Jammu, September 26 (Scoop News)- Severely condemning the killings of about 80 minority Christians and injuring over 120 others in bomb blasts at all Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan on September 22, Jammu & Kashmir Christian Dalit Society District Reasi and Udhampur has assailed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not lodging protest with Pak premier […]
China: Thought Leader Charged With Solicitation
Charles Xue, a Chinese American billionaire investor and prominent opinion leader residing in Beijing, was again featured in state-controlled Chinese Central Television (CCTV) reflecting on his attitude as an influential celebrity. It came two weeks after the public humiliation of his arrest and detention under the charge of solicitation of prostitution, also aired by CCTV […]
Japanese Official Taken Off Duty Over Writing Insulting Tweets
Written by Keiko Tanaka A Japanese reconstruction official in charge of helping victims of the 2011 post-tsunami meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant [1] has been taken off duty [2]after sharp-eyed journalists unearthed tweets he wrote insulting area activists. Written under a pseudonym in March 2013, the grumblings of Yasuhisa Mizuno, a councilor at […]
A (semi) literary review of “Waiting to Be Heard” by Amanda Knox.
A (semi) literary review of “Waiting to Be Heard” by Amanda Knox. “That’s what arrest is: it’s a blinding flash and a blow which shifts the present instantly into the past and the impossible into omnipotent actuality.” Aleksandr Solzenicyn – The Gulag Arcipelago Why “semi”, why not just literary? Because unfortunately this is a book […]
China: Blogger Detained After Calling Attention to Dead Pigs
Written by Abby A Shanghai poet was detained for questioning by Chinese police after she posted to popular microblogging site Sina Weibo calling on her followers to take a stroll en masse along the Huangpu River to bring attention to the waterway where nearly 15,000 [1] dead pigs have recently been found floating [2]. The […]
Louisiana January Rains
Louisiana January Rains Shannon Lynn Farlouis on Jan 11, 2013 Tags: canals, creeks, culture, flooding, floods, flowing, Heritage, history, homes, hurricanes, Louisiana, people, rivers, South, southeast, streams, tornadoes, waters 1 The second week in January has been sort of rough in southeast Louisiana. We are water and that is what we are! Lakes, […]
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