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...characteristic suicide mission. Why this analogy? Normally one does not compare a whole nation to an individual, but Iran, as a Shi'ite theocracy, gives the appearance of acting out of similar motives. Iran celebrates the Shi'ite community that clusters around the great martyr Hussein, son of Ali. It used this ideology as it sent tens of thousands of undertrained young volunteers to their senseless death in the war against Iraq. Would this ideology play any role if Iran felt both cornered and it also possessed nuclear weapons...
Young Rubina Ali's social diary has been more than full these past few months: a trip to Paris; a tea party in Westminster, London; a dance show in Hong Kong; product endorsements; and numerous trips in and out of India for award shows and to promote the Slumdog Millionaire child actor's autobiography, Slumgirl Dreaming. However, the school she attends in Mumbai along with her co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail is not happy with her attendance or attitude. School officials say the girl now disregards the teachers she once always greeted politely in the morning - that is, when...
...Ali tells TIME that "Rubina's attendance was low as she had burned her foot. I couldn't inform the school on time. But I went and apologized later, and requested them not to make an issue out of this. I don't understand why such a big deal is being made out of this." Azhar's mother Shamim says her son has missed school because of his father's death from tuberculosis in September. "These are all rumors," she insists. "A little irregularity has been blown up. Despite the fact that the school is quite far from where...
...Ali similarly defends his daughter: "She is only a child, and sometimes she doesn't like to listen to an adult. Life in the slums is not very easy, and she just buckles under the pressure sometimes. Maybe that's why she has not been as polite as she normally...
...Trust was also charged with finding suitable housing for the children, outside of the slums. While Shamim and Azhar have moved into a new 250 sq. ft. apartment in Santa Cruz West, Ali has refused to move out of the slum, saying that 2,500,000 rupees ($50,000) is not enough to buy a flat. "I wanted to live in Bandra, as it is near to Rubina's school and I don't want her to travel a lot to get to school every day. Can you get a flat in Bandra for that amount? I asked them...