Archive for May, 2010

After Dalai Lama, Aga Khan gets Canadian honour

Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:14 No Comments

After Dalai Lama, Aga Khan gets Canadian honour
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Friday bestowed honorary citizenship on the Aga Khan and laid the foundation stone of what would be one of the largest Muslim art and culture centres in
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South Africa’s Zuma condemns arrest of gays in Malawi

Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:17 No Comments

South Africa’s Zuma condemns arrest of gays in Malawi
South Africa’s leader, in a rare rebuke of a fellow African nation, Thursday condemned Malawi’s sentencing of a gay couple to 14 years in jail but said he would not press the country to change its laws.
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Kenya’s Lions at Risk as Killings and Drought Take Toll

Monday, May 24, 2010 10:16 No Comments

Kenya’s Lions at Risk as Killings and Drought Take Toll
A massive drought has helped distort the relationship between cattle-raising Masai and the country’s endangered lions — and the big cats may end up losing
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