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  • A 13th-Century Persian poet’s lessons for today0

    BBC By Joobin Bekhrad 24th June 2020 Sa’di’s remarkable poetry is perpetually modern and full of ‘benevolent wisdom’ on how to live. Joobin Bekhrad revisits the life and work of ‘the cheerer of men’s hearts’. I In the 13th Century AD, during one of the most turbulent periods in Iranian history, the poet Sa’di left

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  • Coronavirus: How ‘overreaction’ made Vietnam a virus success0

    By Anna Jones BBC News 15 May 2020 Coronavirus pandemic Despite a long border with China and a population of 97 million people, Vietnam has recorded only just over 300 cases of Covid-19 on its soil and not a single death. Nearly a month has passed since its last community transmission and the country is

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  • The law of generosity combatting coronavirus in Pakistan0

    As Pakistan imposes greater social distancing measures to combat coronavirus, a Muslim law of generosity is helping to save those out of work. By Aysha Imtiaz 1 April 2020 Outside grocery stores in Karachi, a remarkable scene has been unfolding over the past two weeks. Instead of rushing home after shopping to avoid being exposed

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  • Manmohan Singh: Former PM says India situation ‘grim and morose’0

    6 March 2020 BBC Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has warned of “social disharmony, economic slowdown and a global health epidemic” facing the country. “The current situation is very grim and morose,” he wrote in a sharply critical op-ed in The Hindu newspaper. The article comes in the wake of the most violent riots

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  • India and Bangladesh: Migration claims fact-checked0

    21 February 2020   BBC Reality Check As controversy continues over India’s moves to restrict rights to citizenship, a row has erupted between India and its eastern neighbour, Bangladesh. Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy recently claimed that Bangladesh would be half empty if India allowed everyone who entered the country illegally

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  • Debbie Abrahams: India denies entry to UK Labour MP critical of government0

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    • February 17, 2020

    BBC News | 17 February 2020 India has denied entry to a UK Labour MP who was critical of the government’s controversial decision to revoke Kashmir’s special status last year. Debbie Abrahams, who chairs a parliamentary group on Kashmir, said she was denied a standard e-visa at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi airport. Immigration officials did not

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  • Jai Shri Ram: The Hindu chant that became a murder cry0

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    • February 13, 2020

    13 February 2020 In many parts of India, Hindus often invoke the popular god Ram’s name as a greeting. But in recent years, Hindu lynch mobs have turned Ram’s name into a murder cry, writes the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi. Last month, a video that went viral on social media showed a terrified Muslim

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  • Kashmir conflict: Pro-India politicians feel ‘betrayed’ by Modi0

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    • December 5, 2019

    BBC 4 December 2019 Dozens of mainstream political leaders and workers have been under detention in Indian-administered Kashmir since August, when India stripped the region of its semi-autonomous status. Sameer Yasir reports on why political workers in the valley feel betrayed. Saleem Mir stood pensively by the window of his room overlooking the Jhelum river,

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  • India: Ayodhya verdict: Indian top court gives holy site to Hindus0

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    • November 9, 2019

    BBC 9 November 2019 The disputed holy site of Ayodhya in northern India should be given to Hindus who want a temple built there, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. The case, which has been bitterly contested for decades by Hindus and Muslims, centres on the ownership of the land in Uttar Pradesh state. Muslims

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  • Abrar Fahad killing: Bangladesh student was beaten for four hours0

    9 October 2019 BBC Bangladesh student protests A Bangladeshi undergraduate student killed in his dormitory on Sunday days after criticising the government online was beaten for several hours before he died, witnesses told the BBC. Fellow students say Abrar Fahad was taken from his room around 20:00 (14:00 GMT) and beaten at least four hours.

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  • Iran tanker: US offers captain millions to hand over ship0

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    • September 8, 2019

    BBC News 5 September 2019 The US state department has confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian oil tanker which is at the centre of a diplomatic row. Brian Hook, head of the department’s Iran Action Group, emailed the captain of the Adrian Darya 1 about sailing it somewhere the

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  • Kashmir: Why India and Pakistan fight over it0

    BBC News 20 August 2019 Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have fought two wars and a limited conflict over Kashmir. But why do they dispute the territory – and how did it start? How old is this fight? Kashmir is an ethnically diverse Himalayan region, covering around 86,000 sq miles (138 sq km), and famed

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  • Article 370: Has India pushed Kashmir to a point of no return?0

    BBC News 13 August Indian-administered Kashmir has been under an unprecedented lockdown since last week after India revoked Article 370, a constitutional provision granting the region special status. Sumantra Bose, professor of international and comparative politics at the London School of Economics (LSE), explains why the decision is fraught with challenges. At the end of

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  • New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal ‘to spite Obama’0

    BBC News 14 July 2019 Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK’s former ambassador to the US. Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of “diplomatic vandalism”, according to the Mail on Sunday. It says the memo was written after the

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