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Sri Lanka: E-Swabhimani Awards
Global Voices Online —
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Chulie de Silva writes about the E-Swabhimani awards organized by the Information Communication Agency (ICTA), which honors Sri Lanka’s digital content developers/producers. The blogger also highlights some of the nominated projects.6 hours ago -
India: Climate Change And The Role Of Government
Global Voices Online —
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Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteer Nicola Macnaughton opines that the Indian government’s lack of involvement in tackling climate changes “raises serious concerns about equity, justice, and human rights in a country which is widely acknowledged as the world’s ‘largest democracy.”6 hours ago -
India: Dalai Lama And The Relationship With China
Global Voices Online —
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Kochuthresiamma at ParelTank comments on Dalai Lamas visit in Arunachal Pradesh and Indias relationship with China: “Too many things have been happening between India and China in the past few months – the incursions, the dam, issuing separate visas to Kashmiris by China, protesting against Prime Minister ...7 hours ago -
Pakistani forces find passport of 9/11 suspect
Talk Vietnam —
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Pakistani forces found a passport of an Islamist militant linkedto two hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks during anoffensive against Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border, a TVstation said on Thursday. The passport of Said Bahaji, a German of Moroccan origin, wasamong documents, weapons and jihadi ...8 hours ago -
Pakistan troops killed in attacks
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At least 10 Pakistani soldiers are killed in separate attacks in Mohmand tribal district, close to the border with Afghanistan.8 hours ago -
The BRIC Temptation
PSD Blog - The World Bank Group —
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My final posts on Crisis Talk addressed issues concerning capital flows and emerging markets (see here and here ). As most of the world emerges from the crisis, the demand for safe investments, such as American and European government bonds, has diminished. This has been exacerbated by negligible interest ...8 hours ago -
Clinton urges 2010 election for Burma
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While speaking today at a news conference in Singapore (where, as seen above, shes attending the APEC summit ), Secretary Clinton urged Burma to plan for "free, fair, and credible" elections in 2010. She also pointed out that its in other countries interests to have a stable Burma, saying, "Any country that ...9 hours ago -
GP Koirala’s health improving
Thaindian News —
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Kathmandu, Nov 11 (ANI): The health of former Nepal Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala who has been kept under medical observation, is gradually improving, doctors said today.Koirala was admitted to the Sahid Gangalal Rastriya Hridaya Kendra after his health became critical.According to ...14 hours ago -
Zardari received millions as kickback in French submarine deal: Report
Thaindian News —
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Islamabad, Nov.11 (ANI): Trouble for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari seems to be expanding with each passing day as he has now been accused of receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks during the purchase of three submarines from France in 1994.According to a report in a leading French newspaper, investigations ...14 hours ago -
Relatives perform last rights of Charsadda bomb suicide attack victims
Thaindian News —
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Islamabad, Nov.11 (ANI): A day after a suicide bomb killed 34 persons, including three women and six children, in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province’s (NWFP) Charsadda town, hundreds of people attended the funeral of the victims.People performed the last rights of their near and dear ones.Relatives of the ...14 hours ago -
Pak Senate demands ban of Indian television channels
Thaindian News —
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Islamabad, Nov.11 (ANI): The Pakistan Senate’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has called for a complete ban of Indian television channels in the country.During a meeting, members of the committee raised concerns over the free broadcast of Indian channels in the country, saying they were ruining ...14 hours ago -
Chinese student runs naked across campus to protest power cuts!
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): A Chinese student devised a new way to attract the attention of the authorities over frequent power cuts in the dorm - he ran across the campus completely naked.Hu Huakai, an international trade major at Zhejiang Gongshang University, in Hangzhou, stranded his car on the campus’ busiest ...14 hours ago -
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Strike in bomb-hit Pakistan town
A Couple Things —
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This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . A strike is held in the Pakistani town of Charsadda to mourn at least 32 people killed in a bombing on Tuesday.14 hours ago -
Shah Faisal Mosque – Islamabad – Pakistan
Dummidumbwit's Weblog —
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Shah Faisal Mosque Islamabad – Pakistan The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when overtaken in size by ...14 hours ago -
Pakistan – CORRECTED: Pakistani Taliban vow tough guerrilla war (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
Global News Blog Headlines —
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CORRECTED: Pakistani Taliban vow tough guerrilla war (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News) PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban have started a guerrilla war against the army and will wage a tough, protracted fight in the insurgents’ South Waziristan stronghold, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday. Blast rocks ...16 hours ago -
China: Sino-Indian tension and Dalai Lama
Global Voices Online —
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China Matters has an article looking into the Sino-Indian tension against the background of Dalai Lamas recent visits to Tawang and Nepal.17 hours ago -
Reflections: South Asian Pecking Order
TheSouthAsianIdea Weblog —
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There is a sentence in Julian Barnes’s review of two novels by Maupassant (1850-1893) that struck me with unusual force and I wish to use it to reflect on our societal values in South Asia. Barnes is talking about four pages in one of the novels that describe Parisian salons, “the tactics of the women who run ...21 hours ago -
Sathya Sai Baba and Sexual “Grooming” of Boys and Young Men
Call For Media and Government Investigation —
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Shortly before Christmas 1997, a highly capable and lovely person,with whom I worked among orphans at Puttaparthi, Maria Quoos , a Polish film and stage actress and businesswoman, came anxiously to me . She is now leader of the Polish Sathya Sai Organization. Ms Quoos brought a married Polish man in ...23 hours ago -
Sri Lanka Conflict Monitor – Australia to aid Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation (The Courier Mail)
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Australia to aid Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation (The Courier Mail) AUSTRALIA will help Sri Lanka “rehabilitate” its northern and eastern provinces in an attempt to reduce the flow of people fleeing the aftermath of the conflict with the Tamil Tigers. Sri Lanka: SLN arrests 18 Tamil Nadu fishermen in the islets of ...1 day ago -
India: Women Farmers Stand Against Climate Change
Global Voices Online —
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A group of women in India have demonstrated that despite the existing gender inequity and their low economic status, they can become a powerful resource to tackle climate change and reduce the emissions that cause it. In India, the most vulnerable populations to climate change — impoverished communities and ...1 day ago
