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Helicopter pilgrims die in crash in India-held Kashmir

All seven people on board a helicopter returning from a pilgrimage site were killed Monday when a helicopter crashed in the India-held Kashmir region. The flight had left a popular Hindu shrine in the mountainous region, media reported, crashing after…

Paris, refugees, wars: contradictions in the whirlwind

Contradictions in the Whirlwind: The Refugees Crisis, Paris Attacks, Wars without End  By Gary Corseri   “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” – T. S. Elliot Whitman wrote in “Leaves of Grass”: “Do I contradict myself?  Very well, then, I contradict…

Michael Moore at DOC NYC 2015

Oscar winning filmmaker Michael Moore presented his new film, “Where to Invade Next” (trailer) on Thursday, November 12th at DOC NYC 2015 Film Festival. Where to Invade Next is a provocative and inspiring documentary that explores how the U.S. government…

How to make the challenges of human mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean visible?

Human mobility: global challenges for a way of communicating which is also human. The place from where we make this contribution is Pressenza: an international press agency with a focus on peace and nonviolence. It’s a space open to the…

We Are Many: Global Feb. 15 2003 Protests didn’t stop Iraq war, but may have changed the world

Up to 30 million people in nearly 800 cities rocked the globe on February 15, 2003, in antiwar rallies against the looming U.S. invasion of Iraq, making it the largest coordinated protest in history. And while the first U.S. bombs…

International Romani Language Day

International Romani Language Day The Alliance for the European Roma Institute wishes everyone a happy International Romani Language Day.  The Romani language, in all of its forms and all of its dialects, connects Roma across generations, across centuries, and across…

Arts endeavor in Tunisia links gov’t and society

An Arts Endeavor in Tunisia Brings Together Government and Civil Society November 4, 2015   by Rana Yazaji An Arts Endeavor in Tunisia Brings Together Government and Civil Society Tunisia emerged from the revolution with the potential to achieve true…

Exposed by Wikileaks: the US empire according to itself

For many people, it is easier, safer and more comfortable to live in a world of delusion, particularly when this delusion requires no effort to seek out and understand truths that might prove unpalatable. If the delusion is one that…

Bangladeshis saddened by attacks on their media people

Faisal Arefin Dipan, owner-publisher of Jagriti Publications, was hacked to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The killing took place in Dhaka’s Shahbag area within hours of an attack on another publisher and blogger, at Lalmatia in the capital city on Saturday…

Bright & beautiful, Bangladesh Association of Hong Kong centre

Bangladesh Association of Hong Kong Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that the renovation of  BAHK premises, 396, Shanghai Street (2nd Floor), Yau Ma Tei has been completed. Our long cherished dream has been fulfilled by the grace of…

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