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Myanmar Must Take `Bold Steps` to Tackle Unrest: UN Envoy

Quintana also alluded to allegations that some State officials, including local politicians and administrators, have been encouraging discriminatory views and inciting hatred.

(RANGOON Mizzima News) - The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, on Friday issued a statement from Geneva.

He expressed his “serious concerns” about the spread of violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Myanmar and urged the Thein Sein government to take “bold steps” to counteract what he called a “frightening trend”.

Pakistan Says Afghanistan `Overreacts` to Cross-Border Shelling

Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin reportedly stated on Wednesday that “the depth of Pakistan’s complacency” in the Afghan peace process has “shocked” and “disappointed” his country.

(ISLAMABAD Voice of America) - Pakistan criticized as an “overreaction” Afghanistan’s decision to cancel a military trip over alleged cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops.

Pakistan dismissed Kabul’s allegations that Islamabad is not helping advance the Afghan peace process.

Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Wrecking Peace Hopes

The Pakistani foreign ministry said its troops had responded to "some intrusions from the Afghan side"

(KABUL AFP News) - The Afghan government on Thursday accused Pakistan of wrecking efforts to end the Taliban's bloody 11-year insurgency, in the latest sign of worsening cross-border relations.

Pakistan, which backed Afghanistan's 1996-2001 Taliban regime, is seen as having a crucial role in negotiating a political settlement with the Islamist extremist leaders who shelter in Pakistan's border districts.

Britons in Aid Convoy Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted in Libya

Three women taking part in aid convoy to Gaza were attacked in Benghazi.

(BENGHAZI The Guardian) - Three women who were part of an aid convoy passing through Libya on the way to Gaza have been sexually assaulted in Benghazi, after a group of five British nationals were briefly kidnapped.

The three women, two of whom are sisters, were part of a large aid convoy travelling to the Gaza Strip.

A Look Back at Congressional Oversight of Intelligence, 2011-2012

A written report on each covert action that is being carried out under a presidential finding is provided to the congressional committees every quarter.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Several nuggets of interest are presented in the latest biennial report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, summarizing the Committee's oversight activities in the 112th Congress

The Director of National Intelligence abruptly cancelled a multi-year effort to establish a single consolidated data center for the entire Intelligence Community a year or so ago, in favor of a migration to cloud computing.

Church has Betrayed the Faith of Converted Christians

PCLM President R.L. Francis, says that Dalit Christians have left far behind than Hindu Dalits.

(NEW DELHI) - The Christian Organization ‘Poor Christian Liberation Movement’ is demanding compensation.

Christian leader R.L. Francis says the church is fighting for the tag of scheduled caste from the government whereas there is no place for casteism in Christianity.

Does Congressman Walden Stand by Don Young`s Racial Slurs?

Congressman Don Young (R-AK) talked about hiring 50 to 60 “wetbacks” on his family’s ranch.

(WASHINGTON DC DCCC Press) - Congressman Greg Walden’s Congressional leader, Don Young, used the racial slur “wetbacks” in an interview last night.

Will Congressman Walden condemn his friend’s horribly offensive remark?

Zed Seeks `Avenida Cesar Chavez` in Major Nevada Cities

Rajan Zed further said that Nevada should honor Chavez’s Gandhian principles for social change.

(RENO) - Nevada Cesar Chavez Day Committee has urged that one major street in all major cities/towns of Nevada be renamed as Avenida Cesar Chavez after civil rights icon Cesar Estrada Chavez.

In a release in Nevada today, Zed also stressed that Nevada should declare March 31 as state holiday.

Poll: 45 Percent Would Ban Shechitah in Britain

Among 18-24 year-olds, 41 percent would ban both nonmedical circumcision in underage boys and ritual slaughter of animals for food.

(LONDON JTA) - About 45 percent of 1,900 Britons polled favored banning Jewish ritual slaughter and 38 percent said they favored banning nonmedical circumcision.

In the poll, which was conducted last week by the YouGov polling agency for The Jewish Chronicle of London, 45 percent of respondents backed banning ritual slaughter, known as shechitah.

Release Palestinian Human Rights Defender Ayman Nasser from Israeli Detention

Ayman Nasser is a social work lecturer at Al Quds Open University.

(YORK, UK) - Ayman Nasser is a researcher with Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.

He represents several human rights organisations and government representative who advocate on behalf of Palestinian political prisoners.