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President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are launching two days of high-stakes meetings expressing confidence that they can make progress.
Obama...
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The Sri Lankan Government is trying to siphon off millions of pounds of humanitarian aid by imposing a 0.9 per cent tax on all funding for aid groups, including the...
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Ethiopia’s Hamer people, a long isolated, pastoral warrior tribe, are increasingly opening up to tourists, a move some fear could endanger age-old traditions with...
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The U.S. government has been plunging deeper and deeper into debt, and the White House expects the budget deficit to get close to $2 trillion by the end of the...
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The Defence Department has confirmed it is investigating claims Australian sailors engaged in a sex-for-money competition.
Channel Seven News aired claims sailors from...
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The circumstances were not promising. Mr. Scott, 20, was awaiting sentencing for drug possession and robbery, but he was allowed supervised release from jail in May to...
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Two days ago a Doctor Mother Roopa Kupuri injected her four year old twin daughters with doses of poison killing them and than tried to kill herself by injecting the...
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Arms will not be given to civilians in the restive areas of the Malakand Division as the provincial government of NWFP has withdrawn its decision to arm civilians...
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There’s a whole lot of bitchy people wandering Mexico today. Of course not everyone is feeling irritable, but the ones who forgot about the infamous pre-election...
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The Press is reporting that migrant workers made redundant are being forced out of New Zealand in droves or ending up destitute on the streets. Mike Bell, director of...
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There is nothing wrong with the investigation. But aren’t we aware of the fact that in our country it’s very to harass individuals/institutions via fake cases? No...
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Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, chairman of the Sindh National Front, has accused Punjab of stealing Sindh’s irrigation water from Chashma and Taunsa link canals. He told visitors...
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The worry over Swine flu has lead Tunisian officials to prevent some citizens from making the Omra this years and raised the question as to whether the Hajj should be...
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At the coming G-8 Summit hosted in Italy, a gathering of the seven most wealthiest democracies and Russia, the nations of France, Russia and India intended to discuss...
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It makes perfect sense that Saudi Arabia and Israel would both form an alliance...in secret, of course. Both nations share a lot in common: a ideology of hate at the...
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It is what the far-right, war-mongering government in Israel has always sought: a green light from the United States to attack Iranian nuclear installations.
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How did you spend the Fourth of July? Maybe having a BBQ with friends and family, watching a fireworks show, and generally enjoying a happy patriotic holiday?...
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China said a riot that shook the capital of the western Xinjiang region killed 140 people and the government called the ethnic unrest a plot against its power,...
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Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because the runway was blocked by groups of soldiers with military vehicles,...
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The Jordanian authorities have once again made it clear which side they support in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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In helping others, Myanmar’s saffron-robed Buddhist monks have helped themselves.The monks’ critical role in providing relief after Cyclone Nargis has...
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Move over Madonna, because a group of modest monastery monks have rocketed into the Top 10 in Germany’s charts with an album of Gregorian chants. The album “Chant -...
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China reiterates that it had ruled Tibet for centuries but Tibetans say their country was independent during that era.
According to a latest report by Human Rights...
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If you are looking for a handy phone that is simple, elegant and easy to handle, you may want to try the new Buddha’s theme for Nokia N73. It has 24-karat gold...
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China on Tuesday accused “Tibet independence forces” of planning to use suicide squads to trigger bloody attacks — the latest in a string of accusations...
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Life has been hard as ever. No change or hope has come yet to us.
People no longer talk about politics for fear of arrest, accusations, safety and other frightening...
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Like so many Chinese, Meng Huizhong was horrified by the violent Tibetan protests in Lhasa. She cringed at videos of Tibetan rioters attacking a Chinese motorcyclist....
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India is engaged in a diplomatic tightrope walk vis a vis China ever since large-scale protests erupted in Tibet on March 10, the 49th anniversary of Tibetan uprising...
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Toting banners bearing images of atrocities allegedly committed by the Chinese against Tibetans and bellowing “stop the torture” and “free Tibet” through...
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Ranajit Guha started the subaltern studies group long ago in Switzerland. He and his cohorts curiously left out itinerant monks, Christian nuns and sadhus in general...
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# Support for an independent Tibet and boycott of Olympic Games is growing.
# China so far has done their level best to portray itself in the positive light; however,...
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The world is watching. That’s how the international reaction to the simmering protests in Tibet can be best described. The uproar has reared its head in...
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AP, Beijing
Tibet’s Buddhist monks are normally known for their spiritual detachment. But the impassioned protests they have led this week against Chinese rule follow years...
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We Burmese celebrated January 4 as the 60th anniversary of country’s independence from United Kingdom. However, the question is haunting our minds that are we really...
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AP, Moncks Corner
A monastery will halt its egg farming business after claims by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that the trappist monks mistreated hens.Father Stan Gumula of...
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Nothing holy ever makes headlines. Some of us even call ourselves liberal humanists without realizing that those great Europeans one takes pride in were all very holy...
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The whole Asian continent is going through a tough phase now-a-days. Political and violent upheavals are the marked features of this week. As Pakistan is to face the...
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The ongoing political turmoil in the streets of Rangoon - due to marching monks - signifies a fresh attempt for the freedom in the country, dragging UN’s special...
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Thai Buddhist monks hold posters as they protest under a sign opposing Thai Beverage’s plan to list on the Thai bourse outside the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) building Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Hundreds of Buddhist monks and...
