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NEW DELHI (AP) — India deployed sharpshooters and security forces around the capital Monday as Narendra Modi prepared to be sworn in as prime minister in a ceremony attended by a slew of foreign dignitaries — including the prime minister

Microblogging site Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to “blasphemous” and “unethical” content to be stopped. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) submitted at least five requests from May 5 to 14

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ‘Catastrophic’ bombing in Jos Nigeria kills 118 FBI says that Americans are going to Syria for jihad Militants from Russia, Central Asia join Jamaat Sabiri to fight in Syria Use of social media to

The CIA ended “the use of vaccine programs in its spying operations” as concerns “for the safety health workers” took center stage.  According to BBC News, “the CIA used a fake vaccine program to try to find Osama bin Laden

Pakistan has dropped charges against FBI agent Joel Cox, who was arrested under “anti-terrorism” laws after 15 bullets were found in his luggage in Karachi, Pakistan. Police told a Pakistani court “they were dropping the case [against Cox]” because the

For weeks, I have been wrestling with the question: Should America and the West take on Boko Haram or not. Now, France–not the United States–has convened a meeting of five western African states in Paris. American, British, and other European

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the New America Foundation for its work to “keep reinventing America,” in her remarks before the foundation on Friday.  Clinton argued that workers have worked harder for top-income earners earn more while workers

The Conservative Party have selected an Islamist leader with links to George Galloway as a local election candidate in the London borough of Newham. Mufti Shah Sadruddin has no known previous links to the party, but has been an enthusiastic

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan voters will return to the polls next month to choose a successor to outgoing President Hamid Karzai, whose refusal to sign a deal permitting U.S. troops to stay beyond the end of the year has

A member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) says “nearly 5,000 Hindus migrate from Pakistan to India every year.” According to dnindia.com, PML-N’s Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani said “six incidents of religious desecration occurred within the last two months in

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have registered a case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers who made a public protest after a police officer detained one of their colleagues, officials said on Tuesday, the latest in a tidal wave of such

The Central Intelligence Agency plans on shutting down its bases throughout Afghanistan over the summer and withdrawing its personnel back to Kabul. The Los Angeles Times reported that in March CIA Director John Brennan told a group of military officers that

In an extraordinary online video, illegal migrants in Italy have been telling their fellow countrymen not to come to Italy “because you will starve.” A man identified only as Roshan from Sri Lanka faces the camera and says: “This country

The President of Indonesia has reiterated his stance that his country should remain a secular state, not one dominated by Islamic law. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after receiving the Sukarno (Indonesia’s first President) prize for championing humanity and democracy,

A report compiled by 22 humanitarian aid agencies warns that 50,000 children–one in seven–in Somalia are at the brink of death thanks to hunger. Additionally, the nation faces yet another potential famine as it strives to recover from a 2011

A new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan group, asserts that the Obama administration is turning a blind eye to persecution of Christians by Muslims in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, as well as

On both coasts, Americans are protesting the horror of Sharia-ism. Beverly Hills is exploding about one of its most famous hotels now being owned by the Sultan of Brunei – a country that has recently imposed Sharia law upon its citizens.

The Telegraph has reportedly uncovered China’s secret plans for handling the scenario of a collapse of North Korea’s regime under Kim Jong Un. The document suggests that China is worried about the short- and long-term overall stability of the Un

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com As immigrants surge into Greece, 22 die on Aegean Sea U.S. considers helping Nigeria find its abducted girls Pakistan travel restrictions urged to stop spread of polio Violence in Odessa Ukraine revives memories of

Pakistan’s intelligence agency (ISI) has a controversial history of assisting terrorists, including the Taliban and al-Qaida. Now, the Times of India is reporting that Pakistan’s ISI has plans to conduct terror attacks on two foreign consulates in India, including the U.S. consulate in Chennai

Americans should take note: Upcoming elections in two English-speaking countries, the United Kingdom and India, are likely to tell a common story; in both nations, conservative nationalism is likely to defeat liberal multiculturalism. That’s good news for conservatives, and an

With just two phases to go in India’s nine-phase, five-week marathon national election, time may well have run out for India’s ruling Congress Party to hold onto power and prevent the expected landslide victory by India’s conservative Bharatiya Janata Party

On Friday, a natural disaster that occurred in a remote village in northeast Afghanistan claimed the lives of upwards of hundreds of Afghan villagers, with some estimates even claiming thousands. The landslide occurred around noon local time in the district

Driving along certain parts of our southwest border with Mexico, there is no question that there is a dividing line between our two countries. South of San Diego between San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, California, lies an 18 foot-high steel

A parliamentary committee has called for Britain to cut foreign aid payments to Pakistan unless there is “clear evidence” it is helping reduce Islamist extremism in the country. The Commons International Development Committee said that there was little evidence massive

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com India’s Narendra Modi says he’ll deport ‘Bangladeshis’ John Kerry says that Israel could become ‘an apartheid state’ Dozens killed in Iraq bombing two days before election India’s Narendra Modi says he’ll deport ‘Bangladeshis’ Narendra

Pro-American former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah won 44.9% of the vote in Afghanistan’s April 5th presidential election and will face former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who received 31.5% of the vote, in a run-off expected to be held

London, April 27 (QNA) – The fatal helicopter crash in Afghanistan which killed all five UK personnel on board appears to have been a “tragic accident”, the British Ministry of Defence said. The Lynx helicopter came down in south of

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Arab countries recruit more soldiers from Pakistan U.S. threatens to cut off all aid to the Palestinians ZeroHedge: China’s commodity and real estate bubbles are bursting 45 people in Chicago shot over the weekend

The original Earth Day was proposed at the 1969 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference in San Francisco by peace activist John McConnell and supported by UN Secretary General U Thant to honor peace on earth and the

Indian officials have signed a deal to fund heavy weapons purchases for Afghanistan during a high-level trip to Moscow last week – raising concerns that British aid money is indirectly assisting Russian arms-sales due to the UK’s £280m aid package

As everyone knows, Brandeis publicly announced that they would award Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary doctorate–and then, under siege by nearly 30% of their professors, and by thousands of their own students, they publicly disinvited Hirsi Ali. This campaign was

There’s a good looking woman lying on Bondi Beach, so Bruce treats her to his best smooth-talking chat-up line. “G’day Sheila. Wanna f***?” “No thanks, mate,” says Sheila. “No worries,” says Bruce. “Would you mind just lying there while I

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com New poison gas attack reported in Syria The Afghanistan elections and the Afghan-Pakistan Taliban alliance The presidential runoff in Afghanistan New poison gas attack reported in Syria Reports from both the Syrian government and