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  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar, speak to journalists following their bilateral meeting on Sep. 21. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 2012 (IPS) – When world leaders heading politically shaky authoritarian regimes lead their country’s delegations on overseas visits or attend international …

  Flutist Eileen Ain performs a musical interlude at the opening session of the General Assembly’s High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider   UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 2012 (IPS) – Amidst growing political tensions in the Islamic world over a video caricature of the Prophet Muhammad originating in the United States, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is …

No Prophet had been reviled so much as Prophet Muhammad, and no book had been  scathingly attacked as the Holy Quran. Why! Why! " Nobody kicks a dead horse" – "The tree that bears the most number of fruits gets the largest number of stones."         Do not panic Brothers and Sisters for Allah says " THIS IS MY BOOK AND I WILL …

An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam's Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and …

IN POLITICS AND SELF INTEREST THERE ARE NO PERMANENT FRIENDS OR ENEMIES. READ HOW YESTERDAY'S TERRORISTS BECOME TODAY'S FRIENDS.  Yemeni Jihadist personally trained by Bin Laden   A militant who fought alongside Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and is now the leader of a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in South Yemen has struck a deal with the United States and Saudi …

Washington reportedly sends Tehran indirect message saying it will not back Israeli strike on nuclear facilities as long as Iran refrains from attacking American facilities in Persian Gulf    The United States has indirectly informed Iran, via two European nations, that it would not back an Israeli strike against the country's nuclear facilities, as long as Tehran refrains from attacking …