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Rescue of HMS Bounty Survivors During Hurricane Sandy

The vessel is reportedly sunk, but the mast is still visible.

(PORTSMOUTH, VA) - The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday.

Sadly, two remain missing.

11 Rohingya Organizations Appeal to Save the Arakan Muslim Population from Genocide in Arakan-Burma

President Thein Sein’s central government are doing nothing at this violent situation to prevent such kinds of untold atrocities and mass killings

(KULA LUMPUR Asian Tribune) - We are now in the second time of genocide and persecutions of Muslims in Arakan in 2012 by the RNDP led Buddhist Rakhine people.

Buddhist Monks work with the strong involvement of the Burmese Government security forces of President Thein Sein from both central and Rakhine State Government.

Hypocrisy

'Double-dealers’ should thoroughly disinfect their fingers before pointing them at another’s fleck.

(LOS ANGELES) - ‘Hypocrites’ are indulged in severe ‘mental lying’, as they brag on a certain notion, while in ‘reality’, they would actually be doing the ‘reverse’ of what they claim to be doing.

It is a form of ‘mental lying’, from which, not only these ‘phonies’ evidently cannot flee.

1497 and So On: A History of White People in Canada
OR... The Caucasian Healing Fund

(a clearly disloyal 7th generation Canadian and a resolutely faithful member of the Republic of Kanata)

(NANAIMO, Vancouver Island) - In the beginning, John Cabot stumbled across Canada and he wasn't even an Englishman but he called himself one, which tells you something.

Unable to hitch a ride with Columbus, the Italian seaman headed west in an English sloop and found himself stuck in a shoal of cod a hundred miles wide.

Two Mosques in Kokarat, Karen state, Thananzari District, Myanmar were destroyed by Bombing Last Night by Buddhists

In Burma, Thein Sein's government is neither taking action against those who are responsible for bombing Mosques and torching Muslim houses nor allocated funds to repair Mosques and rehabilitation.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Last night at 11:00 p.m., Buddhists suddenly arrived in front of a Mosque in Kokarat, Karen state, Thananzari district, Myanmar, on the border with Thailand and threw bombs.

After this attack, they then threw more bombs at another Mosque in Kokarat, destroying both buildings.

Making Rohingya Statelessness

In a recent parliament session, when some MPs raised the issue of Rohingya, the immigration minister U Khin Yee said that “there is no Rohingya in Burma”.

(FRANKFURT) - In his article, “A friend’s appeal to Burma”, published on 19 June 2012, Benedict Rogers noted that the first President of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaike, a Shan, said that:

“Muslims of Arakan certainly belong to the indigenous races of Burma. If they do not belong to the indigenous races, we also cannot be taken as indigenous races”.

The Himalayan Energy Conundrum

-Nepal is in huge trouble-

(CHENNAI, India) - The energy sector is mired in Nepal in a game known in India variously as 2G, Commonwealth-G, Coal-G, etc.

This letter G has suddenly acquired a very ominous meaning which in Hindi and Nepali is also known as Ghotala-G [the English equivalent of ‘Ghotala’ is ‘embezzlement’].

Minor Christian Girl Kidnapped in Islamabad Territory

"The practice of forced conversion and forced marriage is widespread: rich and powerful Muslims take advantage, especially in rural areas and girls are victims as religious minorities" - Amjid Masih, kidnapped girl's father

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - A Christian girl named Timar Shahzadi who is 14, was kidnapped and very likely is a rape victim who may be forcibly converted to Islam.

According to Pastor Farooq Sadique, Timar Shahzadi the Christian girl was kidnapped in the twin cities of Islamabad/Rawalpindi on 22nd October, 2012.

Whole Rohingya Enclave Burned to the Ground: HRW

The United Nations, which considers the Rohingyas as of the most persecuted groups in the world, has warned that Burma's fledgling democracy could be “irreparably damaged” by the clashes.

(WASHINGTON DC Mizzima News) - The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned the newest attacks on Muslim Rohingyas in Burma.

Reports state that an entire Rohingya section in Kyauk Phyu – up to 811 homes – was burned to the ground.

With An Impeachment On The Kerb, `Single Issues` And Dissenting `Left` Worth Nothing In SL

It is in such context that politics of today decides the birth of politics for tomorrow.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Colombo Telegraph) - A new Rajapaksa campaign is now given unofficial prominence. That of impeaching the Chief Justice.

It was reported a few days ago, some Ministers have put their signatures at an auspicious time, last Friday. Of course it was also said the signatures were on blank paper...