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U.S.
Muslim "Terror Threat" Belied by Numbers
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - The threat of terrorism carried out by Muslim Americans appears to have been exaggerated by U.S. officials in recent years, according to a new study on domestic terrorism released Wednesday.
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"Raining Bombs" Causing Hundreds to Flee Northern Nigeria
By Mustapha Muhammad
KANO, Nigeria - "I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe," said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria’s northern state with her five-year-old daughter.
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Bahrain Braces for More Shia Protests
By Suha Mohammed
MANAMA - It is far from Pearl Roundabout, the scene of last year’s crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, but for now Mughsha, a village in the northern district of Bahrain, serves as the centre of the country’s ‘Arab Spring’ movement.
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
Food Heals Historic Hostility
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then the path to peace between India and Pakistan may lie in the commonalities in their cultures and cuisines.
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BANGLADESH
Coup Bid Reveals Extremism Within Army
Analysis by Naimul Haq
DHAKA - Bangladesh’s army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.
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PAKISTAN-INDIA
Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - "It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain," recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
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The Ancient Wither in New Iraq
By Karlos Zurutuza
BASRA - "I’d say there are around 5,000 of us in the country, but if you ask me next week we may well be under 3,000. After twenty centuries of history in Mesopotamia, we Mandaeans, are about to vanish." Anxiety about the future of his people is more than evident in the figures given by Saad Atiah Majid, chairman of Basra’s Mandaean Council.
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PAKISTAN
New Rehab Plan Brings Hope for War-Disabled
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The prolonged United States-led war against terrorism has left a large number of people disabled in Pakistan, compelling the government to institute a rehabilitation plan that will include imparting vocational skills.
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LEBANON
Could a New Civil Law Unify a Divided Society?
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Odette Klysinska, a Catholic French native, sits in her living room in an affluent neighbourhood in Beirut, clutching her will in one hand, shocked to learn that it is no longer legally valid in the country she now calls home.
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PAKISTAN
Taliban Bombs Get Deadlier
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR - In their efforts to kill and injure more people as part of a terror campaign in northern Pakistan, the Taliban militia have resorted to lacing bombs with toxic chemicals that leave survivors with complicated wounds.
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EGYPT
Islamist Parties to Abide by Camp David – For Now
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - The Islamist landslide in recently concluded parliamentary polls has led to fears in some quarters of an impending paradigm shift in Egyptian foreign policy. Most local analysts, however, dismiss the likelihood of any sea changes, especially when it comes to the sensitive issues of Palestine and the Camp David peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
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THAILAND
Malay-Muslim Insurgency - Lessons Learnt
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Teachers’ Day on Jan. 16 was a sombre affair in Thailand’s troubled southern provinces where memories are strong of 155 educators killed over the past eight years in an insurgency led by Malay-Muslim separatists.
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GUATEMALA
For the Maya, the World Isn't Ending – the Environment Is
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - The end of the Maya long-count calendar does not predict a global catastrophe, let alone the end of the world, say native activists and elders who spoke to IPS in Guatemala. But what are coming to an end are the world's natural resources, as a result of human activity, they warn.
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