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May, 2009

  • 15 May

    Varun: A Product of India’s Political System By Hameed Abdul Karim

      There he was ole Lal Khrishnan. Advani on TV doing the rounds in one of the many slums of the high tech state of India giving one the impression he is a saint on holiday from heaven all too eager to take the first flight back to his heavenly abode after he sorts out India’s problems. Yes you guessed …

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  • 14 May

    Anti-Islam Rally Being Neutralized. From Aljazeera.

      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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  • 14 May

    “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 …

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  • 11 May

    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 …

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  • 11 May

    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 …

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  • 11 May

    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” — …

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  • 8 May

    Chicken a la Carte by: Ferdinand Dimadura

    This film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live on the refuse of men to survive. What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left this people [hana-flv-player video="https://sailanmuslim.com/news/wp-content/themes/newspress/clips/05-09/Chicken.flv" width="400" …

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