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On the 22nd and 23rd of May 2015 more than 500 people gathered from all over the world to witness the official inauguration of the gate, hall and stele of Mikebuda Park of Study and Reflection in Hungary.  The small…

Premature announcement about Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong, seen by many as the face of the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong… is here in Malaysia. Come join him for breakfast. Joshua was turned away at Penang Airport. PRESS STATEMENT ON THE DEPORTATION…

Five years ago, in late May 2010, more than a thousand workers at the Nanhai Honda automotive components plant in Foshan were creating history; staging a high-profile, ground-breaking strike that would come to symbolize the rise of the workers’ movement…

We publish here in full the final press statement of the Yes Campaign in the Irish referendum for same-sex marriage. Today, we are more truly a nation of equals. The people of Ireland have exercised their Constitutional right and by…

Following my conscience to challenge US policies began with my resignation as a US diplomat in 2003 in opposition to the Bush war on Iraq. Before working as a diplomat I was a US Army Reserve Colonel. Over the past…

Myanmar has once again banked on its old trick to describe Rohingya Muslims as Bengalis to avoid its responsibilities amid growing international pressure on it to rescue thousands of boat people trapped at sea. Following the rescue of 208 people…

Johannesburg: South Africa’s ‘Operation Fiela’, which means operation sweep, is indeed bearing fruit since it started operating, and there are positive results. The operation is made by army and police units where they patrol in the crime hot spots of…

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Jammu, Poonch and Rajouri: India’s Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar completed a two day visit to Jammu & Kashmir on 23 May 15. He was in the state to review the overall security situation. On the second and last day…

Visiting family in Australia and listening to the commentary of a lady and like-spirit now living there, near Perth, who is called Mother Mary by her immediates, as she spoke concerning the Rule of St Benedict, I could not help…