May 2013

A damaged mosque in Oakkan, Myanmar

CI Eye, Myanmar, Pictures, South East Asia / May 7, 2013

Myanmar police inspect a damages mosque at a village near Oakkan town, some 100 kilometers north of Yangon on May 1, 2013.

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Attacks Fuel Debate Over U.S.-Led Effort

Perspective, U.S / May 7, 2013

by David E.Sanger WASHINGTON — The apparent ease with which Israel struck missile sites and, by Syrian accounts, a major military research center near Damascus in recent days has stoked debate in Washington about whether American-led airstrikes are the logical next step to cripple President Bashar al-Assad’s ability to counter the rebel forces or use

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Israeli bombing of Syria and moral relativism

Israel, Perspective, Syria / May 7, 2013

by Glenn Greenwald No universally applied principle justifies the Israeli attack on Damascus. Only self-flattering tribalism does that A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency purports to show damage caused by an Israeli strike on 5 May. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images On Sunday, Israel dropped massive bombs near Damascus, ones which the New

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Will JPMorgan’s “Enron” Be The End Of Blythe Masters?

America, Perspective / May 5, 2013

by Tyler Durden (a group of editors of Zero Hedge who collectively write under the pseudonym Tyler Durden) One year after the infamous Jamie Dimon “tempest in a teapot” fiasco, which promptly turned out to be the biggest TBTF prop-trading desk debacle in history, things were going well for JPMorgan. On one hand, the chairman

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Oppression on the Rohingyas should be stopped

Campaign, CI, Myanmar / May 5, 2013

Press Release MAPIM 4th May 2013 MYANMAR CONTINUING SUPPRESSION ON MUSLIMS MUST BE STOPPED. Muslims in Myanmar is facing suppression and genocide with increasing impunity. The situation is worsening with the fresh violence spreading outside Arakan . Recent news is another continued violence perpetuated and backed by the government to launch fresh attacks on the

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Is Science Western in Origin? – C. K. Raju

America, Books, China, CI Downloads, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, United Kingdom / May 4, 2013

Read ‘Is Science Western in Origin?’ here About the booklet: From the backpage On stock Western history, science originated among the Greeks, and then developed in post-renaissance Europe. This story was fabricated in three phases. First, during the Crusades, scientific knowledge from across the world, in captured Arabic books, was given a theologically-correct origin by claiming

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Hezbollah on Hujr Ibn Adi’s Grave Assault: What We Feared Has Happened

Blogs, Syria / May 4, 2013

Hezbollah condemned on Thursday the crime that terrorists committed against the grave of Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) dignified companion, Hujr Ibn Adi Al-Kindi, in Adra, Damascus. In a statement it issued, Hezbollah Media Relations expressed its pain for hearing the “news that armed terrorists has dug the grave of the Prophet’s dignified companion, Martyr Hujr Ibn

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