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Myanmar accused of bias in population control policy
NEW DELHI — A watchdog group Tuesday called on Myanmar's government to immediately revoke a population-control policy that blocks members of the minority Rohingya Muslim community from having more than two children, saying the newly revived...Tags: International Law, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Politics, Buddhism
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Declaring the 9/11 era over
WASHINGTON — President Obama wisely avoided the phrase "mission accomplished" in his major speech last week about the "war on terror," but columnists aren't obliged to be so circumspect: It is time to declare victory and get on with our lives....Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Culture
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Northern Myanmar city calm after latest communal violence
ReutersYANGON, May 29 (Reuters) - The city of Lashio in northern Myanmar was calm on Wednesday, residents said, after violence between Buddhists and Muslims the previous evening that highlighted the tension between the two communities after deadly unrest over...Tags: Thein Sein, Illegal Immigrants, Buddhism, Islam, Burma
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It takes two to end a war
"This war, like all wars, must end. That's what history advises. That's what our democracy demands." -- President Barack Obama at National Defense University, May 23, 2013 They say all is fair in love and war (I'm skeptical), but that doesn't mean war...Tags: Terrorism, Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda, Politics, North Korea
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Multiple bombings kill more than 50 in Iraq
BAGHDAD — In apparently coordinated attacks, at least 10 bombings shattered Iraqi neighborhoods Monday, killing at least 53 people, injuring more than 200 and contributing to fears that the country's tenuous hold on security is slipping away....
Tags: Bombings, Crisis, Explosions, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Church of Scotland needs to take further action to end its war on Judaism
In a recent, exhaustive study of anti-Semitism, the German scholar Clemens Heni explains the significance for Christian theology of the story of Ahasver, a Jewish shoemaker in Jerusalem who, legend has it, refused Jesus a resting place as he made his...Tags: Reformed, Christianity, Jerusalem (Israel), Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Religious freedom under attack
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in...
Tags: Pakistan, U.S. Department of State, Human Rights, Civil Rights, U.S. Congress
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Libya denies Niger attacks launched from its territory
Reuters* Many countries fear southern Libya a haven for militants * Niger says last week's deadly attacks came from there * Prime minister says Libya does not export "terrorism" BRUSSELS, May 27 (Reuters) - Libya dismissed on Monday Niger's assertion that the...Tags: Libya, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Tripoli (Libya), Muammar Gaddafi
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The president's walk-back: A pink line over Damascus?
WASHINGTON - You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New...
Tags: Barack Obama, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Iranians protest desecration of Syrian shrine
TEHRAN -- Iranians took to the streets Friday in the latest protest against the desecration last week by Syrian rebels of an ancient Shiite shrine outside Damascus, the Syrian capital. "We have to show our anger," declared Ebrahim Jalili, 80, a carpet...Tags: Politics, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Father of fallen Navy SEAL Team VI SEAL visits Flight 93 Memorial
On Aug. 5, 2011 Billy and Karen Vaughn lost their son Aaron Vaughn, Navy SEAL Team VI member, in a helicopter crash. The Chinook helicopter was named Extortion 17. Recently Billy visited another crash site commemorating other brave Americans, who gave...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam, Transportation Accidents, White House
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May 10, 2013
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