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...this kind of situation, the real heroes were the citizens who helped in the first moments, the millions who went to the demonstrations that evening, and the people who faced down the fear of getting on the train in the days that followed. Emilio Prada Fernández Manchón Madrid In "{A Brief} History Of Heroes," author Tristram Hunt asked how our current crop of heroes measures up to the legends of the past. That's like asking whether we moderns are genuine humans compared to the superhumans of yore. One unchanging aspect of heroism is that...
...because the militants feel safe enough to transfer their operations to like-minded madrasahs, some of them in the capital. On May 9 and 10, 63 representatives of nine Islamic groups?including Rohingya forces, the Islamic Oikya Jote and the ULFA?met in Ukhia to form the Bangladesh Islamic Manch, a united council under HUJI's leadership. So far, the Manch has restricted itself to circulating speeches by bin Laden and Mullah Masood Azhar, a Pakistani militant leader. But it has big plans, says the HUJI source: "The dream is to create a larger Islamic land than the territorial limits...
...arrested for rioting were released on bail within days. In the first hearing in July, a judge in Lunawada dismissed the case for lack of evidence?as, in fact, he probably had to. "First the police refuse to file proper complaints," explains Amrish Patel, a member of Jan Sangharsh Manch (Forum for People's Struggle), a group that promotes Hindu-Muslim amity. "Then the police don't investigate properly. There is no rule of law for the Muslims...
Maneka has named her new party Rashtriya Sanjay Manch (National Sanjay Platform) in honor of her husband, who died in a 1980 plane crash. Over the past six months, Maneka claims, her movement has attracted 800,000 members, some of them disillusioned supporters of Indira's Congress (I) Party. Its charter: to work toward a democratic socialist state based on the ideals set forth by Mahatma Gandhi, who led the fight for India's independence (and to whom the currently feuding family is not related). Says an Indian newspaper editor: "One wonders which Gandhi she's talking...
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