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India: As Commonwealth Games Approach, Delhi Targets Its Donkeys

GlobalPost | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


NEW DELHI, India -- At the impromptu stables near Jawarhalal Nehru Marg, on the outskirts of Old Delhi -- the Indian capital's 400-year-old core -- a ...

India: Girls Go Back to School, Helped By Fathers

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


Pedro C. Moreno

Meetings will foster father-daughter communication, help fathers understand the value and dignity of their daughters and will keep fathers accountable.

LeT Plans To Attack 3 Indian Cities Before Independence Day, Say Indian Officials

Hindustan Times | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


Ahead of Independence Day, Pakistan-based terror group Lashker-e-Taiba is planning to target three major cities including Delhi where Prime Minister M...

India's Gays Prepare To Join The Rainbow Nation

The Independent | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Andrew Buncombe | The Independent The Indian government is considering rewriting a law drafted more than 100 years ago that criminalises homosexualit...

2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Jim Luce

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

Smile Pinki: The Other Indian Oscar Winner

The Independent | Andrew Buncombe | Posted 03.28.2009 | World


When Brijmohan and Ruchi Gupta's baby was born, the young couple were nothing less than stunned. Their joy over the arrival of their first-born, Dimpy...

Delhi Latest To Ban Plastic Bags: Five Years In Prison For Waste?

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green


New Delhi has banned the use of plastic bags in all shops, starting very soon. Notification has been sent out to all shopkeepers, and they are being g...

Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.13.2009 | World


Subhash Ghimire

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

The World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Threat

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis December 18, 2008 The bitter struggle over the beautiful Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir is the ...

CEO Murdered By Mob Of Sacked Indian Workers

The Times Online | Rhys Blakely | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business


Corporate India is in shock after a mob of sacked workers bludgeoned to death the chief executive who had dismissed them from a factory in a suburb of...