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INDIAN EXPRESS: Terrorism being fanned to destabilise Indian economy
Posted by DailyBabel at 10 March, 2010, 12:39 pm
Terrorism and militancy are being fanned to destabilise the economy of the country which is at the threshold of a double digit growth, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said.
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THE JAPAN TIMES: ‘Cove’ Oscar won’t end Taiji dolphin kill
Posted by DailyBabel at 10 March, 2010, 12:31 pm
The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as “The Cove” won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin slaughter. But residents of this small port shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it will not end their centuries-old tradition, reports The Japan Times.
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HAARETZ: Biden in West Bank: East Jerusalem construction undermines peace talks
Posted by DailyBabel at 10 March, 2010, 12:22 pm
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a viable independent state with contiguous territory, in an effort to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed East Jerusalem.
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THE NATIONAL: A Fatwa against Terrorism
Posted by DailyBabel at 9 March, 2010, 4:30 pm
For those longing for a moderate Islamic voice vociferating against the perils of fundamentalism and the evils of terrorism, Islamic scholar Dr. Tahir ul Qadri has published his fatwa against terrorism in Abu Dhabi’s The National:
CHINA DAILY: Knocking on the glass ceiling
Posted by DailyBabel at 9 March, 2010, 4:13 pm
Chinese women working full-time are not only longing for economic independence, they are also working for a sense of job satisfaction and fulfillment, a recent survey has found.
It shows that despite their steadily improving social status, 66 percent of working women believe men are favored for promotions and raises, even when they are capable of the same work.
HAARETZ: East Jerusalem construction plan ends Mideast peace talks, says PA
Posted by DailyBabel at 9 March, 2010, 2:52 pm
Israel’s decision to approve new East Jerusalem houses effectively prevents any peace negotiations from taking place, the Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday, following an Interior Ministry statement released earlier authorizing 1,600 new housing units.
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CYPRUS WEEKLY: Ransom for former Cyprus Prez Tassos’ corpse
Posted by DailyBabel at 9 March, 2010, 12:01 pm
Justice Minister Loucas Louca said Tuesday that the culprits responsible for the theft of the remains of former president Tassos Papadopoulos had demanded ransom from his family.
“Ransom was asked for but it was not paid,” said Louca.
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THE SANTIAGO TIMES: While Chile still reels from tremor, Piñera to be inaugurated
Posted by DailyBabel at 9 March, 2010, 11:54 am
Reports from Sao Paulo this weekend confirmed that Brazil’s President Lula da Silva will not be attending the very austere March 11 ceremony in Valparaiso to swear in Chile’s new president Sebastian Piñera, reports The Santiago Times.
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HÜRRİYET: Over 50 dead in Elazığ earthquake as mud-brick buildings collapse
Posted by DailyBabel at 8 March, 2010, 12:52 pm
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit villages in the eastern Turkish province of Elazığ early Monday morning, killing 51 people, injuring 50 and destroying many stone and mud-brick buildings.
The reported dead are concentrated in six villages around the center of the earthquake in the province’s Karakoçan district.
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THE KOREA TIMES: Is Social Unrest in N. Korea Harbinger of Change?
Posted by DailyBabel at 8 March, 2010, 12:43 pm
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A North Korean democracy fighter here found a striking difference before and after the currency reform in the North through phone conversations with citizens carrying out the clandestine mission of reporting what’s going on there.
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NEZAVISIMAYA: The expansion of NATO and Russia’s military doctrine
Posted by DailyBabel at 8 March, 2010, 12:18 pm
Russia’s updated military doctrine mentions the “desire of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to provide its force potential with global functions, the implementation of which goes against international law, to bring the military infrastructure of the NATO member countries to the borders of the Russian Federation, including through the means of expanding the bloc.”
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THIS DAY: Another Massacre hits Nigeria
Posted by DailyBabel at 8 March, 2010, 12:07 pm
Over 200 people, mostly women and children, were murdered in the early hours of yesterday following attacks on Dogo-Na-Hawa, Ratsat and Jeji villages in Foron district, Jos South Local Government Area, Plateau State.
HAARETZ: U.S. vows to assign blame if Israel-PA talks fail
Posted by DailyBabel at 5 March, 2010, 3:12 pm
The United States government has committed to playing a role in indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and promised that if the talks were to fail, the U.S. will assign blame and take action, according to a document sent by the U.S. to the Palestinian Authority, which Haaretz obtained on Friday.
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