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The Post-Berlin Aftermath: Many Walls Still Need to Be Brought Down

Jean-Pierre Lehmann | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Slumdog Millionaire, East Berlin, Berlin Wall, East Germany, West Germany, Mumbai, Political Economy, Walls, West Berlin, Global Eonomy, London, Berlin Wall Fall, Partition, Shanghai, Dubai, Twentieth Anniversary Berlin Wall, World News
Jean-Pierre Lehmann

While the Berlin Wall may have been torn down, there remain many walls that are defiantly standing and indeed new ones that have been erected.

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Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane

Mira Kamdar | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: France, Paris, Zinedine Zidane, Sooni Taraporevala, Soccer, Mumbai, Little Zizou, Zizou, Mira Nair, Parsis, Entertainment News
Mira Kamdar

The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.

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NYT: Group Behind Mumbai Terror Has "Flourished", Still Viewed As A Major Threat

nytimes.com | LYDIA POLGREEN and SOUAD MEKHENNET | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: India Terrorism, India, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Pakistan Militants, Pakistan, Terrorism, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Lashkar-E-Taiba Attack, Home News

Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, the group behind the assault remains largely intact and determined to ...

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Performances, That, Shanghai, Afs, Pakistan, Jaffna, Hong Kong, Asian Art, Vishakha Desai, John D. Rockefeller, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Muslim, Andy Warhol Foundation, Indonesia, Hindu, Vietnam War, Korea, Williams College, Buddhist, Elephant Story, Nigeria, Mumbai, Brookings Institution, Sri Lanka., Robert B. Oxnam, Thought Leader, Manila, University of Massachusetts, Education, Asian Women Leaders, United States, Asia Society, Mathew Luce, Barack Obama, Global Citizen, Boston University, Asian-Americans, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Bombay University, U.S.-Asia Relationship, Hillary Clinton., Youtube, Taliban, India, International Relations, Asian Art History, Gates Foundation, New York News
Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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India Swine Flu Death Toll Reaches 17

The Times of India | TIMESOFINDIA.COM 12 August 2009, 05:11pm IST | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: India, India H1n1, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu Deaths, H1N1 Swine Flu, Swine Flu, H1n1 Swine Flu Map, Pune Swine Flu Deaths, H1N1 Influenza, India Swine Flu, Mumbai, Swine Flu Outbreak, Fever, H1n1 Flu, Pune, India Flu, H1n1, Maharashtra, World News

PUNE: A 48-year-old driver died of swine flu Wednesday afternoon, as the Sassoon Hospital here registered the fifth death of the day from the H1N1 Swi...

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Let There Be Light

Carl Pope | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: India, Mumbai, Ipcc, Light, Climate Change, Green News
Carl Pope

Imagine a world where everyone has light -- and no one needs to burn carbon to have it.

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2003 Mumbai Bombing: Indian Court Finds 3 Guilty

AP | RAJESH SHAH | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: India Terrorism, 2003 Mumubai Bombing, India, Mumbai Bombing, Mumbai, Gateway of India, Mumbai 2003, August 25 2003, Mumbai-India, Pakistan, World News

MUMBAI, India — An Indian court on Monday found two Muslim men and a woman guilty in twin bombings that killed 52 people and wounded 100 in the ...

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Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Gunman's Confessions Accepted By Judge

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai Confession, Mumbai, Ajmal Kasab, Ajmal Kasab Confession, Mumbai Trial, World News

MUMBAI, India — The trial of the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks will continue despite his surprise admission of guilt, a judge rule...

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Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Attacks Gunman, Admits Guilt In Dramatic Court Confession

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: India, Ajmal Kasab Confession, Pakistani Ajmal Kasab, Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Attacks, Ajmal Kasab Admits Guilt, Mumbia Attacks, Mumbai Trial, Ajamal Kasab Confessed in Court, Mumbai Hotel Shooting Kasab, Kasab Mumbai, Ajmal Kasab Photo, Kasab, Confessions of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Attacks Gunman Confession, Mumbai, World News

MUMBAI, India — The lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks made a surprise confession at his trial Monday, saying he was recruited by a mil...

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Clinton India Trip Viewed As Strengthening Of Ties

NDTV | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

Read More: Us Indian Relations, Manmohan Singh, Foreign Affairs, Mumbai, India, Taj Hotel, Us India Relations, Clinton India, Advocacy, World News

Hillary Clinton is coming to India for what is slated to be a major step forward in Indo-American ties. Mrs Clinton's first stop is Mumbai where she w...

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Mumbai Attack: India Issues Arrest Warrants For 22 Pakistanis

CNN | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Mumbai Attacks, Lashkar, India, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Lashkar-E-Toiba, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, Advocacy, World News

An Indian court has issued arrest warrants for 22 Pakistanis wanted in connection with last year's terror attacks in Mumbai....

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World In Photos: June 22, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: France, Slideshow, Russia, Lebanon, India, Iraq, Mumbai, World Photos, World in Photos, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Hafiz Saeed Release Irks India

Dawn | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: India, Hafiz, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Hafiz Saeed Release, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Hafiz Saeed, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, Advocacy, World News

The Indian government said Tuesday it was 'unhappy' over a court decision to release the head of an Islamic charity India says was linked to last year...

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'Slumdog' Filmmakers Meet With Poverty-Stricken Child Stars

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 06.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Azharuddin Ismail, Film, Danny Boyle, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, Rubina Ali, Entertainment News

MUMBAI, India — The makers of "Slumdog Millionaire" met the film's two impoverished child stars on Wednesday and reassured them they will soon h...

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WATCH: Slumdog Millionaire and the Hollywood Fairy Tale

Lee Camp | Posted 06.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Azharuddin Ismail, Azharuddin Ismail Home, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, Slumdog Millionaire Actor, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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'Slumdog' Child Star's HOME Torn Down By Authorities

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Azharuddin Ismail, Azharuddin Ismail Home, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, Mumbai-India, India, Entertainment News

MUMBAI, India — The 10-year-old child star of "Slumdog Millionaire" was awakened Thursday by a policeman wielding a bamboo stick and ordered out...

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Indian Film Director to Open Orphanage

Jim Luce | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Tribeca Cinema, Orphanage, Oregon State University, Orphans International India, Suspense Thriller, Eternal Mind Productions, “Slumdog Millionaire”, Marche Du Film Market, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Jim Luce, Mumbai, M. Night Shyamalan, Indian Film Director, Global Citizens, Alfred Hitchcock, “Where Are You Sophia?, Brad Pitt, Independent Film, Wall Street, Orphans International Worldwide, Shekhar Kapur, Thought Leaders, Cannes Film Festival, Nagendra Karri, Mira Niar, India, World News
Jim Luce

Karri believes that as an Indian national he will be particularly adept at guiding OI India towards successfully raising 'global citizens' in India.

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Mumbai Attacker Accidentally Admits Adulthood

CNN | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Mumbai Deaths, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai Terror Attacks, India, Mumbai, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Advocacy, World News

The lone surviving suspect from last year's Mumbai terror strikes Wednesday inadvertently admitted he is 21 years old, contradicting his earlier asser...

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Miss Mumbai AWOL on Election Day

Meenakshi Ravi | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Elections, India, Mumbai, Voting, 26/11, World News
Meenakshi Ravi

The Mumbaiyya spirit - it's sassy, undaunted, some parts flashy, some parts classy and very driven. Or at least that's the facade. Sure, Mumbai and it...

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Obama's Deepening AfPak Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Pakistani Army, Britain, Turkey, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kabul, Mumbai, Taliban, Islamabad, Nato, Pakistani Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Ashfaq Kayani, Dick Cheney, Karachi, Pervez Musharaff, Afpak, Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, Al Jazeera, World News
William Bradley

With the appropriate huzzahs for Obama's first 100 days still ringing in the air, his new AfPak strategy, for the linked crisis of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is already in deep trouble.

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Mumbai Trial: Suspect Retracts Confession, Says It Was Coerced

BBC | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mumbai India, India, South Asia, India Attacks, Mumbai Gunman, Bombay Attacks, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Asia, Bombay, World News

The leading suspect in the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks trial has retracted his confession. The lawyer for the sole surviving suspected gunman, Mohammed A...

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Mumbai Trial Begins

AP | ERIKA KINETZ | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: India, Pakistan, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, Lashkar-E-Toiba, Mumbai Trial, Mumbai Trial Begins, World News

MUMBAI, India — The trial of the man police say is the only surviving gunman in the bloody Mumbai siege began Friday, with the prosecutor unleas...

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Mumbai Attack Trial Begins, Suspect Admits To Being Pakistani

UPI | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mumbai Terrorist Attack, India, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Mumbai Deaths, Foreign Affairs, Mumbai Attacks, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Lashkar-E-Toiba, Advocacy, World News

The only surviving suspected gunman arrested in the deadly attacks on Mumbai in November admitted in court Monday he was from Pakistan....

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Fritzl Of Mumbai: Businessman Allegedly Raped Daughter For 9 Years Under Occultist's Orders

The Times of India | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Occultist, India, Hasmukh Rathod, Fritzl of Mumbai, Mumbai Rape Daughter, Mumbai, Mumbai Rape Occultist, Mumbai Rape Dad, World News

MUMBAI: In a shocking case, a man allegedly raped his daughter repeatedly over a span of nine years at the behest of an occultist, who said the act wo...

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Behind the Ambush on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team

Tom Gerety | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Swat, Cricket Team Attack in Lahore, Lahore-Attacks, Benazir Bhutto, Cricket, Pakistan, Famine, South Asia, Afghanistan, Taliban, Mumbai, Lahore, World News
Tom Gerety

It may seem sad that it takes an attack on a sports team to turn Pakistani nationalist opinion against terror. Yet there's real cause for hope in the sad news from Lahore.

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