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Dalai Lama wanted international focus on climate issues in Tibet Jason Burke The Dalai Lama told U.S. diplomats last year that the international community should focus on climate change rather than politics in Tibet because environmental problems were more urgent, secret American cables...

Ottawa (December 10, 2010): The World Sikh Organization of Canada and Canadian Sikhs join the rest of the world in marking International Human Rights Day 2010. 62 years ago on this day, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which guarantees...

Punjab Newsline Network Thursday, 18 November 2010 CHANDIGARH: All India Sikh Students Federation have decided to organize a peaceful candle march on International Human Rights Day, 10th of December in evening at Amritsar (Sri Akaltakht Sahib) to raise voice against people who were involved in...

forwarded by SPN member Tejwant Singh ji Malik PHOTO Potentially New species of frog discovered in Papua New Guinea (DNA analysis pending) Litoria sp. nov. SYDNEY (AP) -- A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a...

Forwarded by forum member Tejwant Singh ji Malik Census Of Marine Life: Decade-Long International Effort Completed, Shows Connectedness Of Oceanic Creatures Across The World (PHOTOS) WASHINGTON — The world's oceans may be vast and deep, but a decade-long count of marine animals finds sea...

International Day of Peace celebrated September 27, 2010 by Carla Hinton Source: newsok.com Sept. 25, 2010: Oklahoma City Sikhs and others gathered Sunday at the Sikh Gurdwara of Oklahoma for the cause of peace. International Day of Peace The Sikhs said peace prayers in the...

KABUL, Afghanistan — One gave up a lucrative practice to give free dental care to children who had never seen a toothbrush. Others had devoted whole decades of their lives to helping the Afghan people through war and deprivation. The years of service ended in a hail of bullets in a remote...

Srinagar, India - Amnesty International Saturday urged India to investigate the recent killing of civilians in Kashmir, as thousands of troops enforced a strict curfew in parts of the revolt-hit region. Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been hit by strikes, demonstrations and curfews over the...

TAKE ACTION : CAMPAIGN AGAINST HONOUR KILLINGS IN INDIA - KADYAN KHAP INTERNATIONAL... Targeting: Hon'ble Sardar Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of India, New Delhi) Started by: Abhishek Kadyan International...

Kuala Lumpur, June 12 (ANI): The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council, a local Sikh body, has urged the Government to set-up a constitutional body to regulate non-Muslim places of worship in the country. The Council's President, Jagir Singh, has demanded a separate body for the...

Rights group Amnesty International has condemned authorities in the United Arab Emirates over the alleged torture and forced confession of 17 Indians. They were sentenced to death last month for killing a Pakistani man. Amnesty says the men were taken to the scene of the killing in the emirate...

Acts of Kindness by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa Celebrating International Women's Day ... ACTS OF KINDNESS There is a story about Mata Damodari, Guru Hargobind''s wife, that I read several years ago in Max Macauliffe's The Sikh Religion. It is my habit to go back to these volumes from...

As we mark Human Rights Day this month―the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights―we are distressed to note that human rights and human rights defenders are under attack around the world. As their influence and impact grow, individuals and institutions that monitor...

Mr Singh International Damandeep Singh from New Delhi, holds his trophy after winning the grand finale of the Mr Singh International 2009 title in Amritsar on Saturday night. Contestants were chosen from different parts of India as well as from other nations. The selections were based strictly...

Mumbai students top international board exams Two students from Mumbai emerged world toppers in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams held in November 2008 and June 2009. While Neil Satra (16) from Dhirubhai Ambani International...

Sant Niranjan Das, who was injured in the shooting incident in Vienna, undergoing treatment in a hospital there. CHANDIGARH: Even as the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) claimed responsibility for the Vienna incident that sparked violence in Punjab, the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) has...

Paramdeep Singh, the first runner up at ‘Mr. Singh India 2009′, is keen to promote Sikhism while building a career in the glamor world. Paramdeep walks down the ramp as a proud Sikh’. Despite making a professional career through fashion, Paramdeep wants youngsters to not put aside their...

April 13 will mark the 4th Annual International Turban Day, celebrated in many countries around the world. International Turban Day is set to coincide with Vaisaki each year. The first International Sikh Turban Day occurred in 2006: First International Sikh Turban Day Celebrated in Orange...

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL WOMANS DAY... remember...the Mother... Sister....the Wife..the daughter..the Daughter - in - Law.... The Dadee..the Nanii..The Bhua..the Massi..the potee..the Dohtee Mata Tripta.. ..Mata Sulakhnii... Mata Nanaki...Mata Kheevee...Mata Bhani...Mata Ganga..//Mata...