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An acrostic on EARTH HOUR
lalit.kishore -3 hours ago
“It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future,” says WWF while urging people to participate in the campaign of Earth Hour-2010. Here is an acrostic on EARTH HOUR E: Environmental conservation and protection is the aim A: Awareness campaign for climate change is the Earth Hour event R: Rouse to the event on March 27 T:   Timing...
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Malaysian Court orders Muslim convert to return baby to her Hindu mother
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Mar 11, 2010 Man ordered to return baby KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN court on Thursday ordered a Muslim convert husband to return a baby girl to her Hindu mother, after she waged a custody battle to challenge the secret conversion of her children. Indira Ghandi, a 35-year-old teacher won the case after her husband K. Patmanathan converted himself and their three children - aged 13, 12 and the 22-mo...
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A teacher in France sprayed with teargas after she described al-Qaeda as a 'terrorist group'
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Lyon, France - A 15-year-old French schoolboy sprayed a teacher with teargas after she described al-Qaeda as a "terrorist group", she told reporters on Tuesday as prosecutors began their investigation. "I had just explained that the attacks on September 11, 2001 were carried out by the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, as is written in the text book," said the history teacher, speaking on condition...
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BA worker 'planned to use strike to become suicide bomber & passed on secrets to terrorists
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
BA worker 'planned to use strike to become suicide bomber and passed on secrets to terror masterminds in Yemen' By Sam Greenhill and Paul Sims Last updated at 12:47 AM on 12th March 2010   Court drawing of Rajib Karim: The BA employee is accused of two counts of planning suicide bombings A would-be suicide bomber worked for British Airways and plotted to take advantage of cabin crew stri...
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Immigration into Canada: 'Child bride' loophole can't be closed
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Immigration: 'Child bride' loophole can't be closed By TOM GODFREY, QMI Agency Last Updated: March 11, 2010 4:49pm     Federal immigration officials say there’s little they can do to stop “ child brides ” from being sponsored into Canada by much older husbands who wed them in arranged marriages abroad. Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorshi...
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Christian community take to streets over maid's murder in Pakistan
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Friday, March 12, 2010 Christian community takes to streets over maid’s murder * SHO says case has been registered, culprits arrested * Local politicians using case in a bid to win Christian votes LAHORE: The Christian community on Thursday blocked the Lahore-Sheikhupura Road in protest against the alleged murder of a Christian maid by her employers. The family of the deceased girl, Kiran, alleged...
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Islamic clerics oppose women's bill, BJP faces rebellion
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Islamic clerics oppose women's bill, BJP faces rebellion   Lucknow, March 12 ( IANS) Not only certain political parties, but even some influential Islamic scholars and clerics are strongly opposed to the women's reservation bill. Their opposition seems to stem from the fact that such a provision will not only entitle but also encourage more and more Muslim women to take a plunge into politics, whe...
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Switch off electricity on March 27 to participate in the Earth Hour
lalit.kishore -3 hours ago
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) informs that Earth Hour-2010 will take place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. A: Awareness about the implications of the climate change B: Began the Earth Hour event in 2007 in Australia, now held every year on the last Saturday of March C: Change in...
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Barack Obama advocates accountability, teachers get fired
lalit.kishore -3 hours ago
In the Central Falls High School in US, teachers got fired since they failed to deliver. Of late, US President Barack Obama has been advocating the principle of accountability. Accountability rule is said be in force in Chicago and Los Angeles schools, and improvements in test scores of students did not happen and it was regarded as a failure of teachers. It is said that the eleventh graders teste...
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Hobbit discovery challenges evolution theory
lalit.kishore -3 hours ago
The discovery of Homo floresiensis in Indonesia has divided scientists. The discovery may change our understanding of human evolution. The fossilized 18,000-year-old skeleton of a dwarf cavewoman or ‘hobbit’ has become an international sensation It would mean contemplating the possibility that not all the answers to human evolution lie in Africa, and that our development was more complex than prev...
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Myanmar: New laws for polls enacted and Suu Kyi debarred from elections
lalit.kishore -3 hours ago
Myanmar announced the enactment of election laws for the country's first polls in 20 years. If everything goes fine elections could be held sometime this year. Myanmar's military junta had announced in 2008 that the election would take place in 2010, but has not yet set any date for it. Suu Kyi   has been debarred from elections because of her conviction. The party of Suu Kyi holds that the new c...
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Give us our daily bread
lostpatrol -11 hours ago
This is what The Lord gave me for dinner last night < . As I parked my car in the only available slot, in front of a local primitive bakery, the sight of flat large bread made me hungry. Two burly Afghans manned the 'bread-making process' including retail sales directly in view of the prospective customers and passersby. A huge Pakistani bought a dozen, after whom my turn came. I asked for one. "...
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IT IN LOGISTICS
muraliperuma -11 hours ago
With supply chains getting more and more complex, the Indian logistics sector needs to realize that, optimization of their resources through strategic alliances and partnerships will help reduce their overheads, costs and improve efficiency and service delivery. Globalization coupled with advancements in technology are increasingly compelling companies across verticals to concentrate on their core...
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US Charity is Attacked in Pakistan; 6 Are Killed
SatbirSinghBedi -1 days ago
U.S. Charity Is Attacked In Pakistan ; 6 Are Killed By ISMAIL KHAN Published: March 10, 2010     PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six Pakistani employees of the American Christian charity World Vision were killed Wednesday and seven others were wounded in an attack on the aid group’s offices in a remote village in northern Pakistan . Adrees Latif/Reuters Pakistani police officers at the offices of World ...
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Radical Imam to open VA legislature
SatbirSinghBedi -1 days ago
Radical imam to open VA legislature Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 3/11/2010 5:15:00 AM A coalition of concerned citizens is voicing its disapproval over the controversial radical imam who has been permitted to deliver the opening prayer at today's opening session of the Virginia General Assembly.   The imam in question is Johari Abdul-Malik, who presides over what has been described as one of the...
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