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In recent weeks, I have been bombarded with emails regarding Indian national anthem from various email groups that I am member of. While traditionally the controversy has always owed its origins to Hindu nationalist forces that prefer Chaterjee's Vande Matram over Tagore's Jana Gana Mana, the recent resurgence of pride in India and Indian culture

Avishai Raviv was an Israeli government agent provocateur (whose code name was "Champagne" for the bubbles of incitement he created to tarnish the right-wing Israelis) who goaded Yigal Amir to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (although this is hotly disputed by investigative reporters like Barry Chamish).Avishai Raviv has never been charged with incitement or

The White House has threatened to veto a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday that expands hate-crime laws to include attacks based on sexual orientation or gender.

A Japanese journalist who exposed secret payments from Tokyo to Washington for the return of an occupied island found his sex life, rather than secret diplomacy, in the national spotlight. Three decades later, he seeks vindication