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Religious clashes erupt in India
"At least 40 people have been injured in religious clashes on a remote delta island in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police say. Fifteen of those injured in the clashes on Sagar island, at the confluence of the Ganges and the sea, were policemen. Supporters of the...Fight erupts over sale of Scottish fishing quotas
The UK's fisheries minister, Jonathan Shaw, has formally warned theScottish executive that in his opinion the moratorium on fishing quotes is illegal and not allowed under devolution rules. The Scottish Parliament is...Malta's ruling Nationalists re-elected in tightest election ever
As Spain's socialists are reelected, Malta's conservative government is also kept in power in another extreemly close vote." Malta's conservative Nationalist Party, in power in the tiny Mediterranean state for most...
Serbia's Prime Minister Resigns
The political turmoil surrounding Kosovo's declaration of independence continues as Serbia's PM resigns."Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has announced his resignation and called for new elections.
The... 13 Arrested in 'Plot to kill' Nobel Laureate
The Guardian reports that more than a dozen people have been arrested in connection with a planned assassination of Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author, Orhan Pamuk. Pamuk is an internationally respected author and... Quebec City's 400th birthday stays under radar
"Quebec City was a cobblestone key to establishing a European settlement in North America, but its 400th birthday is approaching with the stealth of Gen. James Wolfe's infantry scaling the city's cliffs some 250... One in seven jobs at risk as squeeze begins
"ONE in seven core civil-service jobs in the Scottish Government is to be cut under plans to deal with the spending squeeze being imposed on Scotland by the UK Treasury. Scotland's mandarins are planning to reduce... Protester killed in 'neo-Nazi' attack on eco-camp
"Protester killed in 'neo-Nazi' attack on eco-camp | Russia | Guardian Unlimited: "One eco-activist was killed and five others were seriously injured at the weekend when a gang of young men shouting nationalist... Islam and the West: A Case of Selective Memory by Richard Bulliet
"Distorted by today’s political lenses, European historical memory selectively focuses on past violence perpetrated by Muslims and either forgets Europe’s cultural borrowings from Muslim societies, or regards them as unimportant remnants of a closed chapter in...Fiery anti-U.S. cleric reappears in Iraq
- Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday, delivering a fiery anti-American sermon to thousands of followers and demanding U.S. troops leave Iraq."It...Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
" May 24, 2007 Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance by Gareth Porter Nationalist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bid to unite Sunnis and Shi'ites on the basis of a common demand for withdrawal of U.S. occupation forces, reported last weekend by the Washington Post's...LEADERS MAKE PEACE ON BATTLE SITE
THE bloody field of the Boyne became a haven of peace yesterday when Ian Paisley and Bertie Ahern shook hands on the site of the 17th-century battle.Northern Ireland's new First Minister spent decades refusing to talk to the leaders of the Republic.But a relaxed Paisley...Muslim Brothers plan boycott of vote on Mubarak's changes
"The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's strongest opposition group, said on Wednesday it will boycott a referendum on constitutional amendments it says aim to block it from mainstream politics and stifle freedoms. The Brotherhood said it did not want to give legitimacy to next...Taiwan Students Form Their Own Nazi Party
That the organizaton is "unlikely to be based on anti-semitism" isn't the point-- hating Jews was only part of what made the Nazis (and other fascists) so egregious. They murdered millions and millions of non-Jews, too, as well as eschewing science and reason for...Scotland on Sunday
"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively...
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