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BAHRAIN: Human rights, online activists urge Formula One not to return
Babylon & BeyondFormula One authorities are expected to decide Friday whether Bahrain will be allowed to host a Grand Prix event this year. The event was postponed in February after protests erupted against the Sunni monarchy in the majority Shiite gulf state....... -
BAHRAIN: Human rights activists decry return of Formula 1 Grand Prix
Babylon & BeyondHuman rights activists said Friday’s decision by Formula 1 authorities to reschedule a Grand Prix race in Bahrain in October "damages the push for human rights in the country." “Giving this prestigious event to the Bahrain authorities while... -
BAHRAIN: Sunni detainee still held under mysterious circumstances
Babylon & BeyondEmergency law was lifted Wednesday in Bahrain but Mohamed Albuflasa remains in jail. Albuflasa Imprisoned the first week of Bahrain’s demonstrations when the protest movement believed it might extract reforms from the island’s monarchy. What... -
BAHRAIN: Unions fight discrimination, firings even after martial law lifted
Babylon & BeyondBahrain’s monarchy lifted its martial law June 1, but human rights activists and union leaders say they continue to struggle with workplace discrimination in the gulf state as those who protest are targeted and fired for being traitors. Babylon &...... -
BAHRAIN: Emergency law lifted; human rights activist summoned by military
Babylon & BeyondThis post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Bahrain lifted its emergency law Wednesday, almost three months after it called in Saudi troops to crush a largely peaceful protest movement popular among the island’s Shiite........ -
In Theory: Can Islam and democracy coexist?
Q. The pro-democracy uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have resonated around the world, with even the Wall Street Journal going so far as to headline one column, “The Arab World's 1989?” Hosni Mubarak's resignation from his position as...Tags: Religious Texts, Human Interest, Politics, Constitutional Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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9/11 Families Join Effort to Support "Ground Zero Mosque"
wpix.com9/11 victims' families will join with more than three dozen other organizations today to show their support for building an Islamic Center near Ground Zero in an effort to re-frame the debate on the controversial site. The group September Eleventh...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Politics, Regional Authority, Heads of State, Values
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Team Obama: World Police
If there existed any remaining doubt that Barack Obama has completed his conversion from an anti-Iraq war candidate to a presidential hawk, it was eviserated this weekend when the United States launched a series of military strikes on Libya.
The...Tags: China, Human Interest, Politics, Government, Bill Clinton
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We will remember 2011
Stop for a moment. Look around you and make a note of this time and place, because years from now you will want to remember where you were when 2011 happened. Moving along the path of human events, we have reached a fork in the road, a turning point...Tags: Afghanistan, Human Interest, Politics, China Earthquake (2010), Disasters and Accidents
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Seapower critical to security and freedom
It was three short months ago in this column wherein you read that shortsighted dimwits in Washington were working themselves up into a lather to reduce the Department of Defense budget by cutting deeply into the expeditionary warfighting capability of...Tags: Yemen, Charity, Politics, Syria, Tourism and Leisure
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Major Earthquake Rocks Pakistan
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Southwestern Pakistan.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake rumbled at a depth of 6.2 miles, outside the cities of Dalbandin, Kalat, and Zahedan, Iran.
In Dubai, a reporter told CNN he felt a moderate shaking...Tags: Mass Media, CNN (tv network), Twitter, Inc., Pakistan, Arts and Culture
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Muddled Middle East
When revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt erupted earlier this year quickly forced out long-time autocratic rulers, many in the West hoped that the pro-democracy demonstrations there would unleash a tidal wave of change across the Arab world. To an extent,...Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), NATO, Politics, Syria, Republican Party
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