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...positive developments. But I am also increasingly disturbed by some of his recent actions. First, he appeared to side with religious bigots opposed to a mixed-gender "mini-marathon" in Lahore and failed to condemn the police harassment of the race's supporters, including leading human-rights lawyer Asma Jahangir. Then he backed a travel ban on gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai, preventing her from rallying support abroad for her cause. Under pressure from the U.S., the government has since granted her permission to leave Pakistan, though now that her case is being heard by the Supreme Court, she will...
...whose dominions once stretched from Baghdad to Bengal. There are 500-year-old Sanskrit scriptures inscribed on palm leaves, Korans 25 mm wide (written so the verses form the shapes of animals) and, in the margins of verses by the poet Hafiz, annotations by the Mughal Emperors Humayun and Jahangir. There are even jottings by Byron?two verses added by the English poet to his "Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte." With so few visitors, director Imtiaz Ahmad will dig out his most precious pieces for you to peruse over chai and spicy chips. "The academic traditions of this city will endure...
...whose dominions once stretched from Baghdad to Bengal. There are 500-year-old Sanskrit scriptures inscribed on palm leaves, Korans 25 mm wide (written so the verses form the shapes of animals) and, in the margins of verses by the poet Hafiz, annotations by the Mughal Emperors Humayun and Jahangir. There are even jottings by Byron - two verses added by the English poet to his "Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte." With so few visitors, director Imtiaz Ahmad will dig out his most precious pieces for you to peruse over chai and spicy chips. "The academic traditions of this city will endure...
...Amnesty International was quick to sound alarm bells. Asma Jahangir, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions, has expressed "deep concern" over the slaughter. Thaksin defends his campaign, and no wonder: a recent national poll taken by the respected Rajabaht Institute registered a 90% approval rating for the drug war. The average Thai family, apparently, wants the scum off the streets, even if they depart in body bags. (The Prime Minister did say last week that he would appoint a panel to monitor the drug-suppression drive...
...masse. In Florida, virus-bearing bugs have been found in eight counties, but only two people are known to have contracted the disease. In New York, there are still no reported cases. Yet where there's viral smoke, there may be fire, and doctors fear trouble. Said Dr. Jahangir Moini, a Florida epidemiologist: "We predict we're going to have an outbreak...