Religion News Blog:
After the recent arrests of numerous Hindu terrorists for exploding bombs, authorities increasingly view Hindu rightwing extremists as a threat not only to Muslim and Christian minorities but also to national security. Historically Hindu terrorist groups have traded blows with India’s Muslim extremists, but because of a pe (Read More)
INDIA ALERT:
Wilson John22 August 2009The killing of Baitullah Mehsud, head of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, early this month is undoubtedly a major victory for the Pakistan security forces but, in the overall context of the Af-Pak strategy, it only merits to be termed as a short ‘operational pause’1 . There is no doubt that Mehsud’s death (Read More)
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Taly Weiss from Trendspotting shares this very informative overview in India OnlineTrendsspotting Handbook of Online IndiaView more documents from Taly Weiss.Last August Trendspotting also shared Online China Handbook here on slideshare@TrendsSpotting on Twittervia twittermore on India. (Read More)
China e-Lobby:
There has been quite a buzz lately over Martin Jacques' When China Rules the World. I will confess, I have not had the chance to read the book, so this should not be taken as a review of it; that would not be fair to him - let alone all of you. Still, I have had the chance to look over Jacques' comments in an interview wi (Read More)
Religion News Blog:
In today's RNB Religion News Roundup: Scientologists harass Swedish family; John Travolta a Scientologist 'now and forever'; and Scientology's PR push. Also: a summer camp for atheist kids; Much to do about the Islamic headscarf; a guide pony for a blind Muslim woman; and assorted Islam-related terrorism items. (Read More)
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans:
The traditional advertising industry is not the place to be right now -- unless you have a very high tolerance for stress. eMarketer reports that the decline in overall ad spending is not only continuing, it is getting steeper on a month-to-month basis.As an example, ZenithOptimedia revised their ad spending forecasts downw (Read More)
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A 10-year search by scientists in the eastern Himalayan regions of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Tibet has unearthed 353 new species - one of the biggest- ever series of discoveries of new life forms. The startling results have focussed attention on how many more unknown species await to be found in the vast, deep depth (Read More)
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Photo: extranoiseFlavor Flav may think that 911 is a joke, but you’re unlikely to be laughing if you need emergency services in a foreign country.Perhaps it’s the “it’ll never happen to me” syndrome why many of us travelers aren’t as prepared as we should be. If you’re in Thailand, Spain, or Bolivia, would you know what num (Read More)
China e-Lobby:
Today was probably the closest the Iranian uprising has come to reminding the world of the Tiananmen massacre. In fact, the regime-ordered violence in Baharestan Square brought back memories of twenty years ago to many.For a large number of Iran-watchers, the last few weeks have been somewhat bewildering. No tyranny on ea (Read More)
The New Dominion » Commentary, News, and Dispatches from Xinjiang, China:
On 4 June 2009, the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) took into custody a 61-year-old Uyghur man, a former refugee and now Swedish citizen, on charges of espionage. Now, that man’s identity has finally been revealed. Radio Free Asia reports that the suspected spy is Babur Mexsut (Mäxsut), a figure of some prominence in the in (Read More)
WorldChanging:
The Ceuta-Morocco border fence (image)Wanted to share with you a couple of links that have deeply interested and distressed me today and yesterday. The first one is a lecture that Wendy Brown, a professor of political science at the University of California, gave at the London School of Economics and Political Science. (Read More)
China e-Lobby:
So here we are, at another June 4 that much of the rest of the world won’t notice. It is all the more painful here in the West in that this anniversary – the 20th is one of our more important ones. It will hurt to see those who so bravely gave their lives be so cruelly forgotten.The irony here – and one we must remember – i (Read More)
Religion News Blog:
Today's Religion News Roundup brings you soothsayers, fortune tellers, astrologers, a 'vampire', and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. With the flim-flam out of the way, there's also room for the Samaritan ("the smallest sect in the world"), China's whining about the Dalai Lama, and some religion/abortion issues. (Read More)
China e-Lobby:
I must confess that I was surprised to hear that the Stalinist regime in northern Korea had conducted a nuclear test (BBC), especially when it occurred to me where we are on the calendar (less than two weeks out from the Tiananmen Square anniversary). Until yesterday, I had always assumed it was the Iranian mullahcracy who (Read More)
The New Dominion » Commentary, News, and Dispatches from Xinjiang, China:
Recently, we linked to a video of a spokesman for the Turkistan Islamic Party (Türkistan Islam Partiyisi (TIP) تۈركىستان ئىسلام پارتىيىسى) responding to the news that 9 Uyghurs had been arrested in Pakistan and extradited to the PRC, apparently under accusation of belonging to the TIP. Below is a translation of that video. (Read More)