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Salem-News.com (May-06-2012 13:31:00)

Urban India Shines: Without Toilets, Many Homeless

India’s slum population more than doubled, from 43 million in 2001 to 93 million in 2011 in ten years and it is projected to grow at 5% per year, adding nearly two million every year, according to official Government data.

(NEW DELHI, India) - Image 1: Farmer’s hut, 1880; these huts were better suited to the harsh Indian summer and the equally harsh winters. The clay tile roof not only drained rainwater, it insulated the home from heat and cold. These hollow clay tiles with air pockets insula Former International Monetary Fund [IMF] bureaucrat Manmohan Singh was never projected as India’s Prime Minister; he was imposed on 1.2 billion hapless Indians.

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Salem-News.com (May-06-2012 12:56:00)

Life of a Sri Lanka Tamil Catholic Bishop in Danger

Most Rev Dr Rayappu Joseph and others in danger 'Our Lady of Madhu' and Bishop Rayappu Joseph.

(BRISBANE, Aust.) - Sri Lanka clergy under threat This is an urgent appeal to prevent the possible assassination/ ‘disappearance’ of the outspoken Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar, his fellow Catholic priests in the North and East.

It is also for others who call themselves ‘Civil Society’, the only voices for the Tamil people in that part of Sri Lanka.

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Salem-News.com (May-06-2012 12:43:00)

A Buddhist Monk and Child Abuse in London

The Monk is likely to be deported to Sri Lanka after he serves his prison sentence, which will be delivered on Monday.

(LONDON dbsjeyaraj.com) - Buddhist monk exposing in Dambulla riots This is a personal journey, which has touched our lives deeply and thus I will not pretend that it is an unbiased account.

I have changed the names of the persons involved to attempt to safeguard the little privacy that they have.

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Salem-News.com (May-06-2012 01:36:00)

Justice for Genocide: Tamil Americans to Hold UN Rally

146,000 Tamil civilians were lost to the Sri Lankan state during the last eight months of the war.

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Genocide of Tamils On May 18, 2012, the Tamil Diaspora of North America will hold an awareness rally and candlelight vigil in front of the United Nations in New York City.

Those gathered will pay their solemn respect to the victims of Tamil Genocide in the Island of Sri Lanka and to observe the Tamil National Mourning Day.

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Salem-News.com (May-05-2012 19:19:00)

Time for Change?

Colonial Israel continues to push the envelope and expand with or without agreement from compliant “Arabs”.

(BETHLEHEM ) - Palestine resistance Palestinian political prisoners illegally held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike and some are near death.

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Salem-News.com (May-05-2012 18:18:00)

How Terry Jones Can Get Away With It

Different Christian institutions, including the World Evangelical Alliance have strongly condemned Terry Jones and asked the U.S. government to take action against him.

(TEHRAN) - Terry Jones Burning the holy books which are interconnected with the hearts and souls of millions of people around the world is one of the most heinous and dreadful actions which one can think of.

After decades of bloodshed and bigotry in the two World Wars, Civil War in the US and Crusades against Muslims in the 11th and 12th centuries, burning the holy books can be interpreted as a new form of barbarity and ignorance.

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Salem-News.com (May-05-2012 17:53:00)

Paralyzed Keizer Man Inspires Community, Seeks Help to Win a Wheelchair Van

Family and friends are seeking votes to help Chris Frey win a wheelchair van in a national contest.

(KEIZER, OR) - Wheelchair van Chris Frey is 30 years old, the father of two beautiful little girls that he adores and is the husband to his loving wife, Cherise.

He was always ready and willing to help others with a smile. Several weeks ago on an icy road, miles from home, their lives changed forever.

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Salem-News.com (May-05-2012 17:27:00)

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh on The Wandering Who

Our Bethlehem Professor evaluates the controversial words of our gifted friend and fellow writer Gilad Atzmon.

(LONDON / BETHLEHEM) - Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh This is a very interesting review of The Wandering Who by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh in the current Holy Land Studies Journal.

"I see in Atzmon writings a number of memes that are seeping into the common discourse. A meme is a persuasive idea that spreads in a population like a useful gene spreads in a population..."

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Salem-News.com (May-05-2012 17:11:00)

INDIA: A Poor Woman Raped by Police

Salem-News Human rights Ambassador William Gomes contacts officials in India over police rape of married woman.

(HONG KONG) - Ms. Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister - Government of West Bengal A police official in India is a suspect in the forcible rape of a poor married woman on 21 April, who was summoned to the police station in Bhadreswar PS after her husband was released from custody in a dacoity case for 45 days.

The suspect was working that night as the Officer-in Charge. He reportedly told the woman she needed to accompany him to his quarters.

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Salem-News.com (May-05-2012 16:03:00)

Strong Words in Vietnam`s Letter Over Dow Chemical as Olympic Sponsor

Len Aldis calls letter "brilliant" and notes that the Vietnamese government calls Dow out for Agent Orange that caused many hundreds of thousands of people with deformities among the Vietnamese.

(LONDON / HANOI) - Flaming Olympic rings There is rarely 'good news' on the Agent Orange front, however today there is news that is promising.

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