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An Afghan Church Grows in Delhi

The war-torn country has signed and ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, but adheres to a conservative interpretation of Islamic law.

(DELHI ) - In a South Delhi neighborhood, the sound of a man reciting Dari, a Farsi dialect spoken in Afghanistan, over a loudspeaker attached to a modest two-story building rose over the din of vegetable hawkers.

The building was a church run by Afghan refugees who had converted to Christianity. The man was a young Afghan priest reading the Bible before a Sunday service in its basement.

Syrian National Council Says Hizbullah `Mass Graves` Unearthed in Syria

The conflict, pitting a Sunni-dominated rebel movement against Assad, has raised sectarian tensions in Lebanon and Lebanese Sunni fighters have also been killed while fighting alongside Syrian rebels.

(DAMASCUS) - The opposition Syrian National Council on Tuesday claimed that it has documented the presence of a number of mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of Hizbullah fighters who were killed in Syria.

“We have discovered a number of mass graves in which Hizbullah used to bury its members after every battle on Syrian territory, instead of repatriating the bodies to Lebanon,” SNC spokesman Mouayyed Ghizlan told CNN.

NATO Data: Assad Winning the War for Syrians` Hearts and Minds

A report to NATO said Syrians have undergone a change of heart over the last six months. The change was seen most in the majority Sunni community, which was long thought to have supported the revolt.

(LONDON) - After two years of civil war, support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have sharply increased.

NATO has been studying data that told of a sharp rise in support for Assad.

The Unspoken Truth: Coup d`etat in America

The American people have suffered a coup d’etat, but they are hesitant to acknowledge it. The regime ruling in Washington today lacks constitutional and legal legitimacy. Americans are ruled by usurpers who claim that the executive branch is above the law and that the US Constitution is a mere “scrap of paper.”

(WASHINGTON DC) - An unconstitutional government is an illegitimate government. The oath of allegiance requires defense of the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

As the Founding Fathers made clear, the main enemy of the Constitution is the government itself. Power does not like to be bound and tied down and constantly works to free itself from constraints.

Chemicals Seized from Area Held by US-Backed Syrian `Rebel` Terrorists

The Syrian army has found toxic chemical agents in Joubar after seizing a factory operated by foreign-backed militants fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

(DAMASCUS Press TV) - The army says the chemical materials were found at the factory in the town of Joubar, which was used by militants before Syrian forces gained control of the area.

The Syrian army also claims that the materials were intended to be used for making mortar shells.

UK`s Channel 4 Schools US Media on How to Cover NSA, Snowden

The fusion of Corporate News and the US Government (with its Deep State) is so complete that questioning the Beltway Bandits is out of the question any more.

(WASHINGTON DC) - This report by Channel 4 News in the UK, covering Edward Snowden’s application for asylum in the Russian Federation and his revelations of collaboration between Microsoft and the National Security Agency struck me as everything that US “news” coverage is not.

The reporters don’t just parrot the Washington line.

The Bomb in My Neighborhood
Syrian War Hits Beirut

As Syria’s President Bashar Assad noted several months ago, despite intensive security measures taken in Damascus, it is still very difficult to prevent car bombings.

(DAHIYEH, BEIRUT) - This observer’s neighbors seemed to believe, especially over the past year, as most of us did, that the war in Syria would, in one form or another, spill into our neighborhood, Dahiyeh, the Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut near the Shatila and Burj el Barajeh Palestinian refugee camps.

And now it has with a vengeance.

A Brief Comment on Snowden and the NSA Surveillance Program

If the American public is shocked at the NSA Surveillance Program, then they haven't been paying attention.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Much, maybe too much, has been reported on Edward Snowden's leaking of classified information, the NSA Surveillance Program, and Snowden's desperate attempts to find asylum. I would just add a brief comment.

In my view Edward Snowden is neither a hero nor a villain. He broke the law as an act of conscience. As a result of his act of civil disobedience, he will probably spend his life in exile.

Bomb Explosion Rocks Beirut, Leaves Cars Smoldering

The bomb went off in a small parking lot that is surrounded by 12 high rise apartments forming a square... the blast occurred in an alley off of Abbas Mousawi street.

(BEIRUT) - I was ONE block away near my apartment when a huge bomb went of setting a least 8 cars on fire and shattering the window of tens of buildings.

People were in a panic. I was one of the first on the scene and just returned to file a report... As I helped a fire brigade drag hoses as close as we could get to the flames, guys from Hezbollah started to arrive en masse.

CMU Prisoner Shifa Sadequee`s Sister Speaks to TMO

Sadequee was charged with supporting a foreign terrorist organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a group struggling to liberate Muslim-dominated Kashmir from India...

(BOSTON) - As a little boy, Sharmin’s brother often reminded her to not to step on bugs. As a young man, he worked with his sister Sonali at Raksha, an Atlanta-based organization dedicated to the eradication of violence against women.

The US-born Bangladeshi used his knowledge of classical Arabic to translate ancient Islamic texts into English for the former Tibyan Institute website.