Thursday, March 21, 2013

[World] Rockets hit Israel as Obama to meet Palestinians

Rockets hit Israel as Obama to meet Palestinians
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/21/barack-obama-israel-visit.html
JERUSALEM (AP) - On the second day of a Mideast tour, U.S. President Barack Obama is set to emphasize the importance of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a message underscored when militants in Gaza launched rockets into southern Israel.

Sanjay strong man, will undergo sentence: lawyer
http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/sanjay-dutt-convicted-in-1993-bombay-blasts-case-gets-5-years-in-jail-345158
Sanjay Dutt is a strong man and has accepted the punishment awarded by the Supreme Court "as it is", the actor's lawyer Satishmane Shinde said Thursday.

Will India Tourism Be Tarnished by Attacks on Women?
http://world.time.com/2013/03/20/will-india-tourism-be-tarnished-by-attacks-on-women/
An Indian protester, right, shouts slogans as a rickshaw carrying passengers rides past during a protest against the rape of a 7-year-old girl in New Delhi, March 1, 2013.

The Iraq war: How our nation lost its soul
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/US-pockets-of-protest-persist-after-years-of-war-4372123.php
The Iraq war was not a Just War. It has been a moral, fiscal and geopolitical disaster for the United States. Ten years after the attack on Iraq, it is critical to understand all that we have lost in engaging in this war.

Budget 2013: Ed Balls urges George Osborne to 'U-turn' on economy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21871110
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has urged George Osborne to make a swift economic "U-turn", after growth forecasts for 2013 were halved to 0.6% in the Budget.

Malala Yousafzai inspires students in Essex
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/21843628
Malala Yousafzai has done more to shake up this planet in the first 15 years of her life than many people manage in a lifetime - and her story has resonated with young people thousands of miles from her Swat Valley home.

Namibia's LAC Condemns Mtetwa's Arrest
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/zimbabwe/64556/mtetwa-four-mdc-officials-denied.html?utm_source=thezim&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=listarticle&utm_content=textlink
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) yesterday condemned Sunday's arrest of Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa and called for her immediate release.

President accepts resignations of DMK ministers
http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/president-accepts-resignations-of-dmk-ministers-113032100112_1.html
President Pranab Mukherjee today accepted the resignation of five Ministers belonging to DMK, which withdrew support to the UPA government on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

Communal in Violence in Burma Leaves 2 Dead; Mosque Burned
http://dawn.com/2013/03/21/two-dead-mosques-destroyed-in-myanmar-unrest-police/
Authorities in central Burma have imposed a curfew following sectarian unrest that left at least two people dead and two Muslim religious buildings destroyed.

Female cleric to enthrone Archbishop of Canterbury
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9941388/Female-cleric-to-enthrone-Archbishop-of-Canterbury.html
But perhaps the most dramatic statement about the future of the Church of England in the service to formally install the new Archbishop of Canterbury this week will be that he will be enthroned by a woman.

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