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Dalai Lama says environmental awakening came at 24
Portland :: OR :: USA | 9 days ago
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Ore. (AP) The Dalai Lama kicked off his four-day visit to Portland on Thursday by talking about his first understandings of pollution. The 77-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader sold out two events at the University of Portland , even donning
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Tom Engelhardt: The last empire?
Pacific :: WA :: USA | 12 days ago
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And then there was one. There had never been such a moment: a single nation astride the globe without a competitor in sight. There wasn't even a name for such a state (or state of mind). Superpower had already been used when there were two of them.
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Interview: Lack Of Data On Gay Men Impedes HIV Fight In Central Asia
Tashkent :: Uzbekistan | 12 days ago
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One of the key populations at risk is men who have sex with men (MSM). However, an acute lack of data on the health of that population -- due in large part to intense stigmatization of homosexuality may be obscuring the region's HIV epidemic,
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Where gravel roads may lead
Colorado Springs :: CO :: USA | 17 days ago
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He is a traveler extraordinaire living on the edge with fuel running through his blood. Cormier, 43, is has been visiting BMW motorcycle dealerships across the nation to share his oncein a-lifetime adventure and his book, The University of Gravel
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Most Muslims want sharia law, split on interpretation: study
Many in Muslim world want sharia as law of land This is a new fact revealed in a new study Where there is a study of more than 38,000 Muslims in dozens of countries in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa,
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State Firm to Target Central Asian Drug Trade
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | 19 days ago
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A government commission has agreed to establish a state corporation to turn locals away from drug smuggling by developing economic projects in Central Asia, said Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service. Ivanov, a member of President
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India, Russia agree on Afghan peace, but differ on drawdown
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 20 days ago
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India and Russia have a strong convergence of perceptions of how to move forward [on Afghanistan], External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said after arriving here from Almaty. India and Russia agree that the process of peace and reconciliation
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US urges democratic reform in Central Asia
Tunis :: Tunisia | 22 days ago
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The United States is using the recent uprisings in the Middle East to make the case to authoritarian Central Asian states to undertake democratic reform. The top U.S. diplomat for the region, Robert Blake, said Kyrgyzstan held free elections in
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In Wake Of Boston, Congress Calls For Greater Security Ties With Post-Soviet States
Moscow :: Russia | 22 days ago
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The bombing of the Boston marathon has appeared to whet the appetites of some members of Congress to increase cooperation with post-Soviet governments in taking a strong hand against the threat of Islamist radicals.The House Committee on Foreign
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OMNIVORE: In Central Asia
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | 23 days ago
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From the Fletcher Forum, Aigerim Zikibayeva on Kazakhstan's delicate balancing act . Alfrid Bustanov reviews Soviet and Muslim: The Institutionalization of Islam in Central Asia, 1943-1991 by Eren Murat Tasar. Goodbye Lenin: Eleanor Dalgleish on
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