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Gender equality- will the dream become reality in India?
Gender   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Gender equality   Women  
 The Hindu 
Gender war, yet to be won
| V.R. Krishna Iyer | The move to create a U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, named U.N. Women, is a major stride for humankind. | Whether you believe in god or not, every e... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.
China   Law   Photos   Uighurs   Wikipedia: Uyghur people  
 The New York Times 
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
| BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, ac... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.  Asia Times 
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
|      Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is part and parcel of intensifyi... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Asia   Cambodia   Defence   Photos   US  
In this May 27, 2010 file photo banner reading: "Billions for the banks - the debts for us - we say Thanks!" is attached during a small protest against the financial markets staged by a few demonstrators outside the Frankfurt Fair Tower building prior to the start of the general shareholders meeting of the Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main. How stressed are Europe's banks? The question has long preoccupied markets, and European Union leaders hope to make a big step toward restoring confidence with the publication later this month of "stress tests" on the health of 91 banks across the continent, representing 65 percent of the EU's banking system.  Asia Times 
Unholy trinity sets up bank failures
|      Jul 31, 2010 Unholy trinity sets up bank failures | By Chan Akya | Three discrete events over the past couple of weeks have confirmed the worst suspicions of non-Keynesians ... (photo: AP / dapd, Mario Vedder, File)
Banking   Economic Crisis   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Bank regulation  
Top Stories
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, people wait to board trains at the West Railway Station in Beijing, China. The New York Times
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life ... (photo: AP)
Economy   Infrastructure   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Population growth  
Tibetan refugees commemorating the 51st Anniversary of Tibetan national Uprising in Dharamshala, India where Tibetan government based. The Himalayan
Three Tibetan refugees repatriated to China: ICT
| KATHMANDU: Nepal forcibly repatriated three Tibetan refugees last month, two of whom are now in jail in China, the International Campaign for Tibet said today. | Two Bu... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Nepal   Photos   Tibet   UN  
Hillary Clinton The Boston Globe
Clinton: Loud and proud for human rights
| In its efforts to engage other governments, President Obama has been less than full-throated on some human-rights issues. When Iranian government thugs were beating pro... (photo: Creative Commons / marcn)
HumanRights   Photos   Politics   Tibet   US  
The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. Al Jazeera
US hopes for Iran nuclear talks
| The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange fo... (photo: AP / str)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures to a crowd on his regular provincial visit to southern Iranian port of Bushehr, where the first light-water nuclear power plant of the country is under construction by Russia, 1200 kms (720 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008. Ahmadinejad, Wednesday urged western powers to participate in construction of nuclear power plants for his country saying it will be late if they do not decide immediately, state television reported. Daily Star Lebanon
Iran ready to curb enrichment if swap deal pans out
| Compiled by Daily Star staff | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | Iran has given assurances that it would stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if world pow... (photo: AP / Ruhullah Vahdati)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Sanctions   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks during an interview in New York, Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009. Blagojevich said he would respect "the law and the Constitution and the rules" if legislators vote him out of of The New York Times
Jury Deliberation Begins in Blagojevich Trial
| CHICAGO — Jurors on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois who was impeached and ousted from office and now ... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Illinois   Justice   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Rod Blagojevich corruption charges  
A deck crew member checks an EA-6B Prowlers on the USS George Washington during joint military drills in South Korea's East Sea on Sunday, July 25, 2010. The Australian
US war games a show of impotence
| FOR human ingenuity combined with killing power, there is nothing to match an aircraft supercarrier, and never is the spectacle more remarkable than at night. | The exh... (photo: AP / Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon)
Defence   Korea   Photos   US   Wikipedia: North Korea United States relations  
Budget Director Peter Orszag speaks to reporters about the new tax or entitlement policies for the pay-as-you-go plan, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, during the daily press briefing in the White House Pressroom at the White House in Washington The New York Times
Budget Chief Tried to Tilt Power to Executive Branch
| WASHINGTON — There probably won’t be a lot of gift baskets or teary farewells from House Democrats when Peter Orszag officially steps down as White House bu... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)
Finance   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Peter R. Orszag  
Kaing Guek Eav, foreground right, alias Duch, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief, center, sits inside the court room in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2007. The New York Times
Cambodia's Troubled Tribunal
| Cambodia’s war crimes court, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, or ECCC, deserves credit for convicting Kaing Guek Eav, better known as “... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Cambodia   Khmer Rouge   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge  
 Hillary Rodham Clinton The Himalayan
Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties
| TAIPEI: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quie... (photo: AP Photo / Fritz Reiss)
China   Korea   Photos   Politics   Taipei  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Trade
- China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
- China finds a friend in Germany
- US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
- China swaying politicians with gifts, sex: MP
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
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- China finds a friend in Germany
- Asia nudges ahead
- Maoists Trip Up Rising India
- Sensex ends 123 points down, global cues negative
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 16, 2010.
China finds a friend in Germany
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International Relations Military
- Historic Saudi-Syrian Beirut visit shows Arab concern
- Italy speaker refuses to resign, deepens crisis
- China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
- Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left,and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010.
Historic Saudi-Syrian Beirut visit shows Arab concern
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- No Afghan Ally Left Behind
- Big Brother flexes muscles
- Whistleblower site's greatest hits
- China finds a friend in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 16, 2010.
China finds a friend in Germany
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Man killed in crash on Desert Road
- Bealey Avenue Christchurch
- 'Be Ready' for Disasters
- They took out 5 trees.
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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- Backgrounder: China's 10-year national education plan
- China against distinguishing between India and Pakistan
- India Is Getting All the Trappings of the New Century; But I
- Boston humor contest draws cartoonists from around the world
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, students walk out of an exam venue after Thursday morning's national college entrance exam in Anxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, July 3, 2008. More than 120,000 students whose university entrance exams were delayed by the massive Chinese earthquake in May finally sat down Thursday to take the tests that will dictate their future.
Backgrounder: China's 10-year national education plan
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Nuclear Weapons Terrorism
- Chinese nuclear safety bodies need more money, IAEA experts
- China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear
- China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear
- China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran over nuclear
The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor.
US hopes for Iran nuclear talks
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- US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
- Hit for six: Kapil and Pakistan
- Cameron defends criticism of Pakistan's terrorism record
- Pakistan slams UK 'terror' remark
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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