Pakistan lifts ban on Facebook

LAHORE – A Pakistani court Monday asked the government to restore access to social networking site Facebook and said it should develop a system to block access to “blasphemous” content on the internet.

Justice Ejaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the directive, reversing its May 19 order on the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) … Read more : Pakistan lifts ban on Facebook.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Escapes Gunfire

BANGALORE, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who happens to be the founder of “Art of Living” escaped gunfire on Sunday evening. Reportedly, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was in his convoy back in his ashram when the gunman fired bullets at him. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was attending a discourse when the incident happen. Although … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Escapes Gunfire.

Pakistani court lifts ban on Facebook after site removes page deemed offensive to Muslims

Pakistani court lifts ban on Facebook
LAHORE, Pakistan – A top information technology official says a Pakistani court has lifted a ban on the social networking website Facebook.

Najibullah Malik, secretary of the country’s information technology ministry, says the Lahore High Court lifted the ban Monday after Facebook removed a page encouraging users to post images of … Read more >>>.

Gaveling for God: Christian lawyers seek judgeships in move that could blur church-state line

Christian conservatives target seated judges

SAN DIEGO – A group of conservative attorneys say they are on a mission from God to unseat four California judges in a rare challenge that is turning a traditionally snooze-button election into what both sides call a battle for the integrity of U.S. courts.
Vowing to be God’s ambassadors on the … Read : Gaveling for God: Christian lawyers seek judgeships in move that could blur church-state line.

1,000 commemorate Indian sect leader slain in Vienna

VIENNA – Some 1,000 members of an Indian Sikh sect met Sunday in Vienna to commemorate the assassination of their deputy leader Sant Nama Rand during his visit to the Austrian capital a year ago, media reported.

The attack on the temple of the Dera Sach Kand sect, allegedly carried out by a radical Sikh, had …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : 1,000 commemorate Indian sect leader slain in Vienna.

Gaffe-prone Pope Benedict XVI will be tested on delicate trip to divided island of Cyprus

Cyprus trip a political minefield for the pope

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI, often under fire for political missteps on foreign trips, is heading into a potential diplomatic storm when he visits Cyprus this week, a pilgrimage to a divided island that could anger Turkey and the rest of the Muslim world.
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