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Clashes hit German anti-Islam rally Scuffles have broken out after about 1,600 people demonstrated against a rally held by a group opposing the building of a mosque in the German city of Cologne. The rally, held by Pro Koeln, a right-wing group, led to violence after left-wing demonstrators demanded entry to it on Saturday, saying it had …
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“Miliband and Kouchner went speechless” when questioned on duplicity treating terrorism, says Al-jazeera By: Walter Jayawardhana
David Miliband and Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Ministers of United Kingdom and France refused to answer questions by Al Jazeera correspondent, David Charter about the duplicity of their governments in treating terrorism in Sri Lanka in contrast to that of Iraq and Afghanistan, the news channel said. In a broadcast which was also put up in their web Al Jazeera correspondent …
Read More »Inside the glass house By Thalif Deen at the United Nations
NEW YORK – When civilians get killed in conflicts in Sudan, Zimbabwe or Sri Lanka, the United Nations predictably raises hell. But when civilians are victims of domestic insurgencies or military conflicts involving the five big powers — the US, Britain, France, China and Russia (plus Israel) — the Security Council invariably remains silent or paralysed. The UN has …
Read More »India’s hand in Nepal crisis
With power comes arrogance. With arrogance comes a desire to impose one’s will on the weak, or in international relations, an itch to interfere in the affairs of other nations. Often arrogance leads to the downfall of the high and the mighty. History teaches us this lesson. The United States, during the administration of President George W. Bush demonstrated its …
Read More »Slaughter first, then apologize
It is simply not good enough for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to “deeply” regret the slaying this week of over 100 innocent Afghan civilians, including some 20 children, near Farah in western Afghanistan. Nor is it acceptable for American commanders to repeat the mantra that they do everything in their power to minimize euphemistically named “collateral damage” — …
Read More »Islamic Finance Today earns a leading place Internationally
Islamic Finance Today (IFT), a quarterly magazine exclusively devoted to the Islamic Finance and Banking industry which is published in Sri Lanka has earned a top place among other leading Islamic financial publications worldwide. A recent research report titled Islamic Finance and Economics as Reflected in Research and Publications by Dr.Nazim Ali of Harvard Law School, Massachusetts lists Islamic Finance …
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