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PAKISTAN : Elected Gov't Unable to Deal With Taliban Groups
By Muddassir Rizvi
ISLAMABAD - Allah Hussain Mahsud has little hope in Pakistan's newly elected government's ability to negotiate with the ragtag Taliban militia and end militancy in the country's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
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LEBANON: Hezbollah, In Opposition, Takes Charge
Analysis by Mona Alami
BEIRUT - At least 11 people are dead and 30 injured during ferocious gun battles pitting opposition Shia Amal and Hezbollah fighters against members of the Sunni Future Movement, which is part of the majority March 14 alliance in government. As the opposition's militia men clamped down on government headquarters, the balance of power seems to have been shifted permanently in the Land of the Cedars.
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TURKEY: Ruling Party Challenges Closure
By Hilmi Toros
ISTANBUL - Facing closure by the Constitutional Court, Turkey's Islamic-rooted governing party has launched its formal defence, claiming that the case against the highly popular party and its leaders has no legal basis, and that it defends secularism despite charges that it plans to turn the country into an Islamic state.
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LEBANON: Hezbollah Unleashes a Coup Bid
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Men clad in black have roamed the streets of Beirut since Wednesday, their faces covered with ski masks or dark kaffiya, as they wreaked havoc in the large avenues leading to the airport or dividing Sunni and Shia areas. As darkness loomed over Lebanon, the winds of discord seem to set the Lebanese capital ablaze.
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SCIENCE-US: Evolution Under Siege in Classrooms
By Mark Weisenmiller
TAMPA, Florida - Darwinian evolution -- the 19th century geologist and naturalist Charles Darwin's acclaimed theory of natural selection of species and the origins of humanity -- is apparently still a source of controversy, most recently here in the state of Florida.
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LEBANON: Al-Qaeda on a Slippery Base
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman Zawahiri, announced in an audiotape broadcast Apr. 21 that Islamic groups would play a pivotal role in the war against Jews, and encouraged militants to expel invading 'Crusaders' masquerading as peacekeepers, referring to UNIFIL troops deployed in South Lebanon.
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DEATH PENALTY-PAKISTAN: Stonings - Sign of Taliban Resurgence
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR - The Taliban have confirmed that their sympathisers have executed by stoning a runaway couple in this remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan -- their first known use here of this long drawn-out death sentence for a so-called "honour crime".
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RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Inquiry Into Terror Suspect Haneef's Case 'Pointless'
By Stephen de Tarczynski
MELBOURNE - Concerns are being raised that the judicial inquiry into the case of former terrorism suspect, Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, could be a waste of time and taxpayers’ money.
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GERMANY: Churches Going on Sale
By Clive Freeman
BERLIN - What do you do with churches that have long since lost their congregations? In Germany, some are put up for sale, and get converted into luxury apartments, offices, theatres, bistros and restaurants.
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Q&A: A Bishop with His (Sandalled) Feet on the Ground
Interview with Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo
ASUNCION - Fernando Lugo has rocketed into Paraguayan history. Not only is he the first Catholic bishop to be elected president, but he has also ended 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.
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RELIGION: Ethics - The Best Weapon Against Domestic Violence
By Helda Martínez
BOGOTÁ - Domestic violence, which is widespread in Latin America as in the rest of the world, makes it imperative to recover ethics as the core value for practices and efforts aimed at creating more equitable and just societies.
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CANADA: Jewish Defence League Energised by Israel's Far Right
By Paul Weinberg
TORONTO - Like an aging group of retro rocker musicians, the Jewish Defence League (JDL) resurfaced in Toronto recently after a decade of dormancy, trying to look a little more mainstream.
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Q&A: How Faith Communities Can Help Fight Violence Against Children
Interview with UNICEF expert Eduardo Gallardo
BOGOTÁ - "It’s important to know how families view the power relations that make them protective or destructive of rights," in a world where every year 275 million children witness scenes of domestic violence, said United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expert Eduardo Gallardo.
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