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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told chief ministers from 29 Indian states to end exploitation of tribal people.
Speaking at a conference in Delhi, Mr Singh said there had been a “systematic failure” to give tribal people a stake in India’s...
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Maureen Dowd’s New York Times column this week details the fall of outgoing White House council Greg Craig, and drops an interesting tidbit concerning Caroline...
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The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks and representatives of almost 300 alleged victims of clergy abuse have agreed on a settlement of almost $10 million.
The agreement...
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Each day at five, staff members of the Humane Society of Elkhart County close the animal shelter and hold a meeting. And each day, like clockwork, they begin hearing a...
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When he talks to the nation next week about his Afghanistan strategy, President Obama will face the central challenge of explaining why he is escalating an...
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Lincoln University students now have one more hurdle to pass before they graduate: losing weight. According to a recently instituted requirement, university students...
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Phillip Carter, the top detainee affairs policy appointee at the Pentagon, has quit his post after just seven months on the job, a Defense Department spokesman said...
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Indian intelligence agencies launched a comprehensive media and psychological warfare against Pakistan prior to their Prime Minister Visit to USA. In this connection,...
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Barack Obama will wipe out his efforts to save the US economy if he sends more troops to Afghanistan, a senior Democrat warned last night.
David Obey, chairman of the...
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Federal officials on Monday unsealed terrorism-related charges against men they say were key actors in a recruitment effort that led roughly 20 young Americans to join...
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These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother’s one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap...
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President Barack Obama is expected to announce a “sizeable force” increase in US troops for Afghanistan early next week, tentatively December 1, according...
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The U.S. president began his term with high expectations in the Middle East. Even prior to his inauguration, many Arabs and Muslims expected that given President...
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A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth...
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Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren’t met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders...
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The United States will make $1.3 billion available for a program that rewards Afghanistan’s anti-Taliban militias with development money, according to unnamed...
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One Tree Hill’s Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols are spending their Thanksgiving holiday this year fulfilling exactly what the holiday is about; giving thanks to...
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After the House of Representatives’ historic passing of a health care reform bill, the U.S. Senate now is under pressure by the White House and fellow liberals to...
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A new study shows just how much of a no-brainer it is for politicians for legalize marijuana use. The American “War on Drugs” has been futile and...
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The skeptics have seized upon e-mails stolen from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in Britain as evidence that scientific data have been...
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A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was...
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“Being born a scheduled caste is the biggest curse for me”. The last words of Pappu Singh Darnal, a 46 year old school teacher in Darjeeling were found...
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Since the time I began to think several years ago I have often heard several things in all kinds of fora. “Women are being oppressed”, “women are...
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It is eerie how disparate news items are — if you examine closely — related to each other in a manner that provides interesting insights.
First came the news...
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Still traumatized, she recounts the events that led her to a safe house in Kabul.
She was raped and nearly stabbed to death by her husband just seven days before we...
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Israel’s army is changing. Once proudly secular, its combat units are now filling with those who believe Israel’s wars are “God’s...
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On the eve of the Israeli school year’s start on Tuesday, recent Ethiopian immigrant Ayenew Belay didn’t know whether his 7-year-old son Avi would be...
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George Bernard Shaw once said, “Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.” (Remember Lasantha?). One is also reminded of words of the 19th century poet...
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Yesterday, I was sitting home, watching my favorite news channel, where a news report showed a reporter roaming the streets of Jerusalem, close to the area of the...
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A United Nations envoy slammed Australia’s military-led intervention in remote Aboriginal communities and said racism was “entrenched” in the country,...
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In 1948, Zionist terrorist militias forcibly evicted or forced into flight out of fear of death over 800,000 Palestinians to establish a Jewish majority in a land...
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Of course, everyday I could write a post titled as such for everyday the state of Israel makes Palestinian children cry as it kills their parents, siblings, relatives...
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Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Amir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Zeenat Aman, Arshad Warsi and now Emraan Hashmi…the list is swelling with each passing day. They are celebrities...
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It is hard to wonder a world with Australia’s researches.
Just released, results of survey on how ethnic names affect employment opportunities in Australia hardly...
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1) Starving nations won’t accept your ship with 77 tons of humanitarian aid.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has turned away a Mexican ship carrying...
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Britain’s army of naturists find themselves battling on the sandy and shingled margins to protect a cherished way of life. Ban on Britain’s longest-serving...
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There is this ‘joke’ going around on the web. An American went visiting India. On his return his NRI friend asks him how he found...
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And they say Israel isn’t an apartheid state!
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The Hashmira Israeli Railways project sent on Sunday letters to some 100 Arab workers...
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THEIR face is their fortune. Lipsticks and powder are their regular items. Their ill-fitted blouses and colourful saris make them awesomely unique as they walk the...
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This blog has turned into a “Dear Abby” mailbox the last few days, but with letters like these you can see why!
Here is a woman who should run for Prime...
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FILE - TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED DISCRIMINACION DE BLANCOS - In this April 18, 2002 file photo, Police officer Ron Wood, left, with his lawyer Gregory W. Smith, addresses the media in the civil court building in Los Angeles, after winning a reverse...
