U.S. Court Issues Summons to Modi in Lawsuit Over 2002 Riots
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 26th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
U.S. Court Issues Summons to Modi in Lawsuit Over 2002 Riots
The suit accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will soon begin a five-day United States visit, of human rights abuses in connection with religious riots in the state of Gujarat.
3 Nations Offer Limited Support to Attack on ISIS
Britain, Belgium and Denmark lined up behind the United States, agreeing to military operations in Iraq — but not in Syria.
Peru: Suspects Arrested in Killings of 4 Environmental Activists
Peru has arrested two loggers suspected of murdering four environmental activists to keep them from opposing timber extraction on native lands near the border with Brazil.
Refugee Flow to Industrialized Nations Is Poised for a 20-Year High
More than 330,700 people applied for asylum in 44 countries in Europe, North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific region in the first half of the year, a U.N. agency reported.
Beatification Brings Opus Dei Into the Open
The beatification Mass for a former leader of Opus Dei is an unusually public show of force for the movement, one of the most powerful and discreet in Catholicism.