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Trudy Rubin: Without upgraded Palestinian status, Israel faces Hamas rule in ... : It's easy to understand why Israel retaliated against Hamas rocket attacks — which were stopped, for now, by last week's ceasefire. It's harder to fathom why the Israeli government is boosting the stature of the Hamas militants who rule the Gaza Strip. Post-Bulletin

Building tensions: Israel authorizes construction of 3,000 new - Russia : Israeli authorities will allow the construction of 3000 new settlements in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The decision follows Thursday's UN General Assembly vote to upgrade Palestinians' diplomatic status to 'non-member observer state'. Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

French senate adopts resolution on Tibet : Dharamsala, Nov 30 (IANS) Concerned over the human rights situation in Tibet , the upper house of the French parliament has adopted a resolution on the region, an official said here Friday. "The resolution is brought in view of the deteriorating human ...

Indian Olympic body ignore IOC warning : An Indian sports official accused of corruption over the 2010 Commonwealth Games was Friday elected to the country's Olympic body, despite a warning from the International Olympic Committee. Lalit Bhanot, the former secretary-general for the Delhi ... Aljazeera.com

Israel has authorised the construction of 3000 more housing units in occupied ... : The Palestinian Authority has said it will not return to peace talks without a freeze in settlement building. The decision comes a day after a vote at the UN General Assembly upgraded the Palestinians' status at the UN to that of non-member observer state. BBC News

Israel's money man gets funds for Holy Land from Evangelical Christians Israel's money man gets funds for Holy Land from Evangelical Christians. When rockets start falling, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein springs into action. The worse things look on the ground here, the easier it is to ask hundreds of thousands of evangelical ...

Napoleon's secret coded Kremlin letter on sale : He went into Moscow in 1812 at the height of his power. He returned profoundly weakened. In Moscow , the Russians had fled days before and burnt down the city. There was no victory for Napoleon, nor were there any provisions for his starving, dying army ...

Reflections on 'balance' in media coverage of Israel/Palestine : There is such a great and burning desire for “balance” in Canadian society that I cannot understand that people don't actually recognise the so apparent lack of balance that they are fed every day. Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Palestinian Legal strategy against Israel: The Real Prize is Europe ... : From the Israeli press, it appears that many government and press figures are absolutely stunned and in a state of angry disbelief over the magnitude of this diplomatic defeat. The Israeli Right wing is so out of touch with how its aggressive ...

Anna Hazare opposes entry of foreign companies in India : Anti- corruption crusader Anna Hazare today opposed entry of foreign companies in India , including steel major POSCO, saying such investors were exploiting the country's natural resources for their own gain in the name of setting up industries. "A brake ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Sanford Starts Joint Venture with Indian Institute of Management : A new program brings together Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and the Indian Institute of Management in Udaipur, India (IIMU), in a collaborative research and educational effort that aims to help transform the lives of some of the ... Duke University

At Gunpoint: India Tackles an Upsurge in Illegal Arms : In another incident this year, a 23-year-old man from Delhi went on a shooting rampage, killing his ex-girlfriend, her landlady, her father and sister, before killing himself.With such crime on the rise, many in India are now not averse to arming ... TIME

Age old Mongolian nomadic heritage under threat due to mining : Mongolia is facing many environmental issues such as desertification, inadequate water supply and air and water pollution largely caused by mining and whose burden falls heavily on the herders who are the last keepers of the thousands of years old ... UB Post

Hamas leaders in Egypt for cease-fire talks involving Israel - CNN.com : Gaza officials were in Egypt Monday to hash out details of a Hamas- Israeli cease -fire deal, less than a week after the truce ended an eight-day conflict.

Crime branch probe identifies unlicensed chit fund firms KOZHIKODE: Investigation by the economic offence wing (EOW) of the crime branch has identified that many of the chit fund firms operating in the city lack proper registration. The crime branch has already identified five chit fund firms operating in ...

India: Everybody's Invited To Rise And Strike Against Violence : As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2011, the proportion of crimes committed against women under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) vis-à-vis total IPC crimes has increased from 8.8 per cent in 2007 to 9.4 per cent in 2011. West Bengal (at 12.7 ...

A Few More Things Kejriwal Wants : At the moment, the Indian government sets aside 49.5% of places for people who belong to groups that come at the bottom of India's caste hierarchy, like Dalits, and other groups that are socially discriminated against. There are no reservations for ... Wall Street Journal (blog)

'Citizens interference vital in indicting corrupt politicians' : KUWAIT CITY, Nov 29: Award winning Indian journalist, J Gopikrishnan, who is in Kuwait for a media conference organized by Malayali Media Forum (MMF), said the active interference of private citizens is most crucial for the successful prosecution of ... Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

Indian Activist Forms New Party to Fight Graft : NEW DELHI — As corruption becomes a top public concern in India , a prominent anti- corruption activist has launched a political party, pledging cleaner governance. While its political future is uncertain, the new party has rocked the political ... Voice of America

Can societies ever end the scourge of corruption? - The Nation : Can societies ever end the scourge of corruption ?. Hurricane Sandy chased me out of Boston, and since I could not get out via New York, I took a flight in the opposite direction, to Mumbai. India has...

PPP set records of corruption, says Sana : He said the image of Pakistan People's Party and its corrupt leaders had badly fallen in the eyes of the people, adding that new records of corruption , set by the government of the PPP during the last four and a half years in the garb of democracy, had ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

'Country corrupt, insecure due to incumbent rulers' : LAHORE - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday blamed the rulers of the country for the embarrassing 7th place of Pakistan in the list of corrupt and dangerous countries. He said that report by World Justice Project ... PakistanToday.com.pk

China: Tibetan Immolations, Security Measures Escalate : Self-immolation is an act of complete desperation to bring attention to the plight of Tibetans. Instead of stepping up repression and driving people to believe there is no hope of change, Beijing needs to take steps to respond to Tibetans' grievances.

Concern over Tibetan filmmaker's well being following murder charges DHARAMSHALA, November 30: In a strange turn of events which have raised serious concerns over the well being of Golog Jigme Gyatso, a Tibetan filmmaker, Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have framed murder charges against the missing Tibetan ...

Messianic village in spotlight after gay rights legal battle : A court ruling penalizing the Israeli Messianic village of Yad Hashmonah for refusing to host a lesbian wedding has severely damaged the community's main source of income, but has also opened the door to be an even greater witness to the Israeli public.