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NEPAL - Kathmandu: police and Tibetan refugees clash, 34 arrested

8 hours 13 min ago
Despite a ban on anti-Chinese protests, Tibetan exiles mark the 51st anniversary of Tibet’s invasion by China, insulting the Chinese president. The Nepal government deploys more than 500 police agents. A young Tibetan says he wants the Chinese government to leave his country, adding that Tibetans cannot forget the cruelty inflicted on innocent people.

CHINA - TIBET - The Dalai Lama "close to the Uyghurs' scares Beijing

8 hours 24 min ago
The Chinese central government and the administration of Tibet strongly attack the speech given yesterday by the Buddhist leader: "It distorts reality and foments separatism within China."

CHECHNYA – RUSSIA - TB is back in Grozny but doctors and facilities are in short supply

9 hours 33 min ago
Chechnya has 325 registered TB sufferers for every 100,000 residents, but many other fail to report the disease fearing social marginalisation. In comparison, there are about ten cases per 100,000 in Europe. The slow pace of reconstruction and demining as well as poorly paid staff contribute to the problem.

INDIA - Madhya Pradesh: Hindu religion perhaps compulsory subject in schools

9 hours 38 min ago
The Chief Minister of the State speaks of introducing the Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita as compulsory text in schools. Bishop of Madhya Pradesh Instead, we must study the values of all religions, to educate for tolerance and pluralism.

PHILIPPINES - Way of the Cross for Filipinos affected by drought

9 hours 49 min ago
The damage to agriculture amounts to 25 million. Energy supplies also at risk. Sister Hener Genie: Our fervent prayers will be rewarded if we continue to put our hope in the Lord.

VATICAN - Pope: crisis in Penance, the result of relativism, primarily challenges priests

9 hours 57 min ago
Benedict XVI recalled the example of St. John Mary Vienney to urge priests to be , "a sign of God's presence” in every day life. There is a sort of vicious circle between the blurring of the experience of God and the loss of the sense of sin.

SRI LANKA - The relics of Saint Anthony in Sri Lanka to bring “peace and unity” to the country

10 hours 23 min ago
For the first time in 750 years, the saint’s remains have left Padua (Italy) to make a pilgrimage to the Asian nation. The initiative is part of the celebrations marking the 175th anniversary of the basilica of Kochchikade, which is dedicated to the saint, who in his life was a member of the Franciscan order. Thousands of people, Catholic and non-Catholic, are praying for the country’s “lost unity” and for a “better life”.

RUSSIA - More than 50 Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Russia for taking part in a public protest

11 hours 7 min ago
Some 150,000 volunteers hand out about 12 million leaflets slamming the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses, guilty of rejecting to military service and unfriendliness towards other religious groups. For their part, the Witnesses say that history is repeating itself with a return to Soviet-style persecution.

MYANMAR - Junta cancels 1990 election results as archbishop of Yangon urges people to pray for Myanmar

12 hours 4 min ago
The military cancels elections results because they do “not conform to the constitution.” It allows National League for Democracy to reopen some of its offices. NLD says party central committee to meet to decide whether to take part in this year’s elections. Mgr Bo urges the faithful to pray “for the upcoming elections and for the leaders of the country.”

ISLAM - Sheikh Tantawi, a great religious leader, dies

13 hours 20 min ago
The death of the highest authority in the Sunni Islamic world, the rector of Al-Azhar. Challenged for some positions, but a courageous figure who has sought to harmonize the demands of faith and ethics of Islam with the complex situations of the contemporary world.

VIETNAM - Thousands of Vietnamese women and children sold as "sex slaves"

15 hours 3 min ago
From 1998 to 2010 at least 4,500 women and children have crossed the borders of Vietnam to supply the prostitution racket. Some 65% go to China, then Cambodia, Laos, to the Europea, African and America. Internet sites sell children on the net. Is the new form of slavery which characterizes the 21st century.

ISRAEL - PALESTINE - Possible government crisis if Israel continues settlements in East Jerusalem

15 hours 21 min ago
Threats of abandonment of the coalition government by the Labor Party. 1600 new settlements are likely to eliminate forever the possibility that East Jerusalem become the capital of a future Palestinian state. The government of Tel Aviv plans 50 thousand new homes in Arab and nearby areas.

CHINA - Exports and imports rise sharply, inflations follows

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 17:19
Exports are up by 45.7 per cent; imports by 44.7 per cent. Consumer prices jump 2.5 per cent, the highest increase in 16 months. Official sources say public debt by local government could be higher than expected, and reach 6 trillion yuan.

THAILAND - “Grandma Hai” gets university degree for her fight on behalf of the poor

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 17:06
Ramkhamhaeng University awards an honorary degree in political science to Hai Khanchanta, who in 1977 launched a court case that lasted more than 30 years against arbitrary land seizure in Ba Na Tan. The ruling that vindicated her struggle came last year.

ASIA - Corruption is a cancer to the countries of South-East Asia

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:08
According to a risk-consulting firm, Indonesia is the most corrupt country in South-East Asia along with Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The problem is pervasive in all sectors of the economy and society. Accusing adversaries of corruption has become a political tool of choice for many corrupt politicians to hang onto power. Catholic scholar in Manila says that if the common good were the priority, countries like Indonesia and the Philippines would be among the least corrupt countries in the region.

INDIA - A law for tomorrow’s Indian women

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:58
New law sets aside one third of the seats in the Lok Sabha (lower house) and State Assemblies for women. Various Church leaders comment on the issue.

VATICAN - Pope: Nigeria, violence does not solve conflicts, it only increases tragic consequences

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:49
Benedict XVI appeals for "peaceful coexistence" following the massacre of Christians in the African country. After Vatican II an" anarchical utopianism” spread within the Church, the result of a certain type of spiritualism, which saw the pre Vatican II Church as dead and believed a new Church would be born. But Paul VI and John Paul II defended the novelty of the Council and at the same time, the oneness and continuity of the Church.

CHINA – TIBET – INDIA - Dalai Lama accuses Beijing of trying to “annihilate Buddhism”

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:27
On the anniversary of the Tibetan uprising, the Tibetan leader says the Chinese government is reducing monks and nuns to quasi slaves through re-education, slams the authorities for their lack of political will.

PAKISTAN - Extremists attack Christian charity in Mansehra, killing six Pakistani employees

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:27
Fifteen gunmen storm the offices of World Vision, a charity that helps earthquake victims. The terrorists set off a bomb and fired on the staff. The organisation is inspired by Christian values, and has been present in the area since 2005 to help people of all faiths.

ISLAM - A fatwa against religious justifications for Islamic terrorism

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:10
A 600 page document by Prof. Tahir ul-Quadri, against violence, signals the beginning of a new season in the Islamic world. Like the pope in Regensburg, he says that God is reason and is against violence. Now a movement of people is needed to purify the disfigured face of Islam.