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Death Threat to LEAD`s Director, Advoacte Sardar Mushtaq Gill

A Christian advocate's life is in danger for attempting to help women who were forcibly abused by Muslim extremists.

(PATTOKI, Pakistan) - Pakistani Christian Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill says he was threatened by three anonymous armed men Sunday after meeting with the victims of a heart breaking incident.

Christian women were attacked and paraded naked by a mob of Muslims...

The Tamil`s Uphill Task With The Winners of The War

The winners in Sri Lanka’s civil war continue to make life hard for the losers.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - OFTEN, when Sri Lanka’s ethnic-Sinhalese-dominated government appears to be offering a hand in friendship to the Tamil minority, it turns out to be a slap in the face.

For example, in 2010 it appointed a Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the final phase of the 26-year civil war.

US Senator Rand Paul: `There Is A War On Christianity`

You are being taxed to send money to countries that are not only intolerant of Christians but openly hostile.

(NEW DELHI ICAN) - American taxpayers are paying for a “war on Christianity” at home and abroad, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said during a speech at a conservative conference Thursday.”

There is a war on Christianity,” Paul told an audience of mostly evangelical Christians and Jews during a luncheon at the annual Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington.

Tens of Thousands of Jews Protest State of Israel in NYC

Many Orthodox Jews say Israeli militarism and nationalism leads people away from peaceful Judaism.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews assembled on New York City streets to protest against the existence of the State of Israel, and to condemn it's current "evil decree" to draft yeshiva students.

The mass demonstration took place in Federal Plaza Square in lower Manhattan, where a huge platform had been set up for several hundred rabbis and leaders of communities.

Unhappy 90th to Israeli President Shimon Peres

Let me say, I'm glad there is faith, but sometimes it should be mixed with objective logic.

(ST. AUGUSTINE, FL) - The next world war is being hatched just as planned and the top of American foreign diplomacy.

Kerry, Rice and Powers are all proud members of the 4200 member muckraking organization, the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR).

Pakistani Christians

Christian community in particular has been targeted and internationally ostracized in the past.

(ISLAMABAD) - The peace intervention ratio in Pakistan is always disproportional in terms of supply and demand. Pakistani society is gradually dipping into disharmony and going awry as demand increases and supply is less than its required level.

Pakistan is unable to achieve its desired status in the comity of nations despite having good natural and human resources; the reason is that there is injustice at the heart of all its systems and levels.

3 India`s at War: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

This article summarises some key kurukshetras within India where these forces are at war with one another.

(PRINCETON, NJ) - In order to understand India’s present dynamics, it is helpful to think of three competing forces at work internally, each with its distinct support bases and strategic ambitions.

Of these forces, Sensex India and Bharat are pro-nation forces even though they fight each other, while Breaking India opposes the unity of India.

Wall St. Journal Publishes Circumcision Debate

Ronald Goldman, Ph.D. says some circumcised men and clinicians report psychological harm, including "anger toward parents and others, sexual anxieties, reduced emotional expression and empathy, low self-esteem and avoidance of intimacy."

(BOSTON) - The Wall St. Journal today published a debate on male infant circumcision between Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston, and Ronald Gray, a circumcision advocate and researcher.

Goldman, the author of Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma, noted that most of the world rejects circumcision "as harmful genital surgery, like removing other natural, healthy, functioning body parts."

Myriad Genetics Not Allowed To Play, `GOD`

Luke Easter takes a poetic look at the issues surrounding Myriad Genetics and their controversial attempt to patent technology.

(CLEVELAND) - When options for healthcare are denied, and scientific advances thwarted, the results are staggering and tragic. Medical care is no option for so many people in this nation where some of the most powerful voices hold only disdain for the poor.

Americans are a proud lot, so why do they harm each other so intensely? Luke Easter's poem below goes right to the heart of the matter.

Israel Reverses Ben-Gurion on U.S. Jews as `Americans`

David Ben-Gurion once agreed that American Jews are 'Americans'; Israel now abandoning that view.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Shortly after the creation of the State of Israel, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) abandoned its opposition to Zionism.

It sought to strengthen Israel's position with the U.S. Government, struggled with the proclamations of Israel's prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.