Contributor ReportsU.S. Still Running Secret Prison in Afghanistan
Source: International Herald Tribune
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Nov 28 13:17:17 -0800 2009 | political-news
Afghanistan An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to human rights researchers and former detainees held at...
Mumbai victims to be remembered locally
Source: Star-Bulletin
Mumbai :: India | updated Sat Nov 28 03:47:31 -0800 2009 | political-news
Chabad of Hawaii will hold a memorial service tomorrow for victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, a year ago. Local speakers and a televised broadcast with international dignitaries will be featured in the 9:30 a.m. program at the Chabad...
Pakistani president turns over nuclear authority
Source: Seattle Times
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated Sat Nov 28 09:24:36 -0800 2009 | political-news
Pakistan's president relinquished command of its nuclear arsenal and signaled he was ready to shed more power as he faces growing pressure to resign. The move came as an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari and thousands of others from...
Twin cities giving deserted look
Source: The Frontier Post
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated Sat Nov 28 07:23:55 -0800 2009 | political-news
The twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi are giving a deserted look as majority of people have left for their native hometown to celebrate Eid-ul- Azha. Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are rendering services in government, semi-government and different...
Blood is not thicker in the Thackeray parivar
Source: Daily News & Analysis
Mumbai :: India | updated Sat Nov 28 11:27:26 -0800 2009 | political-news
He said, "Between 1966-2009, he may have weathered many political storms but what is going on within the family is bound to have an impact." He added, "When Meenatai (wife of Bal Thackeray) was alive, there was always a sense...
They label me outcast --
Source: Trinidad Express
Pune :: India | updated Fri Nov 27 20:17:44 -0800 2009 | political-news
Saturday, November 28th 2009 To die before the world knows you are alive is an existence Asha Zechariah knows all too well...Reluctantly, she has come to terms with an eerie reality that death could be a happier place. ’Experiencing dominance...
A strained restraint
Source: Financial Times
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated Fri Nov 27 14:10:46 -0800 2009 | political-news
Headley cut a dash whenever he passed through India on business. The 49-year-old son of a Pakistani diplomat and American socialite patronised elite establishments and mingled in high society during his nine visits in the past three years, ostensibly while...
Eid-ul-Azha today
Source: Jang.com.pk
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated Sat Nov 28 06:57:48 -0800 2009 | political-news
Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated today (Saturday) throughout the country with religious zeal and fervour in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice offered by Hazrat Ibrahim Khalilullah (AS) and his son Hazrat Ismail Zabiullah (AS) in the fulfilment of the divine order....
Petrol bombs hurled at Elangovan’s Chennai home
Source: Hindu
Chennai :: India | updated Sat Nov 28 11:36:33 -0800 2009 | political-news
Petrol bombs were hurled at the home of senior Congress leader E.V.K.S...Three persons belonging to the ‘Nam Thamizhar Movement’ headed by film director Seeman were arrested in connection with the attack...According to police sources, three bottles filled with petrol exploded...
Op-Ed Contributor: India’s Eternal Crisis
Source: International Herald Tribune
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated Sat Nov 28 18:16:59 -0800 2009 | political-news
Published: November 28, 2009 Mashobra, India ON the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, I hurried through a dark apple orchard to the nearest television in this Himalayan village. My landlord opened his door reluctantly, and then appeared unmoved by the...
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