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- "Presenter Sarah Elmesallati is thrown out of the ceremony because she is a woman who does not wear the hijab"
Read more about Libya's recent Hijab fiasco involving a female presenter who was forced to leave the stage after an Islamist MP objected to her not wearing a veil at the historic power handover ceremony to the newly elected 200-member General National Congress: http://bit.ly/RxkDSJ
- "It is not a fault of Bangladeshis. They are just pawns of the big game. The rabbit hole goes deep down, somewhere where the core system needs to be changed and rebuilt."
Last month clashes between indigenous Bodo tribes and Muslim settler...s in the Indian State of Assam broke out which led to rioting, killings and mass displacement.See More
After almost a month the situation is yet to calm down, and many blame politicians and organisations on both sides for spreading fear: http://bit.ly/QTWHCu
- "The concept of democracy is quite hard to find in South Korea. There are indiscriminate attacks on the freedom of expression. The authorities have blindly labeled any cultural attempts as ‘harmful for kids' and successfully dampened the mo...rale of artists. Now they have even passed a new bill entitled “Music Video Rating System” that would fit better in a communist state"See More
Read more about South Korea's new bill which requires every music video or trailer to be rated prior to upload. Failure to comply could result in up to two years in prison or a hefty fine : http://bit.ly/QRUt6L
- Early last Sunday morning in Omsk, Russia, 300 youths gathered together for a "Zombie Parade" flashmob, the city's first attempted 'walk of the living dead.'
Police were on hand to warn everyone that they represented an illegal assembly, and could be charged with breaking the law.
Watch the video and read reactions here: http://bit.ly/QRCwFi
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This Eid-ul-Fitr, the Pakistani government ordered a blanket cell phone service suspension in four major cities.
The measure was apparently taken to prevent terrorist attacks, but many feel it infringed citizen rights.
What do you think?- "Greetings, the police arrested me and my children." - Reema Al Joresh, wife of a prisoner who has been detained for eight years without trial in Saudi Arabia, was on her way to the mosque to give away 500 gifts with a letter raising awareness about arbitrary detention in the Kingdom.
Read more about Activist Reema Al Joresh Detention on Eid Day: http://bit.ly/NSLm92
- They were on their third security check when football player John Galliquio said: “an extra effort and they will find the weapon I'm carrying with me”.
Read more about how a Peruvian football player's airport joke triggered a security alert at Costa Rica's San Jose International: http://bit.ly/NQw1G3
- '@RawyaRageh: Been resisting saying this since yesterday.. but I give in. #Morsi to Egyptians — “Who's your daddy now?”'
'@Ghonim: #Morsi recent decisions were a practical response to Western analysts who thought that #Jan25 was not a revo...lution rather a military coup.'See More
Read more as Egyptians try to understand the motive behind President Morsi ousting two Generals from key positions in the army: http://bit.ly/QMmIn7
(Cartoon by Carlos Latuff: Mohamed Morsi is reading a book entitled, “Erdogan's Path to Power” while sacking Mohamed Hussein Tantawi thus following the footsteps of Erdogan who fired twenty generals a week before.)
- The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Abune Paulos, has died aged 76.
His death has sparked a debate on religion and politics and re-triggered speculation about the whereabouts of Prime Minster Meles Zenawi.
Read the article: http://tinyurl.com/cl5hyhw
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