Bhumika Ghimire

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 33 illegal immigrants on May 8, who were working at new U.S Federal Courthouse site on Richmond, Virginia.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) announced on May 5th that the E-Verify program which helps employers check the immigration and employment eligibility status of job applicants...

Greater Lafayette, Indiana, home to Purdue University has some excellent resources to area senior citizens who don't want to spend their golden years sitting on a rocking chair.

Like they say everything is big in Texas, the fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for democratic nomination in the lone star state is also living up to its hype.

Finally, John McCain has clinched the Republican nomination. The Senator from Arizona managed to get enough delegates to declare victory on Tuesday evening.

Have a book waiting to be published stashed away in your closet or somewhere in your hard drive? Contact these agents who specialize in non fiction books with your proposal.

Tuesday's debate between democratic hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hosted by the Cleveland State University was billed to be "the" debate for Clinton after her 10 straight losses to Barack...

This episode has sparked renewed interest in Obama's past and his upbringing. Check Google's search trend data and you will see the spike in people's interest on Obama's pictures and his church Trinit...

State of Wisconsin is holding Democratic presidential primary today. With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton running neck to neck, at this stage every delegate counts.

From 28-29 November 2007 India will host the 8th India-EU business summit in its capital New Delhi.

Yesterday (November 13) Purdue hosted R.James Woolsey, former CIA director (1993-1995) as a part of 2007-2008 Louis Martin Sears Lecture Series.

short story on a woman who wants to be thin and pretty

Listen to what my mind tells me about the fly.

Reuters reports that, Human Rights Watch is demanding immediate release of eight student editors and activists arrested in Iran. They say that the students were arrested because, allegedly, they made ...

A report released by Save the Children says that about 1.5 million children in the United Kingdom are now living in severe poverty.

Newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reshuffled his government, appointing a Muslim woman, woman of Senegalese heritage as junior ministers, Associated Press reports.

YouTube has now become the way through which indigenous people in forests of Laos and Vietnam letting the world know how they are being persecuted by their respective governments.

According to BBC, 217 forced to work as "slaves" were rescued by the police in Chinese province of Henan.

127 Nepali laborers were deported from Qatar for demanding health insurance and pay raise, Kantipur Online reports.

Egyptian court has ruled that the American University in Cairo cannot ban women students who wear full face Islamic vile or the "niqab", BBC says.

According to Reuters, Singapore's Home Ministry is saying that since 2006, they have arrested five suspected Islamic militants.Four of the five arrested are members of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah(...

Press freedom in Afghanistan is under attack. BBC reports that, three heavily armed men entered into the home of Ms. Zakia Zaki and shot her dead. Ms Zaki, owner of a radio station in the province of ...

Human rights organizations Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Human Rights Watch are among six organizations who contributed to the report.

In Pakistan's remote Khyber agency area, a woman and three men were shot to death after they were pronounced guilty of adultery by the local elders, BBC reports.

How big is the toilet in your home? Can you live in it, for lets say, seven years as if it was your only place of residence? A family in Morocco has been living in a public toilet for last seven years...

The Associated Press has reported that after being threatened by a fundamentalist Islamic group, a group of female TV anchors and employees of Palestinian TV protested against the group and their thre...

A statement released by the US military says that the tank fire was targeted towards insurgents who were planting bombs. The incident occurred in Falluja, west of capital Baghdad. One person is report...

New phase in Nepal-Israel relationship as Nepal has decided to open an embassy in Israel. The two nations established diplomatic relationship on June 1, 1960, and enjoy a very cordial and warm relatio...

Reuters is reporting today (31 May, 2007) that a man and his wife, who worked for the US Embassy in Baghdad, have apparently been kidnapped.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to Reuters, is planning to end smoking in the city by the year 2009.They will be implementing the ambitious plan in a phased manner.

Publications, online or traditional media, who pay for article, regardless of your experience or number of clips you can show them, are easy to find if you have a particular genre or target audience i...

According to Reuters, the Nicaraguan authorities have arrested 69 Chinese immigrants, who were traveling in a boat, trying to enter the US illegally.15 of them were women.

The coffee you are drinking could have a violent history. According to the UN News Agency IRIN, in Burundi, the coffee picking season is when violence against women and children increases, compared to...

U.S Ambassador to Nepal, James F. Moriarty's car was attacked when he was on the way to visit Bhutanese refugee camps in Damak, by members of the Young Communist League (YCL).

According to U.N News service IRIN, teachers in Zimbabwe are now turning to working as sex workers to escape the harsh economic realities. In a country where inflation is astounding 3,700 percent.

With violence in Iraq rising, thousands are fleeing the country. Many are living in refugee camps in neighboring Syria, where officials estimate that more than 700,000 Iraqis have arrived after the US...

When your credit card is stolen, times can be very stressful but with right steps and proper handling you can best deal with the situation. The key is to remain calm and not take rash decisions.

I have heard time and again that it is lot more difficult to sell a book than actually writing one. In today's world where people tend to prefer getting bite size summaries on their iPod or their elec...

When tragedy strikes a nation you cannot escape it, living in the country you have to face it along with your fellow country men and women.

Lay-offs specially in automobile sector has many on edge. Am I going to be next? is in minds of many working class people. is there a way to get out of this and live and work freely without worrying a...

Gone are the days where writers struggled to their words out with pen and paper, now changing times requires a writer to have a computer. If you are a writer planning to buy a laptop computer, here ar...

For all the effort and hard work put into their work by freelance writers, they are not paid well enough and sometimes they are not paid at all. Read this to know how to deal with slow and no-pay clie...

Our obsession with celebrity news has grown over the years and now along with the media, blogs has started to take advantage of this trend.If you Google the term "celebrity news blog" will come up wit...

Diploma Mill, according to Wikipedia, is "an organization that awards academic degrees and diplomas with very little or no academic study, and without recognition by official accrediting bodies".

had a chance to interview Ponzi of Ponzarelli.com. Ponzi who? well..she is is a blog celebrity or "blogberity". Actually, I wanted to post this during the time AC had a contest for blog celebrity int...

With all the negative publicity surrounding Islam and its treatment of women, some people people will find it difficult to believe that there is growing feminist movement within the Islamic world.

According to a research note published by Nucleus Research on Blogging, since it is getting easier to start a blog, bloggers are having a hard time attracting audience and keeping them interested.

my last article for AC was a frustrated writer rambling. i complained about how writing for AC is "stifling" the budding political writer in me. looks like i was not ready to face my demons after all.

I do feel the large emptyness on days I don't write. My mind keeps telling me "get back to work" but my heart keeps pulling away, as if it is not ready to expose itself, lay itself bare to be cut inot...

Africa's children need help and we are in a position to help them.How much do you spend monthly on eating out or going for movie? You save that and contribute it Your little contribution can change so...

Transition words are used to link two ideas. They are also used to tell the reader that the essay or the paragraph is moving (or transitioning) to a different idea. Commonly used transitions are: afte...

Unlike what they show in the media about the "glowing newlywed" or the "still blushing bride", life as a newlywed is an uphill task.

Reading "Start Snitching", a blog described by its creator H.R. as ".....ramblings of a black man from NYC as he informs on ignorance, dodges stereotypes and drops knowledge" I had to change my mind.

What is feminism? Every one has their own definition. For some feminism means wild bra burning women, willing to shatter every fabric of our social structure to be "free" and for some it is just a lic...

You cannot escape the magazines covers with starlets wearing "barely there" clothing and smiling at you provocatively. Stand at line in the grocery store or wait for your turn at the local library che...

I hate getting negative comments, low ratings and those personal attacks. I am a bad writer but sorry to say I can't stop writing.

Out of the talented many, I have my personal favorites. What have they done to be so special? Well one thing is sure; they haven't paid me to write about them.

Why do we have to be nice to people every time? Even when they are not doing anything to deserve it? I am asking this because I am sick of people who show this unflinching niceness, even when the othe...

With the rise in number of people having access to internet and more and more people looking for up to the minute news, online news websites are looking to expand their operations to cash the boom.

An Egyptian man and his ex-wife were sentenced to prison terms and asked to pay restitution for enslaving a 10 year old girl.

We all love great deals but the satisfaction is multiplied if we receive free stuff. Running on tight budget or looking to try a product for the first time, here is a list of websites offering you fre...

This is the first essay in a series of essays and lesson plans to help ESOL students. If you are just beginnig to write English essays, I hope this series helps. This essay talks about the pressure of...

Rush Limbaugh is doing something he does best; talking about something he knows nothing about and attacking people who don't share his opinion.

Ever wondered why Iraq is slipping way in spite of all the efforts and money being spent, well the money is not getting to the right hands. Former Iraqi interim Government is now accused of stealing $...

Is Google funding GOP candidates?

Abu Salem, a gangster who is now in prison in Mumbai has announced that he is going to run for State Assembly election in state of Uttar Pradesh

According to a news report published in BBC.com, Israel has finally admitted that it used phosphorous bomb in the recent conflict with Lebanon.

have my share of friends who I wish I had never met. You can choose friends but what about relatives and cousins? There is no detour from them. Dealing with some very unwelcome people over the years, ...

While shopping for Tihar in Chicago, what struck me was even though I am far away from Nepal, I can still get the "Puja Saman", "Batti" to celebrate the festival in style.

Fighting the war in Afghanistan on the web? Supporting Israel's tactics againt the Palestinians through the web?

No, don't label me a terrorist sympathizer before reading the questions. Yes, I am being "politically incorrect" by daring to ask the Israeli government about its treatment of Palestinians but isn't i...

Living in USA you cannot escape from the celebrity culture. Like the hippie culture of the pats and the gang culture in several parts of the county nowadays, celebrity culture has become a national ma...

Online learning has emerged as a viable option for busy professionals, multi-tasking students and stay at home moms. If you are a fiction writer looking for online learning opportunity you are at the ...

I am not complaining having to write all day. Writing is my absolute passion. But it won't hurt if I could have a life away from my keyboard.

Yes Bill O' Reilly, who hates everyhting word a liberal says is now a doctor specializing in women's health. Why else would he claim that a women's life is never threatened during pregnency, even when...

I am one of those who suffer from debilitating pain during menstruation. Missed work days, picnics, parties, family reunions, I have had it all.

Chris Wallace the host of Fox News Sunday became news himself after that interview with former President Clinton. Frankly, I didn't feel bad for Clinton. But that interview made me think about the sta...

As November election is fast apporaching, voters are getting ready to pick candidates and check if they registered or not. Here is a guide to Democratic Party candidates for Greater Lafayette,Indiana.

According to CNN, 8 Palestinians were killed during two separate incidents. Six were killed and 20 injured in Gaza during an incursion, and two militants were killed in the same city.

The trend of companies and advertisers paying bloggers to write nice things about their product or services is fast rising. Some weeks back I wrote an article listing sites which offer paid blogging o...

So you have been writing for ages and would like to see your column is a recognized newspaper, it is time to look for Syndication Company or an agent.

In an attempt to understand the situation in Afghanistan better, I interviewed Afghan journalist Daud Khan. The online interview session took place on 27th September, 2006.

Yes Dr. Phil show sucks, this from a person who is a regular viewer and visits the show's homepage regularly to get "updates". This realization didn't come suddenly.

I think President Bush is going to win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 for his work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't believe me? Read this to find out.

Katie Couric was hyped to be the ratings magnet, but the sliding ranking suggests something else.

Google announced today that it is buying YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.

Her long arms stretched towards the blue summer sky

She is holding the beacon of freedom

I wander through the path of life
empty pocket, empty heart
My mind filled with strange vibrations

This year's Forbes 50 most powerful women in business list has five minority women. Personally, I see this as a great news and encouragement. It proves that your race, ethnicity cannot hold you back. ...

British Minister Jack Straw does not want Muslim women to wear veil which cover their face. His comments have raised concerns in UK and the row is beginning to get ugly.

am a lousy wife but to tell you truth I am not that bad. I mean, there is no mould in my home, we don't have roaches and there are no spiders running around.

If you thinking about the trouble in Iran began or trying to understand why the people of Iran don't trust USA, you have to read this book, "All The Shah's Men" to find out.

The Nepali Hindu society has now entered a defining moment in history. After the nations' historic April revolution, which essentially brought down the monarchy and declared the nation secular, the pe...

Illegal immigration has been something of a national pastime now. Everyone has an opinion and plan about it, except for the government.

With blogging now becoming mainstream activity, advertisers are targeting them to take their message to the untapped online audience.

Irshad Manji, author of controversial book "The Trouble with Islam Today" has been called "Osama bin-Laden's worst nightmare" by the New York Times and "one of three women creating a positive change ...

If you are cleaning your closet and have some extras to shed off then donating to charities is a good idea. Your donation helps someone in need and adds some good Karma points to your spiritual resume...

What plagues Afghanistan? Well a simple answer would be to say everything under the sun. But understanding the issues plaguing the nation is not that simple.

Spain's Canary Island, which lies 70 miles, off Morocco's southwestern coast, has seen large influx of migrants from neighboring Africa.

During the recent crises in the Middle East the issue of Palestinian being held in Israeli prisons and their human rights gained lot of media attention.

Hugo Chavez. The President of Venezuela has turned out to be quiet a foe of the United States. He has managed to be friends with Iran and Cuba, and form a "We hate US" alliance.

Nepal, the mystical mountain Kingdom has fascinated people around the world. The snow capped mountains, jungles teeming with wildlife, fast flowing rivers and gorgeous valleys make the country one of ...

Purdue's Jewish studies program organizes lecture series every semester, which is free and open to public. Issues presented in the series range from "King Hussein and Israel" to "Living on Writer's Bl...

With mid term elections in November fast approaching, the Bush administration is trying hard to silence its detractors. But it doesn't seem to be working.

Getting a divorce is a painful decision for every couple, unless of course they have some really bad situation between them. In this article I have tried to present some information on getting divorce...