Al Jazeera The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion | Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the Afghan Presidential Palace, on th... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Nation Vegetarian food for a healthy you | More and more people are becoming aware of what they eat and its effect on their health as well as the environment around them. | For this reason, local vegetarian Ruth Bru has taken this path for m... (photo: Creative Commons / SauceSupreme)
Chicago Tribune The burqa reminder Since a 2009 trip to Kabul, I have kept a sky-blue burqa in my office as a reminder of the responsibility we have to the women of Afghanistan. | As world leaders gather in Chicago this weekend to disc... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) AfghanistanMilitaryPhotosRightsWikipedia: AfghanistanWomen
Huffington Post Water Enough for All? | All during spring and summer I love to watch the huge fish hawks called Ospreys building up their stick nests, then incubating their eggs, and then raising their chicks. How many chicks, how many Os... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) EarthPeoplePhotosWaterWikipedia: Water
