Category World News Splashes
Telling the Chinese Govt. to uphold the right to freedom of expression
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Little over two years ago, plainspoken businessman Dhondup Wangchen bought a small camera and began interviewing monks and yak herders for his documentary film Leaving Fear Behind. He bravely gave a voice to Tibetans living under China's rule. Sadly, after finishing the film, he was arrested and his own voice was silenced. As a prisoner of the Chinese government , Wangchen: * endured torture to...
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Muslim refugees from Myanmar 'starve to death' in Bangladesh
SatbirSinghBedi -3 hours ago
Rohingya refugees "starve to death" in Bangladesh Posted: 09 March 2010 1435 hrs     Photos 1  of 1 Rohingya migrants sit outside Ranong police station . (file pic)       DHAKA: Bangladesh is waging a campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion and forced internment against Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar , according to a report released Tuesday. Tens of thousands of unregiste...
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'Homosexuality is a disease' says Turkish Minister
SatbirSinghBedi -4 hours ago
‘Homosexuality is a disease’ says Turkish minister Font Size: Larger | Smaller Sunday, March 7, 2010 ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires State Minister Aliye Kavaf continues to make controversial comments on morals and values that raise reactions. Following her criticisms on the love scenes in Turkish soap operas , she shared her opinions on homosexuality and gay marriage . The state minister ...
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International Women's Day: Nigerian Women demand equal rights
SatbirSinghBedi -4 hours ago
International Women’s Day: Nigerian Women Demand Equal Rights March 8, 2010 by Victor Ulasi ·     By: Victor Ulasi, Nigeria Nigerian women have demanded equal rights and equal opportunity from their male counterparts, stating that they can no longer continue with the rate of disrespect and gender inequality being shown to them. They claim that women in Northern Nigeria are seen as second-c...
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Muslims outraged at UK screening of 'Fitna' film
SatbirSinghBedi -4 hours ago
[ Tuesday, 09 March 2010 ] British organization labels Dutch MP Wilders a "fascist" Muslims outraged at UK screening of 'Fitna' film   Protesters from Unite Against Fascism (UAF) waved signs that read "EDL+BNP= Nazi racist thugs" DUBAI ( Al Arabiya ) The screening of Geert Wilders ’ controversial anti-Islam film in the U.K. Sunday outraged Muslims and rights organizations earning the far-righ...
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Turkish Police storm Istanbul Synagogue on the Sabbath
SatbirSinghBedi -4 hours ago
Monday, March 8, 2010 Turkish Police Storm Istanbul Synagogue on the Sabbath Turkish Police Accost Sabbath  Worshipers in Synagogue Adar 21, 5770, 07 March 10 04:16 by Hillel Fendel ( Israelnationalnews.com ) A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s. The Turkish  Milliyet  newspaper reported that the Musl...
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UAE to follow Third Reich policies against Jews
SatbirSinghBedi -4 hours ago
United Arab Emirates to Follow Third Reich Policies against Jews Front page / World / Asia 04.03.2010 Source: Pravda.Ru     The authorities of the United Arab Emirates made an unusual decision. Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan al-Tamim said on March 1 that anyone who looks or sounds like a citizen of Israel will be blocked from entering the country, even if a suspected individual produces...
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China detains hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa under "Strike Hard Campaign"
SatbirSinghBedi -1 days ago
5 March 2010 China detains hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa under “Strike Hard Campaign” Security forces checking ID during the Strik-Hard Campaign With the launch of “Strike Hard” Campaign in the “Tibet Autonomous Region” (‘TAR’) from 2nd March, the Chinese security forces had detained nearly 500 Tibetans alone from Lhasa city alone, according to reports given in the state run web portal . Acco...
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Close Concentration Camps in North Korea
SatbirSinghBedi -1 days ago
Never Again!" is often said regarding the atrocities of the Holocaust during World War II and yet, the horrors of those times still live on TODAY. In North Korea , 150,000 to 200,000 people are believed to be imprisoned in government-run concentration camps--called gulags--for criticizing the government or practicing Christianity. Not only are these "offenders" sent to the camps, but the next...
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Up to 300 feared dead in central Nigerian clashes
SatbirSinghBedi -2 days ago
Up to 300 feared dead in central Nigeria clashes Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria Sun Mar 7, 2010 2:21pm EST Related News Timeline: Ethnic and religious unrest in Nigeria Sun, Mar 7 2010 JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's acting president Sunday ordered the security forces to hunt down those behind clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian villagers in which more than 300 people may have bee...
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Ex-Gitmo inmate leads Taliban fightback in Afghan South
SatbirSinghBedi -2 days ago
Ex-Gitmo inmate leads Taliban fightback in Afghan south * NATO official says Qayyum was released by Karzai but returned to insurgency soon after KABUL: The insurgency in the most violent part of Afghanistan is being led by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, set free by the Afghan government in a botched attempt at reconciliation with tribes, a NATO official said on Saturday. The man, known by t...
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Fort Hood jihad murderer is called the ideal role-model for every repentant Muslim
SatbirSinghBedi -2 days ago
American Al-Qaeda boy: Fort Hood jihad murderer is "is the ideal role-model for every repentant Muslim in the armies of the unbelievers and apostate regimes" Adam Gadahn, the convert to and Misunderstander of Islam who has risen high in Al-Qaeda and is the first American to be charged with treason since World War II , and who called me in an earlier videotape a "Zionist Crusader, missionary of ha...
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Pakistan worst for gender based disparities
SatbirSinghBedi -2 days ago
Pakistan Worst For Gender Based Disparities Sunday, 7 March 2010, 12:35 pm Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Women’s International Day – Pakistan Is The Worst For Gender Based Disparities In Asian Countries Despite the Pakistani government’s few efforts to improve the women’s situation, physical and sexual violence, honour killings , forced marriages and structural inequa...
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Pak MPs refuse body scanning at US airport, return home
SatbirSinghBedi -2 days ago
Pak MPs refuse body scanning at US airport, returns home ANI Published on Sun 7th Mar 2010 10:57:55 Lahore , Mar 7: A delegation of Pakistan ’s National Assembly and Senate has returned home after its members refused to under go body scanning at a US airport. According to a private television channel, the delegation headed by Senator Abbas Khan Afridi refused body scanning at the Dulles Intern...
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UK: Muslim woman leader's death threat calls over dress
SatbirSinghBedi -2 days ago
MUSLIM LEADER’S DEATH THREAT CALLS OVER DRESS FEARS: Shiria Khatun forced to wear longer skirts / Picture: Mark Kehoe Sunday March 7,2010 By Ted Jeory A SECULAR Muslim woman councillor has been forced to dress more conservatively after receiving death threats and sexually harassing phone calls from members of her own community. Shiria Khatun, 38, has called in the police over the sinister cal...
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