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Why Muslims hate America
By Qasim Rashid | Washington Post | 22 Sep 2012
As an American Muslim activist, I receive this question all too often: “America is about freedom, free speech, and democracy—why do Muslims hate us?” The question is not at all why they hate us, but why don’t we get it.
Many of age Americans remember Sept. 11, 2001—a day we justly cried out for freedom, free speech, and democracy. Fewer, however, remember Sept. 11, 1973 when America backed dictator Augusto Pinochet’s forces to overthrow and kill Chile’s democratically elected President Salvador Allende.
Dark energy camera snaps first images ahead of survey
Source : BBC | 19 Sep 2012
The most powerful sky-scanning camera yet built has begun its quest to pin down the mysterious stuff that makes up nearly three-quarters of our Universe.
The Dark Energy Survey's 570-million-pixel camera will scan some 300 million galaxies in the coming five years.
The goal is to discover the nature of dark energy, which is theorised to be responsible for the ever-faster expansion of the Universe.
Its first image, taken 12 September, focussed on the Fornax galaxy cluster.
INSIGHT - If Caucasus erupts, war could spread
By Timothy Heritage and Francesco Guarascio | Reuters | 11 Sep 2012
A dusty trench, interrupted every few metres by lookout posts and gun positions, winds its way as far as the eye can see.
"Put your head above the trench and they'll shoot you," says a young ethnic Armenian soldier, peering through a narrow slit in a concrete watchtower at Azeri lines 400 metres away where he says snipers lie in wait.
Muslims in Germany increasingly segregated
By Felix Strüning | Dispatch International | 10 Sep 2012
As their numbers grow, Muslims are becoming more religious and only 15 percent of German Turks feel at home in Germany
Peace in Afghanistan, the Civil Society Way
By Giuliano Battiston | IPS | 08 Sep 2012
More than a decade after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan is still in the midst of an irregular war. Talking peace is difficult because no one quite knows who to talk to.
The efforts gain significance coming ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting Sep. 14 on promoting a culture of peace. As officials talk, more ground-level efforts are being led by civil society groups.
Israel ‘Pillaging’ Palestinian Resources: Report
By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours | IPS | 05 Sept 2012
By mining natural resources from the occupied Palestinian territories for its own economic purposes, Israel is committing the war crime of pillage in the Dead Sea area, according to a report released Monday by Palestinian human rights group Al Haq.
What does Iran get for supporting al-Assad?
By Tim Lister | CNN | 09 Aug 2012
In public at least, the message was defiant. Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, sitting alongside Iran's intelligence chief, proclaimed Tuesday "the determination of the people and government of Syria to cleanse the country of terrorists."
Tunisia: Hardline Islam threatens democracy gains
By Paul Schemm | AP | 30 Jul 2012
Thousands of hardcore Muslims chant against Jews. Youths rampage through cities at night in protest of "blasphemous" art. A sit-in by religious students degenerates into fist fights and the desecration of Tunisia's flag.
