The Oddyssey

“Almost 60 percent of new businesses fail within the first 5 years in operation. But startups nurtured within an incubator has an 80 percent chance of surviving,” Jim Robbins, an incubation guru who was formerly part of the ford foundation incubation team – the nation’s largest incubator said. At present he is a partner of [...]

“Obviously we have no money, We are going back. We cannot staying here anymore,” Jabbar Sattar said in a tired voice. Jabbar a former Iraqi translator for the US military procurement unit embedded at the Iraqi Defense Ministry in Baghdad came to the US 14 months ago with his wife and two sons. In 2006 [...]

By Poornima Weerasekara in Ambepussa “Kindness will help you make friends,” the bold print hung on a lime green wall is the first thing that grips your attention as one enters the administration building at the Ambepussa rehabilitation centre for ex-child combatants. Tucked away in a lush green alcove, in Wahawita Ambepussa, about two and [...]

MENLO PARK – Mayor Richard Cline recently said that a group of downtown business owners have launched a “silent but stealthy cold war” on two key development projects in the city. Downtown businesses and property owners that have dominated the cityscape for decades are resisting high density office and real estate development along Santa Cruz [...]

Skin scorched, eyes stinging, breathes heavy as lead They marched on for La république They complied and didn’t complain! but what did the “Republic” do to them in return? Years of agony, unknown ailments families suffering, and no compensation? But why – for what? all for the glory of scientific discovery – of the “physiological [...]

There has been a rapid influx of Burmese refugees into the US since 2008 after the Department of Homeland Security decided to ease the regulations on “political asylum seekers” from Burma in late 2007. Earlier they settled in New York, Minneapolis and even Fort Wayne, Texas. But in recent times, more Burmese refugees are being [...]

What changes does the system need to ensure that billions of people are not left behind in poverty? Deforestation, desertification and water issues are at the heart of civil conflicts that have been ravaging in Darfur, Kashmir and many other parts of Africa, Asia ad Latin America for several decades. According to Prof. Jeffery Sachs, [...]

Biopiracy is describes a situations where corporations from the developed world claim ownership of, or otherwise take unfair advantage of, the genetic resources and traditional knowledge and technologies of developing countries. Many developing countries have drawn political and ethical analogies between perceived biopiracy and intellectual piracy, claiming that whilst the developing world is often guilty [...]

The story brought the plight of 400 tsunami affected families from the East coast of Sri Lanka who were thrown out of their temporary shelters. The families, that had occupied the government administrative building in the area were demanding for permanent housing that was promised to them an year ago. Immediately after the story was [...]

Do u feel that so much is happening in the world that u dont know about / don’t have the time to keep track of? Also, do you feel lost when reading some international news cos you don’t know what has happened b4? Strip news (or world news comics) is an attempt to make it [...]