A Rebel Stronghold in Myanmar on Alert

History of Azad Jammu & Kashmir

By: voiceofkashmir

After the Partition of India in 1947, the princely states were given the option of joining either India or Pakistan. However, Hari Singh, the maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, wanted Jammu and Kashmir to remain independent. In order to buy some time, he signed a stand-still agreement, which side-stepped the agreement that each princely state would ...

about 1 month ago

No ease with Chinese

By: sufferingsocrates

The past few months has seen some unusual posturing  by India on the international stage, especially against China. There are a lot of factors backing India's new found confidence. India has come out largely unscathed from the economic recession, posting a strong growth of over 6% thus far in the preceding quarters. That the Indian ...

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Germany arrests top Rwanda rebels

By: BiodunIginla

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Search term http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-4639072/aHR0cDovL2

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Eastern DR Congo: Surge in Army Atrocities

By: chnarendra

Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the UN peacekeeping force in Congo, MONUC, to immediately suspend its ...

about 1 month ago