After years of European societies accommodating immigrants from Islamic countries and black Africa, a reversed core notion now insists that the newcomers’ behavior must accommodate the majority’s values.

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New Normal on the Issue of Migrants: Incoherence

A former insurgent in Afghanistan tells why he decided to join the peace process in the first interview given by a member of the Taliban.

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Taliban fighters are ‘conditioned’ to die in battle, claims former insurgent (Daily Telegraph)

What’s Your Reaction? President Obama’s decision to bypass the vacationing Senate and directly appoint 15 nominees has produced some expected cries of outrage from Republicans.

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Obama’s Recess Appointments: GOPers Raging Now, Welcomed Process Under Bush (The Huffington Post)

At first, Joshua Colangelo-Bryan didn’t know whether his client was a terrorist. Jumah al-Dossari had been rumored to work with Al Qaeda and to have fought for Islamic causes around the world.

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Defending due process for Guantánamo detainees (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday said the national budget for 2010/11 would lessen reliance on oil revenues, a move aimed at making the Islamic state less vulnerable to any Western sanctions.

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Ahmadinejad says new budget is less oil reliant (Gulf Times)

These exceptions for example, concerning the transmission of ancient Greek and medieval Islamic knowledge discover an interesting truth: no less than with literary works, translators of science and medicine have often imposed new …

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These exceptions for example, concerning the transmission of ancient Greek and medieval Islamic knowledge discover an interesting truth: no less than with literary works, translators of science and medicine have often imposed new …

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… as an impetus not only for more effective immediate and short-term measures but also for a more thorough-going strategic process of reform, if not overhaul, of nothing less than the whole state of Philippine politics and governance. …

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Newsbreak Online – The Maguindanao Massacre, the Bangsamoro …

On tour to promote New Super Mario Bros.

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Nintendo’s Game Designer Unfazed by Profit Drop (BusinessWeek)

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 (Bernama) — It is time for the Group of Eight Developing Islamic Countries (D-8) to shed its reputation as a ‘talk shop’ and emerge as a grouping which can contribute towards economic growth and socio-economic development of its members, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said on Monday.

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Anifah Wants More Actions, Less Talks From D-8 Members (Bernama)