Afghanistan’s Arrogance Roots from Sovereignty

21. May 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: News, Opinions · Tags: , , , , , ,

The United States free Afghanistan in the early 21st century from the Taliban militia, who abused women and banned all forms of international culture, especially westernized culture. Today, Afghanistan works with NATO to improve their military against any attack of the Taliban and defend their people. However, Afghanistan’s culture has not changed. Recently, they dropped a law that protects women from unfair justices rooted to culture.

The new law allows women more freedoms, including the right to use contraceptives, the right to avoid a fornication case when a man rapes them, and the banning of the Baad or the buying and selling of women to settle disputes among men. However, the conservative political embodiment of Afghanistan shot it down, claiming that it allowed women to have sex outside of marriage.

Indeed, any culture greatly affects people’s definition of justice. For Afghanistan, Islam and their unfair cultural treatment against women is the true justice. Most legislatives said that the new law promoted western ideals, which were incompatible with Afghanistan’s culture, confirming that Afghanistan’s constitution and their sovereignty weighs heavily on Islam.

Culture and tradition greatly plays in most Middle Eastern countries. Afghanistan has 60 women lawmakers and some of them voted down the new law because it did disrupt the order that their tradition had given them.

While the universal law of equal rights between men and women and no person shall be treated as an object exists in the western world, a country heavily bound by culture could never understand anything that is not based on their belief.

This might also be that Afghanistan’s arrogance comes from sovereignty. Having their own culture and identity and opposing the “multicultural” and “globalized” society allows them to keep their practices in check.

Arabian League Shows Support for Syrian Opposition; Comes as a Mistake to Iran

28. March 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: News · Tags: , , , , , ,

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says that the Arab League has made a few mistakes for supporting the Syrian opposition by arming them by what the AL calls “self-defense” against the Syrian Regime’s attempts to control the rebellion. The Iranian Foreign Minister says that this can cost the League greatly in the long run. He states that the Syrian issue must be resolved logically, legally and according to international law.

Experts say that obviously, the arming of rebels in Syria would definitely increase the number of victims and casualties in the two-year civil war that had taken approximately 70,000 Syrian lives.

Iran’s fury and criticism draws upon having Syria’s National Coalition force, the official name of Syria’s opposition bloc, took the seat for Syria during the Arab League annual summit in Qatar, Doha. The league had allowed the Syrian National Coalition force to arm itself and the AL will provide all the means to “self-defense”, including weapons, to all opposition forces.

Recently, the regimes activities spread violence across Damascus as its enigmatic leader, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife appeared to enjoy their own civil lives. National television portrayed the country as having no trouble at all and that life continues “as-is”. International political thinktanks and Syrian political experts say that this is a sign that the Regime is slowly cracking.

 

How To Proceed With a Workplace Accident Compensation Claim

27. February 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Legal · Tags: , , , ,

Employers may design their working facilities for their employees with the best standards, but still, accidents can happen in the workplace because of a single lapse of responsibility. Sometimes, faulty and poorly-maintained equipment, the lack of warning signs for hazardous areas and work environment improvements that could affect the health are just some workplace accident scenarios you could encounter. If you had a workplace accident claim, here are a few things to remember.

1. Report Your Work Accident
First, report your incident to your superior or team manager, who can then forward your incident to the human resources team, who will then schedule for you the next steps in proving that you suffered your injuries. Employers are quite lenient with workplace compensation claims if they have insurance for their employees, so don’t worry about slow-downs in your claiming process.

2. Medical Check Up
Most employers will have you medically-checked by medical professionals. Some will have you checked out by two medical professionals to ensure that your injuries exist. Having two medical opinions makes it easier for insurance companies to process your claim and grant you compensation.

3. Handling Your Claim
Most human resources and accounting departments will handle your insurance claim for you, so you only need to recover from your injuries and allow your company to work on your claim. If your claim gets approved, by the following month or the next two months, you will then receive it in your monthly wage.

FSA Shames Former Lloyds Bosses for Not Acting on PPI Mis Selling

28. January 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Finance · Tags: , , , , ,

The Financial Services Authority recently shamed three former Lloyds bosses for failing to act upon the mis selling of PPI or payment protection insurance. Lloyds is currently the biggest contributor to the UK PPI claims compensation package with £5.3 billion, almost half of the £13 billion total.

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The FSA requested the CEOs to reveal the information they know in a recent press conference and how Lloyds became the biggest PPI mis seller.

Carol Sergeant, the ex-chief risk officer in Lloyds during the “insurance boom”, told the press that she knew how the company was selling the insurances without considering fairness for customers. The issue was raised at a board-level meeting during her term, which met no notice or action.

Ex-Lloyds Head of Retail, Helen Weir, explains that the insurance policy made up 14% of the company’s annual income. She claimed that the customers demanded to have PPI. However, consumer reports say that Lloyds “recommended” the insurance policy to all their customers, which led to many being mis sold an insurance policy from their company.

Phil Loney, ex-head of the insurance product development and implementation, admitted that Lloyds used PPI to earn more profit from customers regardless if they can make any use for the insurance.

However, questions about why the FSA withdrew its investigation probe from Lloyds during the 2005-2007 era remains a mystery. However, the FSA said the issue was “resolved” in 2008 after Lloyds helped some banks recover to save the country from the fiscal crisis.

The Middle Eastern Culture’s Problems With Equality

15. January 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Opinions · Tags: , , ,

As far as history goes, the Middle East is notorious for its treatment of women as the lowest rank in society. In history, women were treated as objects of pleasure and properties to be owned and sold at will by higher castes. As the new world approaches and democracy makes its mark in the world, the Middle East’s old ways have also vanished, or has it?

In reality, female abuse in the Arab world is quite common. Domestic violence has a great record in these parts of the world. In India, the rate of rape crimes went over 27,500 in 2011. Following the series of cases, in India’s New Delhi, a woman was gang rape and tortured. The woman died later because of her severe internal injuries. This sparked the anger of the Indians, who turned to protests for the rights of women in India.

Has the middle eastern world also upheld a cause for the rights of women to be respected? There have been. But there are many cases that these were toned down or simply because the males did not allow it. Some cases even included females who were battered by their husbands for petty mistakes and for doing something of their own volition without the permission of their husbands. The phrase “without the permission” says a lot about the Arab treatment of women.

Not all Arab men may possibly act this way, but it is evident that in other countries and cultures, this is the impression of the Middle East men to other women. No wonder that today, the Syrian conflict still continues. Personal gratification, outright selfishness with a history to support it is the main cause of the Middle Eastern problems with equality.

Why Consider Making No Win No Fee Compensation Claims

15. January 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Legal · Tags: , , ,

Today, the number of vehicles manufactured par that of the amount of cars people purchase with easier lending systems and fast-cash repayments. With this particular number of cars in the road, a high-speed run in the highway can be a cause for potential disasters. Personal injuries are not just limited to car accidents; they can also happen while you are at work or doing anything else.

Your insurance companies are the people you hope to save you and so you proceed to make a claim for the injury expenses you’ve come across for your medical bills and property damages. But insurance companies can easily fork you out just because the contract says this is the only limit to their responsibility for you. It seems like all the premiums you paid for your insurance just went out for a measly sum that won’t even pay for any expense properly.

This is when you need the help of a no win no fee compensation claims expert. It is best to go to a reputable company such as the NoWinNoFeeCo.  In ensuring that all the details of your injury claims are considered by your insurance company or the offending party, the claims expert will use their knowledge and expertise in claiming the right amount of compensation for the personal damages you suffered. If your case is lost, you don’t need to pay; this is what the no win no fee basis of service is actually about.

Syria’s Possible Recovery Route: Slow, Yet Problematic

15. January 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Opinions · Tags: , , , ,

Analysts worldwide continue to evaluate the status of Syria and its potential recovery time regardless of which side wins the conflict in the country. The 21-month conflict has claimed almost 60,000 casualties in the duration of the war. Around more than billions of dollars in damages can be estimated from the city bombings and property damage and destruction committed by both sides, according to UN Analysts. Based on existing economic “assets” analysts see that Syria’s growth may be slow, but problematic.

The trouble begins with its establishment of a government. The National Coalition Force, a unity forged by the United States and Arabia for rebels to find a common objective should they win against the regime, will be the ruling government based on democracy. While this new government will be receiving help from the western and Arab communities, investors would also be laying their stake in the government.

However, as much market and economy Syria had in the past, it is non-existent today as properties have become devastated with regime bombings to flush out rebels in many cities. Many small businesses were devastated and some established businesses and investors have made a run for their money in the past, leaving growth and expenditures of the government invested on war efforts.

Post-conflict trauma would also be a problem for many surviving Syrians. A day of mourning lays by the end of the conflict and people will need time to get back to their feet to do their daily business properly. The recovery route would be slow and will be met by resistance, especially the loyalists of the regime.

Asia and the Middle East: Economic Proving Grounds

15. January 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Opinions · Tags: , , , , ,

Financial analysts today say that the world economy will soon rest on the shoulders of Asian countries after showing expanding growth in economy and production in 2012. Europe and the western world continues to struggle with financial deficits and economic troubles as the euro plunges, dragging with it its suppliers and stakeholders. But how does all this do for the Middle East?

The main product supplied by the middle eastern world is oil, manpower and supplies for industrial use. In exchange, the western world delivers modern technologies and other equipment that can help the production of oil become faster and stable. Asia is actually the one that supplies the technological components and designs to the western world who manufactures it. But if soon, the western world fails to deliver, Asia and the Middle East may have to cut out the middle man.

This makes the two economic proving grounds, which can make the Asian countries rise with a formidable economy and allow the Middle East to grow and possibly overpower the west economically. The positive side of this outcome is that Asian and Middle Eastern developing countries can continue to grow and their values become higher for investors all over the world.

Investors in the west continue to invest in Asian markets as economic growth in these areas continue to grow steadily at a high rate. The only trouble is that it might be just fickle, as Europe and the western world is known for its resilience.

Egypt’s Political Problems and the Israel-Gaza Conflict’s Implication to Culture

09. January 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Opinions · Tags: , , , , ,

Clearly, no matter how much the Middle East tries to show its support for democracy, equal rights and the voice of the people, it cannot easily adjust from the status quo to progressing to democracy. Coming from a land where kingdoms, tribes, clans and factions dominated the culture, people had to be on one side to have a sense of belonging and must follow orders, even if it is meant to preserve their group’s solidarity by defeating a rival group. Modern governments may follow the western approach, but clearly, as one expert mentioned it, the ties of factions are deeper than what nationality can offer.

Recently, Egypt was on the verge of a civil war as Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy excluded the monitoring of his presidential decisions by the legal sector until a new constitution is written. This led to the walk-out of many political representatives, leaving Morsy with an Muslim Brotherhood-dominated constitution. This led to chaos in Egypt with people protesting against the domination of the Muslim brotherhood. However, the constitution was trashed as it is subject to the approval of the citizenry itself.

The Israel-Gaza conflict also shows that still, cultural dispute is still alive regardless of years. Israel attacked Gaza by killing its Military head, in which Gaza retaliated, sending Israel to have a few weeks of war and volleyfire exchange against each other. The conflict, though resolved, had left Gaza noticed by the world, and the impending instability in the area.

Will there be peace in an area of the world were the mentality is still patriarchal and people still continue to view themselves as part of a faction or clan that their ancestors once belonged to? It can be possible, but it is yet to be seen given the current situation of the Middle East today.

Learning More About Making Accident Compensation Claims

21. December 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Opinions · Tags: , ,

While you are on the road, you can never ensure anything will go as planned. In the UK alone, car as well as street accidents allege many lives and influence thousands of people each year. Exactly what most folks don’t understand is that they can make personalized accident claims for vehicle accidents. There have been countless instances of street accidents that go unreported or unclaimed. Numerous merely let it pass without understanding of the feasible claims that they could have made. This write-up will go over further the sensitive problem of car accident claims.

Lots of folks that have sustained suffering and pain from accidents produced by car accidents have actually recuperated reasonably with making car accident claims. You obtained to receive this one too specially if you have actually been injured with an accident that was not your own doing. These days, it is lame not to do anything regarding a trauma that’s brought about by another person  recklessness, it is anybody’s right to produce a vehicle accident claim to reimburse if not your psychological distress however the unpleasant injuries you have experienced the accident.

In filing for car accident claims, you must employ compensation solicitor to help you get done along with your claim. A solicitor won’t only aid you handle the party at fault, he will even assist you gather the needed documents for the success of your case but he will certainly even be responsible of processing the claim needs to the legal proceedings of your case. To pick the greatest solicitor, you might check just how outstanding they can be in handling claim situations, thus, there are many accident claims companies, like NoWinNoFeeClaimsCo.org, that are also available online. Refer to exactly how huge their experience is in terms of handling claims especially on the amount of claims they were able to win. You could possibly even think of checking their capability to bring you surmountable volume as compensation.

To go about filing accident claims, you are counted on to take part in the claim procedure. Recall just how the accident took place. Nonetheless, it is better if you were able to create a record describing just how the accident occurred. In the record, include the names of the party at fault, the names of the witnesses, exactly what they all say concerning the accident. You could possibly even take images of them, photos can be beneficial as proof.

After the accident, it is necessary that you must find a specialist to nurse your traumas as well as to check your condition particularly on just how severe the traumas were. Ask for a medical certification or report, you can even utilize this as proof, besides that, keep all the medical receipts as well as prescriptions that you are provided. This could be included up to determine how much you are going to have as compensation from your car accident claims.

However, for accidents to take place abruptly, you’ll typically be handling the original expenses, from fare to medicines however you shouldn’t worry, if your compensation claim will definitely be favoured in court, you’ll certainly be having what you are entitled to plus the a favourable compensation for your injuries and suffering.

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