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...Properly”—with a capital P. Although her parents tried to follow, “Properly,” as many of the traditional rites of marriage as they could in America, Yalini knows that their marriage was not arranged in the traditional manner; they fell in love, and their “Love Marriage” gives the book its title. But the past is not always a positive in Ganeshananthan’s novel. Yalini’s beloved uncle has killed many people and, before Yalini was born, threatened to kill the family...
...militia. "Displaced men have joined armed groups," said the report, which put the number of internally displaced people in Iraq at 2.7 million. "As a result of the vacuum created by the failure of both the Iraqi government and the international community to act in a timely and adequate manner, non-state actors play a major role in providing assistance to vulnerable Iraqis. Militias of all denominations are improving their local base of support by providing social services in the neighborhoods and towns they control. Through a 'Hizballah-like' scheme, the Shi'ite Sadrist movement has established itself...
Central to its new approach to Islam, the Church, after years of diplomatic niceties, has made clear that freedom of religion is non-negotiable - for example, that Christians should be free to practice their faith in an unhindered manner in Islamic states. Still, missteps have continued on this and other fronts, including the Pope's high-profile conversion baptism on Easter eve of a controversial Egyptian-born Italian Muslim. The point the Pope wanted to make - that all should be free to change their religion - was again overshadowed by polemic...
...break.“It’s just a level of awareness that we need to work on,” Snyder said. “Knowing that a team is going to counter, we need to be preparing instead of reacting. It’s just a manner of knowing what’s about to happen because [counter-attacks] are usually pretty predictable.”Despite the overall disappointing result, the team had a few individual bright spots. MacLaughlin led the team in scoring with a hat trick and Snyder capped her career in Blodgett...
...demonstrators became confrontational and acting in an aggressive manner toward one of officers,” the log said...