Residents trickle back to the war-ravaged district to try and piece together their shattered lives. By Aziz Ahmad Tassal in Helmand Music has returned to Garmsir district, say delighted residents – the sound blares throughout the marketplace, which bustles with people going about their business, shopping among the well-stocked stalls. It is a marked improvement […]
Kangaroo Court Beheads Husband for Interracial Marriage
In a draconian Kangaroo court order, a 30year-old husband was beheaded for marrying a girl outside his religious faith, in Lakshmanpur Village of Murshidabad district of West Bengal about 210Km from Calcutta on 14th July’08. The couple has a 10-months old son. The body of the diseased Shailendra Prasad, a Hindu, was found in a jute […]
Who Really Won the Vietnam War?
WHO WON, WHO LOST ? THE VIETNAM WAR A DISCUSSION !?! 0/ INTRODUCTION A couple of Micro and Macro points seem to be starting a discussion about who won, who lost, the Vietnam war. It began, for me, with news of the planned re-opening ! of a GI COFFEE-HOUSE in Killeen, near […]
Meritorious Brother Quits College to Let Sister Continue Study
This is a story of a student of Shibpur Village of Nadia District in West Bengal. Nineteen years old Naresh Mondal’s father died when he was 14 and studying in class VIII. His elder brother Ramesh, 22, had to leave study to support family of four including mother and sister Amita, 17, and started working […]
Small Minnesota Town Tries to Purchase Population
Luverne, Minn., a county seat with a population of about 4,000, has clean air, safe parks and new development. In fact, the agricultural town is so confident that people will fall in love with its charms that it is offering $2,000 per member of a family that buys one of 15 city-owned lots and builds […]
Obama pledges ‘unshakeable commitment’ to Israel’s security, but who will guarantee Palestineâ
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ended his trip to Israel on Thursday morning with a surprise visit to occupied al-Qud’s (Jerusalem’s) Western Wall, before heading for Berlin. On Wednesday, Obama pledged his “unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security,” after a day of meetings with the Zionist State’s most senior leaders. But who will guarantee Palestine’s […]
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