'Save Us From This Hell'

(This is an article that appeared in DNA Sunday on April 18, 2010.) Priyanka Borpujari visits the CRPF camp in Chintalnar — where the 76 jawans killed by Maoists on April 6 were based — and discovers that the current lot there are quite conscious of their status as...

Video exposes truth about US 'home-grown terrorism'

In February 2009, CBS News obtained a copy of the trailer to the documentary "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.". The film was produced by PRB films, in association with The Christian Action...

Sri Lanka's unwanted exports - Asylum seekers

A ship headed to Australia carrying 260 asylum seekers was intercepted in Indonesian waters in early October 2009. The ship was then diverted back to Indonesia, but those on board refused to get off the vessel. In recent days the asylum seekers have threatened to blow their...

200 child fidayeen rescued in Pakistan

Finally - a great step towards the betterment of Pakistan and its future generations.....Fidayeen means -one who sacrifices himselfA fidayeen attack is a suicide tactic used by terrorists. Such attacks are modelled upon suicide attacks by Palestinian Native Inhabitants...

End the farse, free doctors

Robert Templer, Asia program director of the International Crisis Group called government of Sri Lanka to alter course, provide a clear timetable to resettle the IDPs,  and release the doctors. An estimated...

AP writer denied permission remain in Sri Lanka

Ravi Nessman, the Associated Press burea chief in Sri Lanka was denied permission to remain in Sri Lanka. Associated Press had reported extensively on the heavy civilian casualities this year. Nessman also...

Sri Lanka asks aid agencies to scale down operations

Sri Lanka asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other aid agencies to scale down their operation amid increasing pressure from international community to ease the restrictions on aid agencies....

Sri Lanka camps a 'national disgrace'

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Sri Lanka's treatment in the detention camps a national disgrace. " "For more than a year, the Sri Lankan government has detained virtually everyone, including entire families,...

Sri Lanka allows UN and their vehicles in the biggest WDP camp

Sri Lanka Government allows UN and their vehicles in largest refugee camp. Since the possible threat from LTTE terrorists diminishes with the passage of time, Government of Sri Lanaka reportedly started allowing...

Will they grow up to be militants?

"  BRANDISHING toy guns, dummy rocket launchers and with staves in hand, over 100 hooded children, between five and 12 years, marched in the main bazaar of the Barikot tehsil in Swat shouting full-throated...

Glenn Beck FINALLY admits "FEMA Concentration Camps Do Not Exist"

" On his Fox show, Glenn Beck enlisted the help of Popular Mechanics to debunk an internet rumor (which Beck helped spread) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operates concentration camps in the...

Michele Bachmann: Obama's "Re-Education Camps for Young People"

Last week, Congress passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which expands AmeriCorps and increases volunteer opportunities at home and abroad. Appearing on Minnesota’s KTLK talk radio, Rep. Michele...

A new dawn for US-Latin American relations

"When later on today Barack Obama is sworn in, a new era of hope will be starting for relations between the two giants of the Americas. Kepa ArtarazIt is difficult to feel sorry for George W. Bush. He leaves the White House with the lowest approval ratings of any president in...

THE ASSOCIATION OF HOLE IN THE WALL CAMPS JOINS IN REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND L...

In marking the passing of its founder, Paul Newman, the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps has issued the following statement: While greatly saddened by Paul's passing, the family of Hole in the Wall Camps...

The Show in Beijing

Here is a dissident opinion (not mine..) on the opening show of the Beijing Olympiad "The fireworks and show at the Olympic stadium in Beijing Friday made it clear that the opening ceremony was a...

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