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James Yee answers the headlines with his side of how a Muslim Army chaplain was charged with spying for al Qaida at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
In "For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire," written with Aimee Molloy, Yee says although he was a West Point graduate, as a Muslim chaplain he came under suspicion because of his religion.
"We say that the war on terror is...
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Oct. 31, 2005 issue - The Japanese tend to expect diplomatic bouquets from even the most insignificant of their foreign visitors. So imagine the audience reaction when German ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt, invited to give a lecture in Tokyo last month, treated his hosts to an exercise in bluntness. He accused the Japanese of soft-pedaling their country's responsibility for its wartime past-and ...
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“Sex and Life” is not the republic's first “adult accessories” boutique, but it is the only. Two others had short lives in the mid 90s, but closed amid public disapproval, mostly from elderly.
Now, 28-year-old sex aide entrepreneur Petros Movsesyan is hoping times have changed enough to sustain his new business, which opened at the beginning of this month near the Cascade.
“The sho...
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Interviews from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday Home > News > World > Asia
They strut their stuff and shake their booties as well as any pop band worldwide, and their infectious dance tunes are taking the Asian music scene by storm.
But in one crucial respect Lady, the hottest music act to come out of South Korea in years, are not your average girl group. They may have...
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Chennai, Oct 21 : Hollywood actor Richard Gere along with the Indian film fraternity on Friday announced to launch a massive AIDS awareness campaign in the country.
The campaign, named Heroes Project, will be launched by the Gere Foundation and socialite Parmeswar Godrej on Saturday (October22) in Hyderabad.
The show is being organised with the aim of involving the film fraternity t...
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For the past few weeks, the nation has been mustering in support of the people that have been affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The impact on Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama has been horrendous. People of all ages, sex and race have been affected. They have lost their homes property, clothing, jewelry, but of significant importance, they lost the lives of their loved ones.
Among...
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When the Dalai Lama delivered his first lecture to an American audience, the year was 1979, and the place was in northwestern New Jersey, at an obscure Buddhist teaching center.
"We had maybe several hundred people," said Diana Cutler, who has lived at the center for decades. "He wasn't famous then."
Recently, the 75-year-old leader of Tibetan Buddhism and global human rights champ...
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Some people just don't know when enough is enough.
No, I'm not talking about "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, though I'm sure there are a number of wrestling fans out there that would agree that, at age 56, the 16-time world champion is way past his prime and really should hang up the tights.
This time the finger points to one Kevin Nash, the former World Wrestling Entertainmen...
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2005-10-22 08:00. ::
When the Dalai Lama delivered his first lecture to an American audience, the year was 1979, and the place was in northwestern New Jersey, at an obscure Buddhist teaching center.
"We had maybe several hundred people," said Diana Cutler, who has lived at the center for decades. "He wasn't famous then."
Recently, the 75-year-old leader of Tibetan Buddhism and global human rights champ...
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TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's fifth visit to the Yasukuni shrine this week on a drizzly morning set off angry protests in Asia. China canceled a visit by the Japanese foreign minister, no small thing. Yasukuni holds the remains of 14 Class A war criminals hanged after World War II, and is regarded as symbol of Japan's perceived failure to atone for its killing sprees in and brutal ...
