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Black October in Indian Occupied Kashmir

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“The will of Kashmiris is the supreme law in Kashmir,” said Mahatma Gandhi. “We are committed to abide by the decision of the people of Kashmir, whatever it might be. We are committed secondly to a plebicite (promised and agreed in UNSC resolution). If the people of Kashmir decide to remove or do away with [...]

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The verdict on Ayodhya: a historian's perspective- Romila Thapar

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The court has declared that a particular spot is where a divine or semi-divine person was born and where a new temple is to be built to commemorate the birth. The verdict claims that there was a temple of the 12th Century AD at the site which was destroyed to build the mosque — hence [...]

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3 Questions on Ayodhya

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The fate of the 60-year-old civil case for the title of the disputed 16th century Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, will be likely to be decided on September 24, 2010. The Hindu claims the site to be exact birth spot of Lord Ram and call it as Ramjanmabhoomi, the Muslim claim that it [...]

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Russia's new-generation frigate

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The Admiral Sergei Gorshkov frigate will be floated out on Friday, a Russian Navy spokesman said. “It is planned that the sea trials of the ship constructed using the latest methods in shipbuilding will begin in 2011,” the spokesman said. The warship is part of an upgrade program of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The Admiral [...]

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Climate Geoengineering: America's WMDs

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NAGOYA, Japan — Delegates to the world summit on biodiversity here are calling for a moratorium on climate engineering research, like the idea of putting huge mirrors in outer space to reflect some of the sun’s heating rays away from the planet. Geo-engineering fixes for climate change include placing mirrors in space that reflect sunlight [...]

Climate Geoengineering: America's WMDs

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Sweden's Islamphobic SDs hidden agenda: Anti-Semitism

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Observers have noted with alarm the growing assertiveness of Europe’s far Right and the political legitimacy it has come to enjoy in many countries on the back of an increasingly anti-immigrant public mood. Post-war Europe has experienced Right-inspired social tensions before but this is thought to be the first time so many countries across the [...]

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Iran's brilliant strategy to win friends, influence countries using Turkish playbook

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When the Islamic government of Turkey came to power in Ankara, it instituted a zero problems policy towards all her neighbors. Withing a few months all disputes with neighbors were resolved and the Turkey concentrated on trade issues. The Iranians have new seen the efficacy of this approach and are brilliantly mending their fences with [...]

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Sarkozy 'most unpopular French President in 50 years'

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Nicolas Sarkozy has emerged as the most unpopular French President in 50 years in a new poll. According to the French poll, Sarkozy’s popularity has gone down to just 29 per cent, 3 points less than in September to reach its lowest ever, ahead of another week of strikes and petrol shortages, the ‘Daily Mail‘ [...]

Sarkozy 'most unpopular French President in 50 years'

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BJP Leader Ram accepts Kashmir is dispute with Pakistan

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Ram Jethmalani. Image via Wikipedia New Delhi : In an embarrasment for BJP, its Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday opposed the party line by coming out in support of the Kashmir interlocutors, saying it is “childish and churlish” to accuse them of internationalising the issue. Stating that interlocutor Dileep Padgaonkar and his team’s [...]

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'Kashmir has never been an integral part of India' Arundhati Roy reasserts

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Image by jeanbaptisteparis via Flickr Srinagar : Author Arundhati Roy, who has stirred up a sedition controversy with her remarks on Kashmir – ‘Kashmir was never an integral part of India‘ – has now reiterated that her words echo what “millions of people say (in Kashmir) every day”. In a statement from Srinagar, she said: [...]

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