Indonesia’s Muslims banned from practicing Hindu yoga

Indonesia’s Muslims will be banned from practicing yoga with elements of Hindu mantra chanting. Engaging in such activities is believed by some clerics to have the potential to “corrupt Islamic values."...

Indonesia execution of Bali bombers sparks clashes

TENGGULUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Thousands of people including some hardliners gathered for the funerals of three Indonesians executed on Sunday for the 2002 Bali bombings, sparking clashes between police and emotional supporters. The three men from the militant group Jemaah...

Asia celebrates Obama's historic win

"MANILA: Champagne corks popped across Asia as former schoolmates in Indonesia, the Japanese town of Obama and thousands of American expats Wednesday celebrated Barack Obama's historic election as US president.Bars were packed in cities from Beijing to Sydney as election...

Sarah Palin mistakes fans for protesters at rally

American voters have seen many forms of Republican vice president candidate Sarah Palin. But no body would have expected that she will confuse her own supporters as protestors." Republican vice presidential...

Muslims protest in Kashmir on India's independence day

Today marks India's Independence Day from British rule, and thousands of Muslims protested today about New Delhi's rule in Kashmir, with some even burning the national flag."Srinagar and other parts of the...

Venezuelans Have Had it with Hugo

Even though you control the media, have a strangelhold on the political system, and have more power than anyone else in the country doesn't necessarily mean the people like you."Riot police used tear gas Wednesday to block hundreds of Venezuelans protesting the latest moves...

China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue

It looks like the Chinese government doesn't ban all political rallies.  This is starting to get very ugly."BEIJING - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western...

Thousands call for swift end to Iraq war

"Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that read: "Wall Street Gets Rich, Iraqis and GIs Die" or "Drop Tuition Not Bombs.""

Calgary Aryan Guard: Racial tension flares at rally

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWow, who thought the non hypocritical "Aryan Nancy Boys" in Jackboots would protest Women wearing Face coverings while voting, yet the Aryan Guard seem to think it makes...

Demonstrators protest Bush, Putin

Demonstrators march in Kennebunkport to protest Bush, PutinBy David Sharp, Associated Press Writer  |  July 1, 2007KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine -- Hundreds of demonstrators calling for the impeachment of President Bush marched Sunday to within a half mile of the site of...

Suicide bomber's family: "We're very proud of him"

"The mother of Muhammed Faisal Saksak, the 21-year-old suicide bomber who carried out Monday's attack in Eilat, said she was aware of her son's plan to blow himself up and that she had wished him "good luck." Dozens of Palestinians, chanting slogans against Israel and the US,...

Lebanon's Funeral For Assassinated Government Minister, Pierre Gemayel (event...

"On this Thanksgiving day, we at MAXINE are thankful for the many blessings we have here in tha United States. We also extend heartfelt prayers to those who wish to have a stable, homogenious Lebanon."Pajamas...

And the Crowd Goes Wild in NYC: Jeter is a man on fire

"Derek Jeter collects his fifth hit of the night, a home run over the fence in dead center to put the Yankees up 8-4. He misses the cycle by a triple. The Yankees fans are just going wild, chanting his name well...

Hindus begin Amarnath yatra amid security, cold

"Hundreds of Hindus, chanting prayers, set off on Wednesday on a pilgrimage to a cave shrine deep in the Himalayas in Kashmir, shrugging off rising guerrilla violence in the troubled region, officials said. They said thousands of policemen and soldiers had been deployed...

War Opponents Protest Around the Globe

Tens of thousands of protesters around the globe, from hurricane-ravaged Louisiana to Australia.

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