Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts

October 10, 2008

Image Day - Manmohan Singh

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a press conference in Srinagar. After some years of relative calm in the Kashmir Valley, recent months have seen some of the most intense anti-India feeling for about 20 years.

> AP Photo by Mukhtar Khan

The tensions were sparked by a plan to grant land to a board that oversees the running of a Hindu shrine. The proposal led to serious friction between the Muslims of the valley and their neighbours in the Hindu-dominated Jammu region. More than 30 people have been killed by the police since the protests began.

> Kashmir on Talk-Desi

BBC News Says: Curfew in Kashmir comes to an end

February 2, 2008

Image Day - Freedom for Kashmir?

Mother of Ruhullah-Bhat, a militant commander, clings to her son's body as it is carried during the funeral procession at Frisal, 60 km south of Srinagar.

> AP Images

January 1, 2008

CIA Torture-Tapes



Seen on: YouTube
Michael Ratner: What the tapes represent is essentially The US torturing people.

History of CIA Interrogation



Seen on: YouTube
Professor Alfred McCoy talks about his book "A Question of Torture", a startling expose of the CIA development of psychological torture.

December 1, 2007

World Aids Day 2007

U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday stressed the role of faith-based groups in the fight against AIDS. Bush was speaking at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Maryland, after meeting religious-groups.