Pakistani Police Jailed For Parading Adulterous Couple Naked Through Streets
Mobile phone footage of the incident shows the police beating the man.
Bayreuth Music Festival: Still Stained By Wagner’s Links To Nazism
Wagner wrote many tracts that vilified Jews (although his anti-Semitism was hardly unusual in 19th century Europe).
Uganda: Forty Years After Idi Amin Expelled Asians
The expulsion is largely forgotten today, except by the Ugandan Asians themselves and their descendants who have spread across the world
Sikh Temple Shooting: Again Mistaken For Muslims?
"That turban has tragically marked us as automatically suspect, perpetually foreign and potentially terrorists."
Marilyn Monroe: Fifty Years Later, Still The Greatest Star On The Planet
Marilyn is as great a legend as this country as ever produced – she shares eternal life with such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, John Wayne and Louis Armstrong.
Chick Fil-A: A Sad, Sorry, Pathetic Spectacle For All Parties Concerned (HOLD FOR SUN AM)
Not only did this represent a grave violation of fair trade practices, but it also smacked of a naked ploy to consolidate their political bases (who, no doubt, agree with their views anyway).
Harry Truman’s Grandson Meets With Survivors Of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombs In Japan
A former journalist, Daniel was invited by Japanese anti-nuclear groups.
French Judge Asks UK To Arrest Moroccan Olympic Chief For 1965 Abduction Case
Patrick Ramael, has tried detain Benslimane for the past five years, without success.
Pakistan Sacks Top Law Officer For Performing Menial Tasks At Sikh Temples
Khan said he performed those humble duties as a goodwill gesture and to promote better relations between faiths.
Honduras Bans Guns In Colon Region, But Paramilitaries Will Be Exempt
Honduras, which has the world’s highest homicide rate already -- estimated at 86.5 murders per 100,000 inhabitants according to the United Nations -- has witnessed a particularly gruesome spike in carnage in Colon, from two different fronts.
India Awash In Guns: Even Politicians Facing Criminal Charges Can Acquire Weapons
Between 1987 and 2012, 756 guns were purchased by MPs and other senior government officials.
Make More Babies: Iranian Government To People
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the birth control program, in place for the past 20 years, has outlived its purpose.
Francisco Franco: Spain’s Struggle To Deal With Fascist Shadows
More than 35 years after Franco’s death, the generalissimo remains a divisive figure -- detested by liberals and socialists, ignored by many, but revered by an ever-diminishing group of right-wing admirers.
India Plans Mars Mission Late Next Year
The orbiter should assume its position around Mars by September 2014.
Iran Scales Back Birth Control Programs, Seeks Baby Boom
Health minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told Iranian reporters that the government will now spend 190 billion rials (about $15 billion) to encourage Iranians to have larger families.
Spain Arrests Al-Qaeda Operatives
However, authorities did not reveal what specific targets the suspects were interested in.
Kofi Annan Resigns As UN Special Envoy To Syria
Ban added that he is in talks with the Arab League to find a successor.
Pigs Heads Left At French Mosque: Why Muslims, Jews And Hindus Don?t Eat Pork
The prohibition on eating pork is something shared by Muslims and Jews.
The Dangerous Roads Of Morocco: Traffic Fatalities Very High In North African State
About 4,200 people died in traffic accidents in Morocco in 2011, a 12 percent jump from the prior year, according the nation?s equipment and transportation ministry.
Hamas' Condemnation Of Palestinian Visit To Auschwitz Underscores Holocaust Denial In Arab World
Barhoum also alleged that the journey to Auschwitz overshadowed the ?true Palestinian tragedy".
Drug Dealers With A Conscience?: Some Brazilian Traffickers Cease Selling Crack Cocaine
Crack addiction has become a grave public health and security concern in parts of Brazil, particularly the poverty-stricken shanty-towns that ring the large cities.
Why Is Iran Building Ties With The Taliban?
Interestingly, Iran and the Taliban have watched each other warily for the past fifteen years.
Spain Seeking To Erase Francisco Franco From Its Conscience
More than thirty-five years after Franco?s death, the generalissimo remains a divisive figure.
Iran Running Out Of Chances: Netanyahu
Netanyahu has reiterated his threat that the Israeli military will consider taking action against Iran.
The Return of Moslemuddin Sarkar: Bangladeshi Man Missing For 23 Years Goes Home
Sarkar is in his early 50s and got married during his sojourn in India.
Gore Vidal: The Last American Intellectual
Vidal?s life was so extraordinary that its scope and magnitude beggars belief.
The War Against Bollywood: Right-Wing Nationalists Threaten India?s Film Industry
"It?s unsafe to shoot in Mumbai nowadays. Our limbs are at stake. So is our property."
India Power Restored: But Who Is To Blame For Two-Day Blackout?
Rail transport was paralyzed, hospitals had to rush to use back-up generators, roads became clogged with traffic jams, and water supplies were disrupted, among a multitude of other breakdowns.
Mali Slipping Into Human Rights Abyss: Amnesty International
In May, the junta faced and defeated a counter-coup of officers and police who supported the ousted Toure.
India Blackout Shows Urgent Need For Infrastructure Spending Boost
India is still a Third World country and needs to spend mightily on infrastructure to become the superpower it aspires to.