Police Bahrain kill 14 year old boy during protest
A 14-year-old Bahraini boy has died after being hit by a tear gas canister during clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces, the Gulf kingdom’s main Shia opposition group al-Wefaq has said. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print for later [...]
Landslides kills in 43 people in Eastern Uganda
At least 43 people have been killed by landslides in Bulambuli District in eastern Uganda, local leaders and witnesses said. But Uganda Red Cross Society could only confirm 18 deaths. Fourteen other people remained unaccounted. Among the people killed was a local chief, his wife and all of his eight children after his house was [...]
Water, antiquity and humanity
RV VII, 49 1. Ceaselessly they flow from the depths, pure, never sleeping, the Ocean their sponsor, following the channels ordained by the Thunderer. Now may these great divine Waters quicken me! 2. Waters may pour from heaven or run along channels dug out by men; or flow clear and pure having the Ocean as [...]
Syria and the US: is Iran next?
Now that Libya is in the ‘Western camp’ with the inevitability of a regime that will surrender many sovereign rights to the US and its European allies, what will the US do if indeed the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria also falls as Syrian rebels believe is inevitable? Will that be sufficient to for the [...]
Anna Hazare the Pied Piper of India
Anti graft campaigner Anna Hazare ended his 288 hours of fast on Sunday August 28, 2011 and by doing so he gave the nation a sigh of collective relief. The 74-year-old social activist began his fast on August 16 and continued for 12 days uninterrupted. It was a rare show of unanimity and purpose that [...]
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