Bangladesh Considering Abondoning Islam Jennifer Newton Bangladesh could drop Islam

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Bangladesh considering abandoning Islam Jennifer Newton Bangladesh could drop Islam as the country's official religion following a string of extremist attacks against people of other faiths. The supreme court in the South Asia nation has began to hear arguments which challenge Islam's status as the official state religion. It comes after a spate of attacks against people of other religi

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Kashmir: Trouble in Paradise - The “killing fields” of Kashmir

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So much for Ban Ki-moon’s heart and possibly even more so his soul.  One can only recall the quote in Matthew and the betrayal of Jesus, “When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves."  The Unite

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India Maoist rebels kill 10 soldiers in Bihar The Maoist insurgency

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India Maoist rebels kill 10 paramilitary soldiers in Bihar - The Maoist insurgency has been described as India's biggest security threat. Ten soldiers have been killed in a clash between security forces and Maoist rebels in India's eastern Bihar state, police say. At least five other soldiers were injured in the battle in Aurangabad district late on Monday. Maoist rebels have ca

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Kashmir: Trouble in Paradise - India has become its own worst enemy.

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So much for Ban Ki-moon’s heart and possibly even more so his soul.  One can only recall the quote in Matthew and the betrayal of Jesus, “When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves."  The Unite

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China’s Silk Road leaves India stranded in its region

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China’s Silk Road leaves India stranded in its region M.K. Bhadrakumar The Chinese foreign ministry has announced that the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will pay an official visit to China starting April 6. The expectations in Colombo are that the four-day visit will advance the Sino-Lankan relations &ld

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Chhattisgarh Is Burning: Where's The Outrage? where is the mass outrage?

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Two days back, my dear friend, a fellow journalist called me up in the middle of the night, visibly disturbed after reading Rana Ayyub’s much acclaimed book, “Gujarat Files.” She was unable to come to terms with the fact that despite the circumstantial, documented and well pronounced evidences against those who carefully orchestrated the Godhra riots, why there is no outrage a

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Bangladesh to ban Jamaat-e-Islami

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Bangladesh to ban Jamaat-e-Islami DHAKA: A bill would be placed in the ongoing parliament session to ban the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami, the party accused of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, says Bangladesh Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq. “Jamaat-e-Islami is a war criminal party because they opposed the

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32 Session UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

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Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon presented and documented ITEM 4 at a general debate at UN Human Rights Council 32nd Session United Nations Human Rights Council Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy ITEM 4 General Debate Presenter: Awatar Singh Sekhon Mr President I am speaking on behalf of my organization to inform y

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Pakistan Defence budget Pakistan- Myths and Reality

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Pakistan Defence Pakistan budget- Myths and Reality By Farrukh Saleem Myth 1: Our defence budget eats up the lion’s share of the total budgetary outlay.   Fact: The total outlay of Budget 2016-17 is Rs4,897 billi

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Brahmins Attack Kancha Ilaiah , A Dalit Writer, Activist And Philosopher

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Brahmins Attack Kancha Ilaiah , A Dalit Writer, Activist And Philosopher By P Victor Vijay Kumar   It was a cloudy afternoon. Wind was blowing over the shadows of fig trees. He asked me to see him at 1.30, when hunger was blazing along with the summer. The simmering heat in the University campus

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