No matter who is to blame for the recent escalation of violence in Gaza - no matter which side is morally righteous - it should be obvious that Hamas is now even less likely to abandon violent resistance any time soon.
It is technically correct, but misleading, to label president-elect Barack Obama an "African American". His father's Luo tribe in Kenya has less in common with the West African ancestors of American blacks than a medieval Laplander had with an Anatolian Turk.
China extended its internet crackdown today, announcing that it had closed more than 90 websites as part of its campaign to eradicate vulgar and pornographic material.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama Saturday at a gathering of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in the Polish city of Gdansk, shrugging off Chinese anger, an Elysee spokesman said.
With large number of media personnel and TV coverage, Nobel peace Prize Winner Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet speaks on chances of a girl Dalai Lama.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Mumbai on Sunday mopped up the streets where Islamist gunmen rampaged and killed nearly 200 people over three days, while Indian anger over the attack's alleged Pakistani links threatened the nuclear rivals' ties.
Indian police have heard the first full account of what led up to the devastating attacks in Mumbai from the only terrorist captured alive.
Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil, saying he would take "moral responsibility" for the Mumbai attacks, submitted his resignation to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a Home Ministry spokesman said....
Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered his condolences and prayers to victims of Mumbai terror attacks.Dalai Lama who is on an tour to Nigeria, Poland and other european countries.
The bottomlines of insurance companies that have insured the terrorist-attacked hotels in Mumbai will not be affected by property damage claims as the loss will be met from a terrorism risk pool, managed by the state-run General Insurance Corp of India (GIC), say industry offici …
Hundreds of Tibetan political leaders, activists and individuals from all over the world have begun a meeting in Dharamsala, India, that is unprecedented in its ambition: to bring all Tibetans together to decide their own future, without the direct guidance of the Dalai Lama..... …
China has harsh words for Tibet, saying it will never allow independence for a region that is internationally recognized as part of Chinese territory.
Tibetans in Exile in Dharamsala,India-Exile Home of His Holiness The Dalai Lama meet for 5 day special meeting to discuss the future course of action.
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DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) — Tibetan exiles struggled Saturday to come up with a unified strategy to fight Chinese rule of their homeland at the end of a meeting to determine the movement's future.
I hope this letter finds you in good health.
After weeks of high volatility, Wall Street may find next week's quiet macroeconomic calendar the perfect opportunity to regroup and plan for the final stretch of the dangerous year.
This is the latest entry in "Measure of a Nation," a yearlong series about the presidency and the 2008 election as seen through the prism of the culture. Stories in this package will continue until Inauguration Day.
"Who is going to be the next president, daddy?" my four-year-old son asks impatiently. "Barack Obama," I tell him. "No, I mean after that." Seabass has caught the perpetual campaign bug.
President-elect Barack Obama stepped carefully yesterday when he was asked about the unusual letter of congratulations that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent him -- the first time an Iranian leader has congratulated the victor of a U.S.
These are promising times in which to live in America. WE ARE inheritors of this momentous victory, but it was not ours. The laurels properly belong to Martin Luther King and all of the other martyrs who died for civil rights.
Protests continued Friday in several California cities, including San Francisco, Palm Springs and Long Beach, over the passage of Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage.
Kashmir, nuclear non-proliferation, free trade will be among the formerly touchy issues that are expected to resurface in the prospective Obama administration's dealings with India, although officials say the tone of the exchanges on these matters will be vastly different now fr …
As new US Centcom commander General David Petraeus begins a strategy security review in Tampa, Florida, the presence of two security analysts from Pakistan as consultants have raised eyebrows here.
Barack Obama's Letter to the Dalai Lama in July 2008 shows his full support for the Tibetans In Exile. In the Letter to His Holiness The Dalai Lama in JUly 2008 he expresses his concern for the people of Tibet.Respects the His Holiness approach and the Dialogue of Representative …
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Barack Obama's Letter to the Dalai Lama.
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Will The Next Dalai Lama Be Female ?
Will The Next Dalai Lama Be Female ?
Will The Next Dalai Lama Be Female ?
Will The Next Dalai Lama Be Female ?
Will The Next Dalai Lama Be Female ?
Indian anger rises as Mumbai cleans up
Barack Obama President Elect wrote Letter to the Dalai Lama in July 2008
Barack Obama President Elect wrote Letter to the Dalai Lama in July 2008