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The World's War Against Girls Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons Mara Hvistendahl is worried about girls. Not in any political, moral or cultural sense but as an existential matter. She is right to be. In China, India and numerous other...

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Plans to build a Sikh war memorial in the centre of Derby have been given the go-ahead. Derby City Council has granted planning permission for the National Sikh Holocaust and Shaheedi Memorial to be built in Pear Tree. The 25ft (7.62m) high stone structure will pay tribute to millions of...

Sikh-Canadian Pioneers: Still Searching for Our Sikh War Heroes by DAVID R. GRAY In the making of a new Canadian documentary film, Canadian Soldier Sikhs: A Little Story in a Big War, we have reached a watershed. Our film is taking shape, filled out by the exciting detail we have found in war...

The New Yorker article by Lawrence Wright on the Church of Scientology is getting a great deal of attention. The article details the departure of screenwriter and director Paul Haggis from the church after 35 years. However, I found one of the most interesting aspects to be Wright’s...

On Twitter, Glimpses of a Slain Pakistani Governor’s War on Religious ‘Fanatics’ By ROBERT MACKEY Updated | 1:32 p.m. As my colleagues Salman Masood and Carlotta Gall report, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was shot and killed by one of his guards on Tuesday...

Armistice Day Treaty οf World War I Most οf the first World War was a non-moving trench war, whісh seemedendless. Bυt, іn the spring οf 1918, the German Army tried tooverpower the Allied Forces on the Western Adjoin, аnd indeed, for thefirst time іn more than three years, the adjoin-line wеnt...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11697567 Sri Lanka declares war on an unlikely enemy - wheat By Charles Haviland BBC News, Colombo The government is urging people to use rice and wheat flour to make bread Continue reading the main story Some 2,000 bakers across Sri...

BEIJING (AFP) – Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday wore a poppy in his lapel to honour British war dead, despite China's request he remove it because officials said it reminded them of the Opium Wars. Cameron and members of his delegation have all worn poppies...

Indian politicians given prime flats meant for war widows Nirmala George New Delhi— The Associated Press Published Monday, Nov. 01, 2010 7:48AM EDT Last updated Monday, Nov. 01, 2010 7:53AM EDT 　 The apartments in the upscale Colaba neighbourhood of Mumbai were for the noblest of causes...

Layers of dust on old paintings, rusting weapons of historical importance, dirty floors of the rooms housing rare artifacts and an almost crumbling heritage building — this is what greet you at the Anglo-Sikh War Memorial located on the banks of Ferozeshah canal here. It goes without saying that...

The story of one of the first Sikh Canadian WWI soldiers has been uncovered with the recent discovery of his Victory medal. Learn about the tale of a once forgotten war hero and early Canadian pioneer. [PTE. BUKUM SINGH, the first Sikh to enlist with an Ontario battalion has been twice...

Warning: Very Graphic Content. User Discretion Solicited. Whose Responsibility is it to protect? http://worldsikhnews.com/22%20April%202009/Whose%20Responsibility%20is%20it%20to%20protect.htm mUTHAMIZH cHENNAI:happysingh: Srilanka: If this isn't GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is...

Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji, the last Indian fighter pilot to have served in the second world war, has died aged 92. Navdeep Singh Kandola looks back at the story of Pujji and other Sikh fighter pilots Please see a wonderful video at this link...

Punjab govt to lay foundation stones of three Sikh war memorials from Oct 9 Monday, 27 September 2010 CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister P.S.Badal Monday reviewed the arrangements for the foundation laying ceremonies of three historic Sikh war memorials of Wada Ghalughara at Kup...

CHANDIGARH: Two schceduled caste communities in Punjab are on the war path. While 'The Chamar Maha Sabha' has announced to gherao Punjab state assembly on issue of providing reservation within reservation for SC's the Balmiki Majhabi Sikh Community has challenged the Chamar Sabha on the...

Over the past few months, the Commission's stonemasons have built a new memorial, which bears the names of 53 Indian soldiers who died during the Great War. This new memorial stands a few metres from the existing Patcham Down Indian Forces Cremation Memorial, often referred to as the...

A new documentary film exploring the forgotten history of Indian soldiers who fought for Great Britain during World War One is being released online as a free educational resource for young people. "Sikhs@War" tells the story of the 100,000 Sikh soldiers from modern day India and...

As director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mark Juergensmeyer brings the sociology of religion to bear on the analysis of violent conflict in the contemporary world. His recent books include Global Rebellion: Religious...

Sikh To Death FRESNO, CA -- I think I've finally found a religion I can convert to. I'm thinking of turning Sikh. And we'll just slide right by all the puns popping into your little heads, if you don't mind. The Sikhs are just the coolest warrior tribe around. Take their scripture. My Bible...