and Senate, an economic stimulus bill emerged from committee. It is expected to be voted on by the House and Senate this week and signed ...