Hindus have criticized British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for labeling “yoga” as “fad”. BBC News-World website posted a video on January 10 under its “Watch/Listen”, which was titled as “Man behind yoga and other new age fads”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, pointed out that terming yoga as one of [...]
Hindus Upset At BBC Calling Yoga “Fad”
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Three Years Later, Haiti Still Struggling
Three years after Haiti’s devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake that killed over 217,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless, Haiti continues to struggle despite – and partly because of – the failures of the international aid and reconstruction effort, Center for Economic and Policy Research Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said today. “The numbers are an indictment [...]
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Morocco’s Nizar Baraka Selected As Best Finance Minister In Middle East – OpEd
The work carried out in 2012 by the Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance Nizar Baraka has been paid its fair value. Nizar Baraka was elected by the magazine The Banker as the “best Minister of Finance in the Middle East” and “Minister of Finance 2012-Global Award.” This double award recognizes the work done by [...]
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U.S. Support Role In Afghanistan Moved Forward, To Begin This Spring
U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzi have agreed on a plan to shift the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan to a support role this spring, which is a few months earlier than expected. Obama said after that, U.S. troops would focus on training, advising and assisting Afghan forces. He said it would [...]
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French-Backed Mali Government Forces Launch Counter-Offensive
Backed by French forces, Mali government armed forces Friday launched a counter-offensive to take back control of the city of Kona, which was seized yesterday by Islamist rebels, according to the Malian and international media. France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, confirmed the French air force has carried out an air strike in Mali to support [...]
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The United States, China, And India: Unintended Consequences Of Great Power Politics – Analysis
By Franz-Stefan Gady October 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Communist China launched a surprise attack across the Himalayas to “teach India a lesson”, according to Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai. After 32 days of fighting and embarrassing Indian defeats, the Chinese announced a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew behind the McMahon Line [...]
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Iranian Delegate Rejects “Cyberattacks” Accusation
Iran’s UN representative has denied recent allegations that Iran is involved in cyberattacks on U.S. financial institutions. Iranian media reported on Friday January 11 that Iran’s permanent UN representative has issued two separate responses to The New York Times and CNN to deny their recent reports about Iran’s involvement in cyberattacks on U.S. banks. He [...]
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U.S Ill-Prepared For Skyrocketing Cyberattacks Against Critical Infrastructure
Cyberattacks against the United States’ critical infrastructure are increasing, but even the Department of Homeland Security is reporting that the country is ill-prepared to respond. America’s cyberdefense situation is in need of improvement, according at least to a newsletter published by the Homeland Security Department’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, the ICS-CERT Monitor [...]
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Housing Bubble On The Horizon – OpEd
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule defining a “qualified mortgage”, which was announced on Thursday, creates vast new opportunities for the nation’s biggest banks to engage in predatory lending practices with impunity. While the mainstream media describes the rule as an attempt to protect borrowers from the risky types of loans that caused the [...]
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Hindus Welcome Saudi Arabia Move Of Appointing Women To Shura Council
Hindus have welcomed Saudi Arabia’s reported historic announcement of appointing for the first time 30 women to the previously all-male influential advisory 150-member Shura Council. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, termed it as a “step in the right direction” for the desert kingdom. Zed, who is President of Universal [...]
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Deadliest Day In Pakistan – OpEd
Thursday will go down as one of the deadliest day in the history of Pakistan when nearly 100 were killed in various blasts and another 200 severely injured. The death toll is on the rise and so is the level of discomfort among the people. The gravity of situation is evident from an AFP photo [...]
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Quetta Witnessing Sit In By Shias – OpEd
Armed with the unimaginable weapons and the dead bodies of their loved ones who were brutally killed in the Quetta blasts, Shias are staging a sit in Quetta, instead of rushing to bury them. It is the sign of the abnormality and desperation of one aspect of Pakistan’s current condition, that beleaguered brothers and sisters, fathers, [...]
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US, Pakistan And The Afghan Future Nightmare – Analysis
Amid a nation-wide surge in anti-state violence, Pakistan released eight Taliban prisoners, including former justice minister Nooruddin Turabi in order to facilitate a peace process in neighbouring Afghanistan. The release of the new bunch of Taliban is part of the “Peace Process Roadmap to 2015,” drawn up in secret by Kabul and Islamabad recently. The [...]
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Top US Lawmaker: We Have Serious Reservations About Hagel Nomination – OpEd
Responding to the nomination of Senator Chuck Hagel to Secretary of Defense, Congressman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, voiced serious reservations on Thursday regarding Hagel’s fitness to serve. “As a member of Congress and the House Armed Services Committee, I join many of my Congressional colleagues in holding the [...]
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Syria: “Mr. Obama, Tear Down These Sanctions!” – OpEd
This observer has learned from time in this region that if one wants to learn what is happening on the ground politically and socially it is fine to speak with government officials, journalists, long tenured academicians, NGO’s, and people on the street. But I have learned that one of the best sources of objective information [...]
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Ralph Nader: Apps, Inanities And Dependencies – OpEd
Redundant, trivial, overcomplicated and dependency-inducing apps (computer applications) are flooding the internet. Some apps associated with deceptive and harmful claims are even drawing the attention of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Consumers beware! The prevalence of apps in consumer markets both reaches new levels of absurdity and invites [...]
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Zero Dark Thirty: Torturing The Facts – OpEd
On January 11, eleven years to the day after George W. Bush sent the first detainees to Guantanamo, the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty is making its national debut. Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for two reasons. First and foremost, it leaves the viewer with the erroneous impression that torture helped the CIA find bin [...]
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Iranian Drug Statistics At All-Time High
Iranian police statistics reveal that 652 new drug-related cases are created every day and 30 people are arrested every hour on drug-related charges. The Mehr news agency reported on Saturday January 12 on the unprecedented prevalence of drugs in the country, citing the latest statistics released by the police department. The report adds that in [...]
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US: Cops Prepare To Battle Newspaper That Published Gun Owners’ Information – OpEd
The Affiliated Police Association of Westchester County has scheduled a press conference for Jan. 15, 2013, to voice its opposition to — and displeasure with – a newspaper that published the identities and addresses of gun owners in two New York counties, according to the leaders of two law enforcement groups on Friday. The APA [...]
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Yuri Schmidt, A Hero For Human Rights – OpEd
I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of the great Russian human rights lawyer Yuri Schmidt. To describe this man as a legend in his field would barely do justice to the intelligence, compassion, and courage he displayed on a daily basis, tirelessly working for his beliefs long after it would have [...]
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